Annual American Composers Update
Katherine Hoover
Katherine Hoover, a New York, NY resident, was a guest
of the Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair this past spring, performing
and giving a master class. She presented a concert of
works for one, two, and three flutes with harp at the
Long Island Flute Club.
Premieres
Premiered at the 1998 National Flute Association Convention,
in Phoenix, AZ were
Kyrie, for 12 flutes, commissioned
and performed by the Tucson Flute Club (Aug. 15); and
Masks, for flute and piano, commissioned by the
National Flute Association and played by Jeani Foster
and Stefanie Jacob (Aug. 16).
Performances
: The convention included a concert of Hoover's works,
including
Winter Spirits, Homage to Bartok, Summer
Night, Canyon Echos, and
Kokopeli. The Amarillo
Symphony, conducted by James Setapan, is scheduled to
perform
Eleni: A Greek Tragedy, Mar. 20, 1999.
On her spring 1998 tour of the Far East, flutist Teresa
Beaman played
Kokopeli several times. Hoover's
Dances and Variations were on the program of her
concert at the Long Island Flute Club.
Publications
Winter Spirits; Masks; Kyrie; all by
Papagena
Press.
Recordings
Night Skies and three other orchestral works; all
on
Parnassus
Night Skies CD, Oct. 1998.
Canyon Echos; Winter
Spirits, Kokopeli, all for flute and guitar; L. Zucker
and R. Savino; Cantilena Records
Native American Stories
in Classical Flute Music CD 66017-2.
Kokopeli,
for solo flute; Beaman; Laurel Records
Flute Moments
LR-857CD CD.
Kokopeli, for solo flute; Mark Sparks;
Summit Records
Mark Sparks, Flute DCD226.
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