Jack Beeson

Jack Beeson received the degree of Doctor of Music honoris causa from Columbia University in May 2002. This season, Kevin Maynor, bass-baritone, hopes to premiere Rupert Brooke Cycle, five songs based on what sometimes are called Brooke's "unpleasant poems." Maynor also has recorded To a Sinister Potato in a CD recital, accompanied by Richard Woitach, to be released by a UK company.

Premieres

Scheduled for January 16, 2003, by Gregg Smith and his singers in New York, NY was the first performance of Summer Rounds and Canons, an a cappella work which integrates Sumer is icumen in into a larger context.New to New York, NY, is Prescription for Living (text by Sheldon Harnick), for baritone and piano, to be programmed by the American Academy in Rome, November 3 in Weill Hall, with baritone Chris Trakas.

Publications

Summer Rounds and Canons; Rupert Brooke Cycle; Songs and Arias for Tenor and Piano (the last of a quartet of volumes for each voice type); all by Boosey & Hawkes.

The 2003 American Composers Update

Jack Beeson

Premieres

Publications

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 Jack Beeson Jack Beeson received the degree of Doctor of Music honoris causa from Columbia University in May 2002. This season, Kevin Maynor, bass-baritone, hopes to premiere Rupert Brooke Cycle, five songs based on what sometimes are called Brooke's "unpleasant poems." Maynor also has recorded To a Sinister Potato in a CD recital, accompanied by Richard Woitach, to be released by a UK company. Premieres Scheduled for January 16, 2003, by Gregg Smith and his singers in New York, NY was the first performance of Summer Rounds and Canons, an a cappella work which integrates Sumer is icumen in into a larger context.New to New York, NY, is Prescription for Living (text by Sheldon Harnick), for baritone and piano, to be programmed by the American Academy in Rome, November 3 in Weill Hall, with baritone Chris Trakas. Publications Summer Rounds and Canons; Rupert Brooke Cycle; Songs and Arias for Tenor and Piano (the last of a quartet of volumes for each voice type); all by Boosey & Hawkes. Further Information 2000-2001 American Composers Update 1999-2000 American Composers Update 1998-1999 American Composers Update 1997-1998 American Composers Update 1996-1997 American Composers Update SAI's Composers Bureau Online. SAI's Music for Young People section.
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