Annual American Composers Update
Herb Bielawa
Herb Bielawa is a resident of Kensington, CA.
Premieres
1998-99 premieres on the "Music on the Hill" concert series
at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, in Kensington,
are
Variations on Ton-y-botel, played by Sandra
Soderlund, pipe organ, Oct. 4, 1998; and
Trading Off,
for violin, cello, and MIDI, Mar. 7, 1999.
Performances
At the SCI National Conference, held in Bloomington, IN,
Apr. 18, 1998, the Indiana University Singers performed
Rants II, for SATB choir and violin. Tenor Daniel
Akerman and the San Francisco State University Twentieth
Century Ensemble presented
Nightland, May 4, 1998.
In 1998, Magen Solomon led the San Francisco Choral Artists
in
A Critical Success, for SATB choir and violin,
in San Francisco (May 3), Berkeley (May 8), and Palo Alto
(May 9). A Composers' Inc. concert in San Francisco included
Blurts, for flute, clarinet, and piano, with Lenora
Warkentin, Richard Mathias, and the composer, Oct. 20,
1998. The San Francisco Girls Chorus, directed by Sharon
Paul, violist Gerladine Walther, and pianist Dwight Okamura
gave a performance of
Dreams, for SSAA choir, viola
and piano, Oct. 30, 1998.
Publications
Fifty-Fifty; flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano;
C. F. Peters Corp.
for SCI Journal Scores.
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