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Annual American Composers Update
Samuel Adler
SAI National Arts Associate Samuel Adler, who was inducted
into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in May 2001,
will be guest composer at the Society of Composers Meeting
in Detroit MI; and at Wake Forest University, SUNY College
at Fredonia, the University of Massachusetts, Mt. Holyoke
College, Smith College, and Hampshire College in 2001-02.
The American Brass Quintet will record Be Not Afraid,
the Isle is Full of Noises during the coming season
Premieres
ROMP was presented by the Ying String Quartet
at Wolf Trap, April 19, 2001, in Vienna, VA. The American
Brass Quintet gave the first performance of Be Not
Afraid, the Isle is Full of Noises, August 1, 2001,
in Aspen, CO. Heard first in Chautauqua, NY was Diverstissement,
for violin and marimba, with Jacques and Michael Israelievitch,
August 12, 2001.
Performances
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra was on the
program of the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, under
David Effron, with violist Randolph Kelly, June 24,
2001. The Bowdoin Music Festival included mezzo-soprano
Brenda Patterson in Primavera Amarilla, and Sarah
Wolfson in Reconciliation, July 11, 2001, in
Brunswick, ME. At the Colorado Springs New Music Festival,
works heard were Solo Flute Sonata, with Paul
Nagem; Duo Sonata, with the two-piano team Quattro
Mani; and String Quartet No. 8, with the Da Vinci String
Quartet. In 2001, Sonata for Viola and Piano
had performances with Ronald Carbone and Frank Daykin
in New York, NY, April 26; and with Kelly and Elizabeth
DeMilo in Pittsburgh, PA, October 16, and Cleveland,
OH, October 30. The International Double-reed Society
Convention, held in Morgantown, WV, featured Domestic
Tranquilities, with oboist John Mack, soprano Christine
Price, and pianist DeMilo, August 7, 2001.
Publications
Concerto; viola and orchestra; ROMP; string
quartet; Piano Quintet; all by Theodore Presser. Transfiguration;
ecumenical Mass for four soloists, SATB choir, brass
quintet, and organ; Paraclete Press. Five Sephardic
Choruses; Transcontinental Music Publications. Canto
VIA; solo bass viol; Ludwig Music Publishing Co.
Recordings
Pensive Soliloquy, for alto saxophone and piano;
John Sampen and Marilyn Shrude; Albany Records Troy
442. A Psalm Trilogy; Portland State University
Choir, Bruce Browne conducting; ACDA Recording. Clarion
Calls, for trumpet and organ; Keith Benjamin and
Melody Steed; Gothic Records G49127.
Further Information
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