Wallace De Pue**

Wallace De Pue was honored on the American Masters Concert Series in Hamilton, OH on March 5, 2006, by an entire afternoon featuring performances of his compositions. Performers included: conductor Paul Stanbery and the Hamilton/Fairfield Symphony, David Bell and the Winton Wood High School Choir, soprano soloist Jennifer Accord, and violinist Zachary De Pue. Previous composers featured on the series were H. Owen Reed, Robert Ward, Thomas Benjamin, and James Niblock. DVD and VHS recordings of the American Masters Concert are available from Tri-State Productions, 333 Western Ave., Covington, KY, 41011. (859) 431-3069. The Wonderful Witch of Oz, his latest musical, is written on the subject of ecology and aimed at preschool children. His works have won awards at both state and national levels, and the composer has won 21 consecutive ASCAP awards. In 2006, Wallace De Pue was commissioned to compose a four-minute work for Karen Biscay, Choral Music Chair, Lourdes College (Toledo, OH), in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Lourdes College. At present, De Pue owns a publishing company known as Picardie Court Publications. Music of all genres, especially choral/vocal music, is available from his website at http://mustec.bgsu.edu/~wallace. His new email address is wdepue@woh.rr.com.

Premieres

Soprano soloist Accord, and the Hamilton/Fairfield Symphony and Chorale under the direction of Stanbery, introduced The Bird, Frog and Tree Club; while the Hamilton JHS Orchestra presented Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra II, on March 5, 2006, at the American Masters Concert in Hamilton, OH.

Performances

Other works included on the March 5 American Masters Concert were: A Call from Home by violinist Zachary De Pue; and Old Time Religion by tenor John Lawson, and the Winton Woods High School Choir under the direction of David Bell.

Publications

Alleluia!, SATB response; Hear Our Prayer, SATB; Why Do I Remember Christmas?, SATB and piano; A Joyful Christmas Night, SATB and piano; True?, SATB; The Merry Swiss Miss Polka, SATB and piano; The Bells, SATB (after E. A. Poe); Three Mini-Madrigals: Last Slumber, Quiet Waters, and Tears, SSATB; The Wise Men’s Carol, SATB, triangle, tambourine, claves, and cymbal; Two Frotole: Destiny and Non Val Aqua, SAT or SAB; The American Men, TTBB; Nicaea (Holy, Holy, Holy), SATB/descant and organ or piano; Tenting Tonight, arrangement for treble voices/SATB and piano; Kelsey’s Canon, SSA; Let’s Sing a Song About Christmas!, SA and piano; Ray’s Psalm, soprano or tenor and piano; No Lament, soprano or tenor and piano; If I Were a Witch, unison children and piano; Martin Luther King, Jr., unison children and piano; Meditation, piano solo; Waltz-Chorale-March, piano solo; The Chosen, violin and piano; The Fiddlers’ Contest, violin and piano; Dans Taranesc, C. Dimitrescu/arranged, violin and piano; Wind Songs, six-voice double canon for Christmas; An Orchestral Passacaglia, full orchestra; all by Picardie Court Publications.

**Sigma Alpha Iota Friend of the Arts

Further Information

• 2004-2005 American Composers Update
• 2003-2004 American Composers Update
• 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
• SAI's Composers Bureau Online
• SAI's Music for Young People section