Annual American Composers Update
Jackson Hill
Jackson Hill is Presidential Professor of Music at Bucknell
University, in Lewisburg, PA. He has completed the score
to his
Symphony No. 3.
Premieres
In 1998, works premiered by the St. James Episcopal Church
choir, in Muncy, PA, included
Swing Wide the Gates
(Apr. 5) and
A Song of Christ's Humility (Sept.
13).
Performances
: The Choir of St. Ambrose University, Patricia Romza,
director, sang
Surge et illuminare, Dec. 4, 1997
in Davenport, IA. Martha Johnson led the St. Peter's Chamber
Choir in
Missa Brevis, Jan. 18, 1998. At Susquehanna
University, cellist John Zurfluh and pianist Elizabeth
Keller performed
Enigma Elegy, Jan. 31, 1998 in
Selinsgrove, PA. The choir of Corpus Crhisti Church, directed
by Louise Basbas, presented
Three Motets, Apr.
8, 1998 in New York, NY. On May 14, 1998, the Clare College
Choir of Cambridge (England) University, conducted by
Timothy Brown, gave a performance of
Tantum Ergo.
Publications
:
Rhapsody; flute and piano; in
SCI Journal
of Music Scores, Vol. 23,
European
American Music Distributors Corp.
Recordings
:
Tholos, for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello,
piano, and percussion; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble,
David Stock directing;
MMC
Recordings MMC 2061 CD, May 1998.
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