Michael Cunningham - Winter 2003

Michael G. Cunningham

Michael G. Cunningham's new works include Savings Can Be Fun and The Gettysburg Address, for unison male choir; May the Angels Lead You, a funeral dirge for SATB choir and piano; Ten Motets, for a cappella SATB choir; Confections, for SATB brass choir; and Modal Explorations, short inventions for piano. His textbooks A Musician's Primer and Divisional Counterpoint are available from 1st Books Library.

Premieres

On April 21, 2002, Piano Trio No. 9, for piano, violin, and clarinet, was presented by University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh faculty members over Wisconsin Public Radio; and on May 20, two of the same group helped to introduce Piano Trio No. 8, for piano, oboe, and clarinet, at the Saint Petersburg (Russia) State Conservatory. Works premiered at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (UW-EC) campus between November 2001 and May 2002 were Three Short Songs and Dreams, with soprano Elizabeth Hellman and Cunningham at the piano; The Snow Storm, with baritone Jeffrey Kensmoe and Cunningham at the piano; a concert reading of the mini-opera Elizabeth and DeVere, with lead singers Kathryn Proctor-Duax and Daniel Newman and Cunningham at the piano; Christmas is Coming, for SATB choir, performed by an ad hoc group; Duologue, for saxophone and marimba, with Jared Ziegler and Tim Doleysh; Fantasy on a Gregorian Hymn, with pianist Donald Patterson; Fox Trot, for violin, tenor saxophone, and piano, with Nick Seeger, Jeffrey Reitz, and Barbara Young; Recollections (three pieces), with Cunningham conducting the UW-EC Jazz Ensemble I; Overture to the Cave of Silver Willows, with Mark Heidel leading the UW-EC Wind Symphony; and Grusha Suite, with Rodney Hudson directing the UW-EC Symphony Band.

Performances

Also performed on campus and in the Eau Claire metropolitan area between December 2001 and April 2002 were Forest Ballads, for guitar, with Vincent Rose; Incantation (new saxophone version), with Jared Ziegler and pianist Zach Halmstad; Parisian Sonata, with bassoonist Toby Yatso and pianist Beverly Soll; Hi Jinks, for tuba and piano, with Jerry and Barbara Young; and Three Ditties, for oboe and piano, with University of Wisconsin - Stout faculty Stephanie Graber and Mark Pruett.

The 2003 American Composers Update

Michael G. Cunningham

Premieres

Performances

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 Michael G. Cunningham Michael G. Cunningham's new works include Savings Can Be Fun and The Gettysburg Address, for unison male choir; May the Angels Lead You, a funeral dirge for SATB choir and piano; Ten Motets, for a cappella SATB choir; Confections, for SATB brass choir; and Modal Explorations, short inventions for piano. His textbooks A Musician's Primer and Divisional Counterpoint are available from 1st Books Library. Premieres On April 21, 2002, Piano Trio No. 9, for piano, violin, and clarinet, was presented by University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh faculty members over Wisconsin Public Radio; and on May 20, two of the same group helped to introduce Piano Trio No. 8, for piano, oboe, and clarinet, at the Saint Petersburg (Russia) State Conservatory. Works premiered at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (UW-EC) campus between November 2001 and May 2002 were Three Short Songs and Dreams, with soprano Elizabeth Hellman and Cunningham at the piano; The Snow Storm, with baritone Jeffrey Kensmoe and Cunningham at the piano; a concert reading of the mini-opera Elizabeth and DeVere, with lead singers Kathryn Proctor-Duax and Daniel Newman and Cunningham at the piano; Christmas is Coming, for SATB choir, performed by an ad hoc group; Duologue, for saxophone and marimba, with Jared Ziegler and Tim Doleysh; Fantasy on a Gregorian Hymn, with pianist Donald Patterson; Fox Trot, for violin, tenor saxophone, and piano, with Nick Seeger, Jeffrey Reitz, and Barbara Young; Recollections (three pieces), with Cunningham conducting the UW-EC Jazz Ensemble I; Overture to the Cave of Silver Willows, with Mark Heidel leading the UW-EC Wind Symphony; and Grusha Suite, with Rodney Hudson directing the UW-EC Symphony Band. Performances Also performed on campus and in the Eau Claire metropolitan area between December 2001 and April 2002 were Forest Ballads, for guitar, with Vincent Rose; Incantation (new saxophone version), with Jared Ziegler and pianist Zach Halmstad; Parisian Sonata, with bassoonist Toby Yatso and pianist Beverly Soll; Hi Jinks, for tuba and piano, with Jerry and Barbara Young; and Three Ditties, for oboe and piano, with University of Wisconsin - Stout faculty Stephanie Graber and Mark Pruett. 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
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