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Annual American Composers Update
Jerry Casey
"My big news is the launching of my Web site for
my publishing company, Jerry Casey Music. My domain
name is www.jerrycaseymusic.com."
Premieres
Casey's premieres occurring in Columbus, OH, include
One, Yet Different, a short one-movement string
quartet commissioned by the Ohio Federated Music Clubs
in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of
the National Federated Music Clubs, October 18, 1998;
Conflict and Reconciliation, for string orchestra,
commissioned by the String Sinfonia of Women in Music,
October 18, 1998; and Starting at Dawn, for small
orchestra and women's choir, commissioned by the SAI
Theta Alpha Chapter at The Ohio State University, April
5, 2000. On December 16, 2001, in Worthington, OH, Who
Would Have Thought It? God Did!, a Christmas cantata
for SATB choir, two narrators, and piano, was introduced.
Performances
Works heard at Capital University, in Columbus, included
Seven (A Suite for Orchestra), with the Columbus
Women's Orchestra under the direction of Emelyne M.
Bingham, Music Director, May 2, 1998; Three Love
Songs (poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning), for
soprano and piano, on the Chamber Concert Series of
Women in Music, with Casey, soprano, and Eileen Huston,
piano, January 23, 2000; and Psalm of Praise and
Hope, on the Chamber Concert Series of Women in
Music, with Cynthia Mahaney, soprano, and Myra Hine,
piano, October 8, 2000. Fountain Fantasy, for
B-flat clarinet and piano, was heard at an SAI Dinner
at the Clintonville Women's Club, in Columbus, with
Joy Norris, clarinet, and Ginger Haack, piano, February
1999.
Publications
Collection of ten solos, some suitable for beginning
singers, for general and seasonal church use, in high,
medium, or low keys; Celebrate! Sacred Solos,
Vol. I. Dance, Shepherds, Dance Before the Manger,
They Led Him Away, There is a Fountain, O Praise God
with a Song, In a Stable, Just As He Said, Take Time
to Be Holy, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Give Us
a Vision, Lord; choral anthems for general and seasonal
use; all by Jerry Casey Music.
Recordings
Seven (A Suite for Orchestra); the Slovak Radio
Symphony Orchestra; MMC Recordings, November 2001.
Further Information
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