Annual American Composers Update

Jackson Hill

Jackson Hill is Presidential Professor of Music at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, PA.

Premieres

Song of Pilgramage and Your Word is a Lantern were sung first by the St. Peter's Chamber Choir, under Martha Johnson, at the Episcopal National Convention, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, July 19, 1997. On Nov. 16, 1997, the St. James Episcopal Church Bicentennial Celebration, in Muncy, PA, included Praise, O Praise the Lord, for SATB choir and organ. On Aug. 19, 1997, Canterbury (UK) Cathedral was the site of the premiere of Psalm 98, with the Choir of Cathedral of the Advent, Birmingham, AL, Thomas Gibbs, director.

Performances

On the same performance, Gibbs led the Cathedral of the Advent choir in Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. The choir of Corpus Christi Church, New York, NY, led by Louise Basbas, sang Hodie Christus Natus Est, Dec. 25, 1996, and Three Motets, Mar. 26, 1997. The choir of St. Mary's Church Bourne Street, directed by Shane Fletcher, performed Missa Brevis in London, May 5, 1997. On Oct. 17, 1997, John Zurfluh, cello, and Ben Whitten, piano, played Enigma Elegy at Elizabethtown (PA) College.