Stephen Yarbrough

Stephen Yarbrough is Composer-in-Residence at the University of South Dakota, in Vermillion.

Premieres

In February 2002, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra presented Inaugural Fanfare, conducted by Susan Haig.  February 2002 also saw the premiere of a commissioned piece for violin and harpsichord, A Joyful Noise, with John Thomson and Larry Schou, at a University of South Dakota faculty recital.  On May 7, 2002, the Vermillion High School Choir, under the direction of Kristin Iversen, introduced the commissioned work The Road Not Taken, for SATB choir and piano.

Performances

Alleluias for Orchestra, part of Christmas concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henry Charles Smith at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and by conductor Richard Giangiulio and the Greater Dallas Youth Symphony in December 2001, had 2002 performances conducted by Smith with the St. Olaf Coll. Orchestra, March 25; and with the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, September 5 and 8.  In 2002, William LaRue Jones led a performance of With the Voice of Joy and Praise with the Tennessee All State Orchestra, March 16, and with the Arizona All State Orchestra (April).  In April 2002, the University of South Dakota Brass Choir, under Rolf Olson, toured with Prairie Spring.

Further Information

• 2000-2001 American Composers Update
• 1999-2000 American Composers Update
• 1998-1999 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online
• SAI's Music for Young People section