Annual American Composers Update

In May, at the 2001 Commencement at the University of Arkansas, in Little Rock, SAI National Arts Associate Robert Boury's setting of the Alma Mater was sung by over 1,000 new graduates and the faculty.

Premieres

Poem, for flute and piano, was given its premiere in May 2001 by Heather Patrick-Orozco and Ann Patrick-Green at an SAI scholarship benefit concert at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, in Costa Mesa, CA. In November 2001, pianist Norman Boehm introduced Sonatina and Sailor's Delight (variations on Sailor's Hornpipe in the style of Bach) as part of a full-length concert of Boury's music, with Suzanne Bannister, soprano, at both Hendrix College and the University of Arkansas.

Performances

The 2001 Commencement at the University of Arkansas included Boury's Prelude in C, with Peter Edwards, keyboards. In October 2001, the Montclaire String Quartet played Four Country Caprices on the Music at the Mansion series in Oglebay Park, in Wheeling, WV, and at Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, in Charleston, WV.

Further Information

• 1997-1998 Annual American Composers Update