Michael Mauldin**

From the CD liner notes for Earth Spirit by Michael Mauldin: “I grew up surrounded by the belief that nature was created. That it was created primarily for man to use and dominate, a kind of ‘manifest destiny’ for the whole planet. When I was young, it didn’t occur to me to question such an entitlement. Instead I questioned myself and nature. It took a lifetime to see that my early fascination with magical places, where the spirit of nature and the spirit of man interact with mutual reverence, was more than childish sentimentality. I finally recognized it as child-like wisdom, an unpolluted trace of the still, small voice of ‘all that is.’ ”

Performances

Russian-born pianist Natalia Efremova gave a lecture-recital featuring six Michael Mauldin works in Albuquerque and Los Alamos, NM, in March 2004 and in Paris, France, in April. April 17-18, the composer conducted the Symphony Orchestra of Albuquerque in his arrangements of Bach’s Bist du bei mir and Byrd’s The Carman’s Whistle. The Durango (CO) Children’s Chorale sang Why Didn’t You Tell Me? and Mauldin’s arrangement of Amazing Grace for a Mother’s Day concert on May 8. The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra performed the Prologue of Enchanted Land: Suite for Narrator and Orchestra on September 5 in Albuquerque. The Enid (OK) Symphony Orchestra and flutist James Pellerite performed Dreams of the Child of Light, for Native American Flute and String Orchestra, October 23-24.

Publications

Dreams of the Child of Light, for Native American Flute and String Orchestra (dedicated to the Dalai Lama), JP-Publications, PO Box 62458, Colorado Springs, CO 80962 (recorded on Opus One Records).

Recordings

The CD “Earth Spirit: Chamber Music by Michael Mauldin” was produced by the composer and Rainbo Records in May 2004 for distribution on his Web site, www.mmauldin.com. Included are Mountain Winds: Episodes for Flute, Oboe and Harp performed by the Ensemble of Santa Fe, Canyon Light: Four Scenes for Woodwind Quintet performed by the New Mexico Woodwind Quintet, Three Songs for Saxophone and Piano performed by Carrie Koffman and Lawrence Blind, and A’ts’ina: Place of Writings on the Rock performed by the Nevsky String Quartet, St. Petersburg.

**Sigma Alpha Iota Friend of the Arts

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