as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2

Michael Mauldin**

In a Farewell Tribute and 65th Anniversary Alumni Reunion held at the Albuquerque Academy on June 8, 2002, the Albuquerque Boy Choir named Michael Mauldin Director Emeritus upon his retirement as director.  On the same day, at the University of New Mexico, the Albuquerque SAI Alumnae Chapter inducted him as a Friend of the Arts

Premieres

Mauldin introduced the piano piece Roadrunner on April 14, 2002, at Washburn Piano in Albuquerque, NM, as a part of the Albuquerque Music Teachers Association student-adult composer concert, "Music Has Charms to Soothe the Savage Beast," dedicated to Mauldin for founding the event ten years earlier.  A'ts'ina:  Place of Writings on the Rock, for string quartet, commissioned by the Placitas (NM) Artists Series, was introduced by Willy Sucre and Friends, May 19, 2002, on a concert of world-premiere string quartets by New Mexico composers.

Performances

On a concert presented by the Corrales (NM) Cultural Arts Council, Carrie Koffman and Lawrence Blind performed Three Songs, a sonata for saxophone and piano, January 26, 2002.  The New Mexico Woodwind Quintet played Canyon Light:  Four Scenes for Woodwind Quintet, February 10, 2002, on the Placitas Artists Series.  Blind's piano recital at the University of Houston (TX) included Going Forth at Dawn With Power, March 11, 2002.  Directed by Edmund Torrez, The Albuquerque Boy Choir sang Come, Holy Spirit, August 4, 2002, at AmericaFest 2002, an international festival of boys' and men's choirs, held at St. John's Abbey, in Collegeville, MN.  Mauldin conducted the Symphony Orchestra of Albuquerque in High Places, August 10-11, 2002.

Publications

Introduction of the Child to the Cosmos, SATB choir and piano; Amazing Grace, SA or TB choir and piano; Fantasy on Divinium Mysterium, SA choir and piano; all by Santa Barbara Music Publishing Co.

Recordings

Birds in Winter: Six Preludes for Harp; Josh Layne; Layne Brothers Studio Masterworks for Harp CD.  Birds in Winter: Six Preludes for Harp; Annabelle Taubl; The Taubl Family Annabelle's Harp CD.

**Sigma Alpha Iota Friend of the Arts

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