Annual American Composers Update

Marilyn J. Ziffrin

SAI member Marilyn J. Ziffrin lives and works at home in a small New Hampshire village. She was chosen as the 1997 Composer of the Year by the New Hampshire Music Teachers Association and was awarded a grant for a new composition.

Premieres

On Apr. 20, 1997, Cliches, commissioned by the Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir, J. Scott Ferguson, director, was presented by the choir in Bloomington, IL.

Performances

Mezzo-soprano D'Anna Fortunato and pianist Donald Berman performed "I Thrive on Youth and Joy," from Three Songs of the Trobairitz, at a Boston Aria Guild Concert, held at the Tsai Performance Center, Boston, MA, Feb. 23, 1997. The entire work was heard at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, with Heather Beggs and Jeff Patry, Apr. 6, 1997. On Apr. 13, 1997, organist Jane Ann McSwiney played Toccata and Fugue for Organ at the New London (NH) Baptist Church. A North/South Consonance Series concert included Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano, with Paul Gallo, Gilbert Dejean, and Max Lifchitz, at Christ & St. Stephens Church, New York, NY, June 3, 1997. The piano duet Yankee Hooray was presented by Janet Wells and Wayman Chin at the Yellow Barn Music Festival, Putney, VT, July 4, 1997.

Further Information

For more complete information, see Marilyn Ziffrin's entry in our Composers Bureau Online.