Annual American Composers Update

Kent Kennan

Kent Kennan resides in Austin, TX, where he is retired from the University of Texas at Austin. On Sept. 19-20, 1997, his transcription for clarinet and orchestra of Prokofieff's Sonata, Op. 94 was performed by Richard Stoltzman and the Austin Symphony under Jacques Lacombe. He is working on the fourth edition of Counterpoint and a revised Counterpoint Workbook, to be published by Prentice Hall in 1999.

Performances

Among Night Soliloquy's many performances are three by Toshiko Kohno, flute, and the National Symphony, under Leonard Slatkin, in Washington, DC, Dec. 13, 14, and 17, 1996. Organist Mark J. Arcemont played Variations on a Quiet Theme in Shreveport, LA, Mar. 1, 1997. Kennan's trumpet/wind ensemble transcription of his Sonata for Trumpet and Piano was presented by John Hagstrom and the Eastman School Wind Ensemble, led by Donald Hunsberger, Mar. 5, 1997. On Mar. 8, 1997, an Albuquerque, NM program included Threnody and Dance to an Ostinato, with Karl Kraber, flute, and Gregory Allen, piano.