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Annual American Composers Update
Alice Jordan
"It was my good fortune to be the recipient of
a choral/organ commission from Thomas Swan and to have
had the privilege of being in Buffalo, NY for the premiere,
which he conducted in inspiring style. The text, Psalm
34, v. 1-8, was his selection and a favorite. Unfortunately,
just a few months later, he died of cancer at the age
of 58."
Premieres
Alice Jordan's Let us Exalt his Name (text from
Psalm 34, v. 1-8), commissioned by the Bowman/Swan
Music Fund, was heard first with the Westminster Presbyterian
Church Adult Choir, directed by Swan with organist Robert
M. Speed, October 29, 2000, in Buffalo. On June 2, 2001,
at Kopaa Hawaiian United Church of Christ (UCC) Church,
in Waimea, HI, a massed choir of 11 area UCC churches,
with director Lois Recciardi and organist Nancy Sato,
presented Psalm of Praise, commissioned in honor
of James and Ruth Cassel, choir director and organist
of the Waimea UCC. Choirs of three Lutheran churches
in Des Moines, IA, with John Kelly, director, and Robert
Lien, organ, gave the first performance of Laudation
on "Den Store Hvide Flok" (a Norwegian
melody based on Who is this host . . . .), commissioned
by George and Mary Ann Olsen for the 125th Anniversary
Celebration of Central Lutheran Church, on Reformation
Sunday, October 28, 2001.
Performances
In 2001, Earline Moulder's organ recitals in Sydney,
Australia included Reflection on Forest Green,
at the Parish of St. James, March 14, and at St. Andrews
Cathedral, March 16. Aria for Oboe and Organ
had performances in 2001 with Doug Bakkum and Robert
A. Luther at Zion Lutheran Church, in Anoka, MN, April
13; with Catherina Bristol and David Bowman at an Alabama
State University faculty recital, in Montgomery, September
19; and with John Corina and Dell Hitchcock at Holy
Cross Lutheran Church, in Athens, GA, March 14. Accompanied
by pianist Brenda Arnold Day, mezzo-soprano Susan McAdoo
sang Take Joy Home at Westminster Choir College,
in Princeton, NJ, May 12, 2001.
Publications
Take Joy Home; medium to high solo voice and
piano; Bless the Lord O My Soul (Psalm 103);
medium solo voice and piano or organ; both by Cantate
Music Press. Sing with Joy (Festival Psalms);
SATB choir and organ; Morning Star Music Publishers
St. Louis Cathedral Series.
Further Information
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