Annual American Composers Update

Brian Fennelly

Brian Fennelly lives in Kingston, NY. In May 1997 the American Academy of Arts and Letters gave him an Academy Award in Music honoring lifetime achievement.

Premieres

In 1997 premieres at New York, NY's Merkin Hall included Monogram, written for the Perspectives of New Music tribute to Richard Swift, with pianist Eliza Garth (Mar. 25); and Reflected Arc, with oboist Marcia Butler accompanied by Garth (Dec. 1).

Performances

The St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, with saxophonist Ted Nash, performed Skyscapes on its Second Helping Series at the Dia Center for the Arts, New York, NY, on June 11, 1997. Duopianists Adelaide and Edgar Roberts played the piano four-hand version of Empirical Rag in New York, NY and Kingston, NY during April 1997. In 1997 David Pituch, saxophone, presented Hypnotic Song at the Chopin Academy, Warsaw, Poland (May 7); and at Baldwin-Wallace College along with Corollary II (Mar. 5).

Publications

Emergence and Flight, orchestra; American Composers Edition.

Recordings

A Sprig of Andromeda and Empirical Rag; both with the Slovak Radio Symphony, under Joel Eric Suben; Tesserae II; Fred Sherry, cello; Evanescences; Da Capo Chamber Players, Edward Murray, conductor; Wind Quintet; Dorian Woodwind Quintet; all on CRI Music of Brian Fennelly CD 759, July 1997.

Further Information

For more complete information, see Brian Fennelly's entry in our Composers Bureau Online.