Annual American Composers Update

Alice A. Moerk, Professor of Music at Fairmont (WV) State College, maintains a studio in Anna Maria, FL as well as at her home in Fairmont. She has recently returned from sabbatical leave, including participating in the Deep Listening Retreat in Las Vegas, NM with composer Pauline Oliveros. In Apr. 1999, she will be the featured composer at the SAI Epsilon Psi Chapter Composer Showcase, at Fairmont College.

Alianor, an opera in monologue, was introduced by mezzo-soprano Carolyn Sheets and instrumentalists at High Gate, in Fairmont, Mar. 1998. John Robinson directed the Frederick, MD concert band in the first performance of Harbour Symphony, June 1998. In Oct. 1998, soprano Sandy Beveridge presented Wedding Song in Paden City, WV. Premieres scheduled for the Apr. 1999 SAI Epsilon Psi Composer Showcase are song cycles Auntie, with soprano Janet Gilmer and pianist Jeriel Gilmer; and Don Quix, for mezzo-soprano Sheets, clarinettist Harry Faulk, guitarist John Vaughan, and the composer playing strings.

Also on the SAI Composer Showcase are Eternal Summer, for SATB choir and instruments, conducted by Jeffrey Poland; and Trumpet Fanfare, for trumpet and organ. Moerck's organ work O'Carolan's Recess was heard in 1998 in Paden City.

• Composers Bureau Online.
• SAI's Music for Young People section.