Wang An-Ming
Wang An-Ming's Kapalua
won First Place
at the National Mid-Ad Congress of the National League of American
Pen Women Florida State Conference, October 20, 2001.
Premieres
In 2001, organist Calvert Johnson gave the first
performances of Soundings at Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
March 21; at Agnes Scott Coll., in Georgia,
September 30; and in Santa Fe, NM,
November 16. Christ the
Lord is Risen, for choir and organ, premiered April
15, 2001, with the Bethesda (MD) Choir.
Performances
Works presented in 2001 in Bethesda included O
Come and Sing, for SATB choir and organ, with the Bethesda Church
Choir, January 28, and the Bethesda Choir, May 27; and Piano Quintet,
with SAI Mary K. Traver, Milner, Price, Daugherty, and Gruenther,
in Strathmore Hall, March 24. In
2001, Travel Scenes (Li River's Edge, Solemn Silhouettes, and
Kapalua) was performed by
Eagleson and Hosford
in Strathmore Hall, April 6, and then with Eagleson
and SAI National Arts Associate Francis Conlon in Chevy Chase, MD,
September 9, and in Strathmore Hall, November 12.
Heard with the Hua Sheng
Chorus in 2001 were Autumn Leaves, Spring, and Homesick,
in Rockville, MD, May 12; The Christmas Gift and Mary's
Lullaby, at the Washington DC Temple, in Maryland, November 30;
Spring and Lu Huai, at George Mason University, in Virginia, April 13;
and The Christmas Gift and Mary's Lullaby at the DC
Mormon Temple, in Kensington, MD, November 30.
Works sung in Washington, DC
in 2002 were A Hundred Loves, with soprano Elana
Lippa, at the Metropolitan
Memorial United
Methodist Church,
April 13; and Ali San, Spring, The Nightingale, and The
Endless Sorrow, with soprano Mira Yang, at the Korean Embassy
in Washington, DC,
September 12. On June 23, 2002, Traver
soloed with the FMMC Orchestra in Wang's Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra at Bishop
Ireton High School,
in Alexandria, VA.
Publications
Fantasy for Solo Organ; Vivace
Press, December 2001.
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