Annual American Composers Update

Alan Shulman resides in a nursing home in Kingston, NY. In 1999, Parnassus Records will reissue on CD recordings made during the 1940's and 1950's by the Stuyvesant String Quartet, of which Shulman was the cellist, playing quartets by Hindemith, Villa-Lobos, Quincy Porter, and Malipiero. The Los Angeles Cello Quartet played Shulman's transcription of the Bach Aria from Organ Pastorale in F, Feb. 22, 1998 in Santa Monica, CA.

Threnody was performed by the Vermeer Quartet, Mar. 30, 1998 at Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb. In 1998, Theme and Variations was heard in its version for viola and piano with Kirsten Johnson, in Burlingame, CA (Mar. 16), and with Raymond Punch, in Dallas, TX (May 9); and in its version for viola and orchestra with Ellen Rose and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, under Bernhard Klee (Nov. 5-7). The Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet presented Four Moods, Apr. 7, 1998 at SUNY College at New Paltz.

Suite for Solo Cello; Suite for Solo Viola; Homage to Erik Satie; viola or cello and piano; Waltz; violin and piano; Piece in Popular Style and Theme and Variations; both for viola and piano; Jazz Grab Bag; piano; Cello Concerto; cello/piano reduction; all reprinted and available from Jay Shulman.

Arrangements and original compositions; on The New Friends of Rhythm: Complete Studio Recordings 1393-47; cassette available from Jay Shulman.

• 1996-1997 American Composers Update
• SAI's Music for Young People section.
• Alan Shulman's website.