Jack Gallagher***

Jack Gallagher’s Capriccio was performed April 7, 2004 by trumpeter Kevin Wood at Harper College, Palatine, IL, and May 8 by Catherine Armstrong at the University of Pittsburgh (PA). Sonata Breve was performed October 21 by trumpeter Christopher Koenig, Ohio University. Recent broadcasts include the Vienna Modern Masters recording of Berceuse by the Polish Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, conducted by Szymon Kawalla, over Radio Stephansdom Klassiksender 107.3 FM in Vienna, Austria: October 21, November 16, 23, and December 12, 2003; January 11, February 11, March 26, May 31, July 27, and September 11, 2004. Other stations broadcasting Berceuse included: West Virginia Public Radio, November 10, 2003; WKSU-FM Kent, OH, December 29, 2003, March 9, August 13, 2004; WPRB-FM Princeton, “Classical Discoveries” with Marvin Rosen, May 5, 2004; WGUC-FM Cincinnati, June 24; WYSU-FM, Youngstown, August 20; KBPS-FM, Portland, OR, September 7. The Capstone Records CD of “Ancient Evenings and Distant Music,” recorded by the Solaris Wind Quintet, was broadcast January 7, 2004, on WPRB-FM in Princeton on “Classical Discoveries,” hosted by Marvin Rosen and July 10, 2004 on KVPR_FM, Fresno, CA. View the composer’s websites: http://www.wooster.edu/music/Gallagher.html, http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/gallaghj.htm, http://www.concertartist.info/bio/GAL004.html.

Premieres

Intimations of Finzi was introduced May 2, 2004, by clarinetist Ryan Chan and pianist Libby Leggiero on a Cleveland (OH) Composers Guild program, Cleveland Music School Settlement.

Performances

The Persistence of Memory (In Memoriam: Brian Israel) was heard November 11, 2003, in a performance by the SUNY-Potsdam Crane Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Timothy Topolewski. Ancient Evenings and Distant Music was presented February 22, 2004, by the Bakersfield (CA) Symphony and April 10 by the Solaris Wind Quintet at the New American Arts Festival, University of Akron (OH). Cellist Heidi Albert and pianist Pamela Yarnell performed Variations for Cello and Piano February 29 for a Cleveland Composers Guild concert at Plymouth Church, Tremont, OH. Celebration and Reflection was performed April 10 by the Paragon Brass Quintet at the New American Arts Festival, University of Akron (OH). Terence Milligan led the Cincinnati (OH) College-Conservatory Symphony Band in an April 30 performance of Proteus Rising from the Sea; the same work was performed in October by the University of Miami (FL) Wind Ensemble, led by Gary Green, at the 2003 Festival Miami program

***Sigma Alpha Iota National Arts Associate

Further Information

• 2002-2003 American Composers Update
• 2001-2002 American Composers Update
• 1999-2000 American Composers Update
• 1997-1998 American Composers Update
• 1996-1997 American Composers Update
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online