Allen Brings

Premieres

Two Strains for handbell choir was presented January 31, 2004, by the Arkansas State University Ringers, conducted by Ellis Julien. Duo for cello and piano was introduced February 22 by Garfield Moore and Stephanie Watt in a New York, NY, performance. The Adesso Choral Society, under the direction of Margaret Collins Stoop, performed Three Airs on anonymous 17th century verses for treble voices and piano on June 12 in Danbury, CT.

Performances

Two Songs of William Blake received performances from Louise Lawson and Sharon Abner on June 29, 2003, in Washington, CT; and from Nancy Ellen Ogle and Ginger Yang Hwalek on September 13, in Orono, ME. Trio for violin, viola, and cello, was presented December 16 by Jonathan Weber, Earl Manein, and George Dewar, in New York, NY. Guitarists Frank Hendrix, Justin Dugger, Jay Shepherd, and Timothy Crist performed Digressions for guitar quartet on January 29, 2004, at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Variations on an American Folksong for piano was heard in a performance by the composer on May 16 in Weston, CT. Organist David Hatt performed Five Praeludia on July 18, in San Francisco, CA.

Publications

Duo for violin and cello; Pastorale for oboe, viola, and piano; Hommage à for organ; Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch for brass quartet and for solo piano; Ludus tubarum for piccolo and bassoon; Ludus nervorum for cello and double bass; all by Mira Music Associates.

Recordings

“Music for Voices by Allen Brings:” Three Holy Sonnets and From Psalterium Davidicum for chorus and orchestra, performed by Ars Brunensis and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada; A Herrick Suite for chorus and piano and Cor Jesu Trinitatis for a cappella chorus, performed by the Kent Singers, conducted by Marguerite Mullée, accompanied by the composer; The Lament of Rachel for chamber choir and piano, four-hands, performed by the New York Virtuoso Singers, conducted by Harold Rosenbaum, accompanied by the composer and Genevieve Chinn; Three Songs of Blake and Donne and Mountain Song, performed by Mara Bonde and Allen Brings; Capstone Records CPS 8731. Ten Conceits, pianist Chinn; Capstone Records CPS 8732.

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 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