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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS

15TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Sponsored by

Memphis State University Department of Music

and the

Office of Public Service and

Continuing Education

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF UNIVERSITY COMPOSERS 15TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Sponsored by

Memphis State University Department of Music

and the Office of Public Service and Continuing Education

Conference Chairman: Don Freund, Memphis State University Program Chairman: Edwin London, Cleveland State University

Program Committee: Barney Childs, University of Redlands Douglas Lemmon, Memphis State University William Matthews, Bates College Diane Thome, University of Washington Gerald Warfield, Longman, Inc.

Memphis State New Musical Festival Coordinators: James Hardy Stephen Murray Larry McFatter Margaret Kiernan, Secretary

ASUC National Council

Edwin London, Chairman, Cleveland State University; James Eversole, University of Connecti­cut, Storrs (l); Thomas Read, University of Vermont (l); David Maslanka, Sarah Lawrence College (2); Ann Silsbee, Ithaca, N.Y. (2); John Rinehart, Shenandoah Conservatory (3); Jackson Hill, Bucknell University (3); Don Freund, Memphis State University (4); Dennis Kam, University of Miami (4); Robert Rollin, Youngstown State University (5); Phillip Winsor, De Paul University (5); Thomas Clark, North Texas State University (6); Edward Mattila, University of Kansas (6); Stephen Scott, The Colorado College (7); Richard Toesing, Univer­sity of Colorado (7); Robert Stewart, California State University at Fullerton (8); Diane Thome, University of Washington (9); Walter K. Winslow, University of California at Berkeley (9)

ASUC Executive Committee

Richard Brooks, Chairman, Nassau Community College; Thomas Cleman, Editor of Newsletter, Northern Arizona University; Bruce J. Taub, Editor of Journal; Cleve Scott, Electronic Music ' Consortium, Ball State University; Samuel Hope, National Association of Schools of Music; Greg Steinke, Editor of Proceedings, Linfield College; Barton Mclean, Submissions coordinator University of Texas at Austin; Priscilla Mclean, ASUC Radio Series; Margo Greene, ASUC Recording Series; Kurt Stone, Associate Representative; David Felder, Cleveland Institute of Music, Student Representative

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Wednesday, March 26

7:00 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

8:30 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

VIOLIN PIANO RECITAL

Adele Auriol, violin Bernard Fauchet, piano

Blaykelf Musicke - Gerald C. Chenoweth Rutgers University

Violin and Piano Sonata - Harold Oliver Southern Methodist University

Euclid's Rainbow - Walter Winslow University of California

Per Vege Viene - Raoul Pleskow C.W . Post Center of Long Island University

INTERMISSION

Duplum - Paul Zonn University of Illinois

Sonata for Violin and Piano - John Beall West Virginia University

RECONNAISSANCE, The Cleveland Institute of Music Contemporary Chamber Ensemble

Embarking for Cythera, for chamber ensemble (1978) - Eugene O'Brien

Eugene O'Brien, conductor

Serenade, for harp and violoncello - Frank Wiley

Quintet (1976) - Donald Erb

Larry Baker, Conductor

INTERMISSION

... the heaventree ... , for flute and tape - Robert Stine

Chairs (1979) - Larry Baker

Linda Anderson Baer, cassiopeia John Buck, Jr., Richard III Larry Baker, conductor

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E:mbarking for Cythera and Chairs were written with the support of grants from the Ohio Arts Counc i l .

RECONNAISSANCE

Eugene O' Brien, Director Donald Erb , Associate Director William Hilyard , Manager

Ro bert Burks, oboe Christine Dolce, trumpet Robert Dubbs, piano Eugene O'Brien, pi ano, conductor Laura Okuniewski, harp Terri Hilyard, violin Larry Baker, conductor

assisted by: Alan Dornian, flute Robert McAllister, clarinet Stephen Black, bassoon Jill Vitals, violoncello

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Thursday, March 27

8:45-9:50 a.m.

10: 00- 11 : 00 a.m.

(Morning Sessions at Travelodge)

INSTRUMENTAL DEMONSTARTION I (Polk Room)

The Bass Flute: Exploring the New Acoustic and Electroni c Sound Possibilities; Donald G. Andrus, California State University, Long Beach. Assited by Gretel Shanley perforing Unders~kelser by D. G. Andrus

Composing f or the Guitar : A Lecture Demonstration; Alan W. Schmitz, Jersey City State College

Margo Greene, CUNY Graduate Center; Chair

STRAVINSK:f: VARIATIONS (Johnson Room)

More Notes on Stravinsky's Variations; Bruce Faulconer, Ohio State University

Enigma of Variations; Paul s. Phillips, Columbia University

Walter Winslow, Universtty of California at Berkeley; Chair

COMPUTER INSTALLATI ONS (Jackson Room)

Music and Computing in a Smal l Col l ege; Wi lliam Matthews, Bates College

Computer Music at California St ate Univer sity at Long Beach; Justus Matthews, California State University at Long Beach

Cleve Scott, Ball State University; Chair

MID-~OUTH REGIONAL MUSIC AND THE AMERICAN COMPOSER, (Cree ket t Ro om)

David Evans, Memphis State University

Marshall Bialosky, California State University at Dominquez Hills; Introduction

SOUND AND SPACE (Crockett Room )

Control and Waveform Synt hesis with Microcomput ers; Barry A. Brosch, University of Miami

Auditory Localization and Electronic Music; Tom Wells, Ohio State University

Greg Steinke, Linfield College; Chair

(N.B. This session will last until 11:30)

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Thursday 10:00-11:00 a.m. Cont'd.

11 : 00-12 : 00 p .m.

12:00-12:15 p.m.

12:30-1 :45 p.m. Harris Auditorium

SETS AND SUBSETS (Jackson Room)

C<I:t'dinality of a Set and Its Complement; Michael Harrington, Framingham, Massachtisetts

Equivalent Union of Subsets as Progression: "Theme Song and Va:riati ons for Six Sa.xophones," an Example; Thomas Putsche University of Hartford

Thomas Read, Univer sity of Vermont; Cha ir

POETIC AND MUSICAL RHYTHM: ONE MORE TIME (Jo hnson Room)

- a paper by Barney Childs, University of Redlands

Douglas Lemmon, Memphis State University; Introduction

SOME ASPECTS OF BARTOK'S COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE (Polk Room)

- a paper by Andras Szentkiralyi, Seattle, Washington

Diane Thome, University of Washington; Introduction

LUNCH

TRANSPORTA!I'ION TO MEMPHI S STATE UNIVERSITY

(Afternoon Sessions are at Memphis State University)

OPENING PLENARY SESSION

Welcoming Remarks by Edwin London, Cleveland State University, Chairman, ASUC National Council

Welcoming Remarks by Don Fr eund, Memphis State University, Chairman, ASUC Nati onal Conference

Presen t ati on of St ud ent Composit i on Award by: SESAC representa tive, Herber t E. John son, Mus icol og is t; Ar thur Whittemore, Chief Consultant, Ser ious Music Di vi s ion

Dennis Miller, First Prize Winner. (Second prize was won by Stephen Mason. Honorable Mentions went to Michael Gandolfi, Daniel B. Rothman, and Cindy McTee.)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS, Sta~ements and a Dialogue; Gunther Schul l er, President, National Music Council. After his initial statements, Mr. Schuller would like to address questions from the floor concerning aspects of the contemporary music profession . 5

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1nursoay 2: 00 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

from Nine Compositions for Guitar - Alan Schmitz Jersey City State Co l lege

John Feeley, guitar

Hexads for Organ - Will Gay Bottje Southern Illinois University

John Boatner, organ

Movement II, for Solo Double Bass - Ernesto Pellegrini Ball State University

*Alex Valk, double bass

Reflection and Celebration - R. W. Wienhorst Valparaiso University

*Phillip Gehring, organ

Matus Sonoris Diligenter Ordinatus I (for organ and tape)

*Barbara Thomson, organ

Gifts (1974) - Stuart Sm i th

- Geoffrey Wright Peabody Conservatory

Univer s i ty of Maryl and, Baltimore Co unty

*Barbara Thomson, organ *Gail Pilling, flute *Wayne Cameron, trumpet

... And They vJill Become One Flesh - James Marra Peabody Institute

*Paul Hoffman, piano, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County James Baird, percussion

Restatement of Romance - Allan Bl ank (based on poem by Wallace Stevens ) Virgin ia Commonwealth Univ.

*Paul Hoffman, piano

* Guest Artist

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Thursday 2:00 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

Suite for Microtonal Piano -Al arum Blues Etude Song Toccata

*John Rinehart, piano

Ben Johnston University of Illinois

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4:00 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

Five Haiku "This land so lavish, rich . .. 11

11 ••• shiny floors" "They bloom, they fall and then . . . 11

"See this dragon fly ... 11

"Voices of the young ... 11

Christine Smith, voice; Henry Klyce, viola Margaret Kiernan, cello Hayes Biggs, piano; Jay Sharp, vibes ; Timothy Duncan, conductor

- Elizabeth Pizer Milipitas, California

Du Silence - Ulf Grahn (Poeme de George Rodenback)

Christine Smith, soprano Lee Carroll, bass clarinet

Lullaby - Thomas Albert

Falls Church, Virginia

Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music

Christine Smith, soprano; Eliza beth Baur, flute; Don Freund, piano

Love Songs - Beverly Grigsby La Fanfar lo University of California at Northridge

Edward Hull , tenor Dav id Hopman, guitar

Comparatives - Jane Wilkinson Poems by N. Scott Momday

Buteo Rega 1 is The Bear Comparatives

Christine Smith, soprano Judith Nel son, viola

Dandy Man - Stephen Chatman

University of Pennsylvania

The University of British Col umbia

Patricia Wadley, soprano Gary Topper, flute

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Thursday 4:00 p.m.

Concert Cont'd.

Circumflexions on Mallarme - Janet Gilbert Middlebury College

Christine Smith, soprano

Erogenous Zongs (or Neglected Parts)

Christine Smith, soprano Elizabeth Baur, flute James Baird, percussion

Robert Lombardo Chicago Musical College of

Roosevelt University

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Slumber Song Kevin Wood (verses from Rainer Maria Rilke) Freehold, New Jersey

Chanson - Timothy Rock Peabody Conservatory

Chamber Choir Timothy Duncan, director

The Sky is Low, the Clouds are Mean - Anthony Iannacone (words by Emily Dickinson) Eastern Michigan University

Prophecy - Steve Paxton Lubbock, Texas

Exclamations! David Berlin North Allegheny High School West Virginia University

Memphis State University New Music Festival Singers Don Freund, conductor

Quartet (First Prize Winner, SESAC Student Composition Award)

- Dennis Miller Columbia University

Henry Klyce, violin; Margaret Kiernan, cello; Mike Richards, vibes; Elizabeth Baur, flute; James Hardy, conductor

Quintet - Nancy Van de Vate Hawaii Loa College

Bruce Erskine, flute; James Gholson, clarinet; Max Huls, violin; Julie Hochman, cello; Andrea Grossman, piano; James Baird, percussion; Timothy Duncan, conductor

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Thursday 8:15 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

Same Old Refrains - Jim Willey Williams College

Bruce Erskine, flute; James Gholson, clarinet; Max Huls, violin; Julie Hochman, cello; Andrea Grossman, piano; James Baird, percussion; Timothy Duncan, conductor

INTERMISSION

Music for Dance - Alexandra Pierce University of Redlands

Robert Miller, clarinet; Frank Callaway, french horn; James Baird, marimba; John Boatner, piano; John Baur, conductor

Memphis State University Dance Company; Orchesis Dawn Walker, Lisa Koffman, Genia Maiorino, Rosanna Rios, Jacqueline Weaver, Anita Knight Choreography by Michele Varon

Dimensions - Thom Hutcheson Middle Tennessee State University

Memphis State University Horn Choir Richard Dolph, conductor

Wind Music, Five Movements for Wind Sextet - Leslie Bassett Univ. of Michigan

Bruce Erskine, flute; Raymond Lynch, oboe; James Gholson, clarinet; Russell Pugh, bas~oon; Richard Dolph, horn Allen Rippe, alto sax Robert Griffith, conductor

(continued)

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Thursday 8:15 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

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Eclipse III Elliott Schwartz Bowdoin Co 11 ege

Bruce Erskine, flute; Raymond Lynch, oboe; James Gholson, clarinet; Russell Pugh, bassoon; David Harris, trumpet; Richard Dolph, horn James Hardy, trombone;

Frank Shaffer, percussion I; Mike Richards, percussion II; Diane Baumgardner, violin; Allen Lieb, violin; Irene Wade, viola; Jeff Jurciukonis, cello John Chiego, bass

Don Freund, conductor

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Friday, March 28

9 : 00-1 O: 00 a. m.

10: 10-11 :20 a.m.

(Morning Sessions at Travelodge)

THREE FIIMS ... and discussion (Polk Room)

Progrcun Music l9 #3; Emmanuel Ghent, New York

Conrposing Electronic Music for l6mm Film; Reynold Weidenaar, New York University. Including presentation of Wavelines II by R. Weidenaar.

Figured; Ron Pellegrini, Texas Tech. University. Jonathan Kramer, University of Cincinnati; Chair

PEI?PERTUSA: GENESIS, ARTICULATION, OBSESSIONS (Crockett Room)

- paper on the composition by Peter Tod Lewis, University of Iowa

Richard Brooks, Nassau Community College; Introduction

MUSIC AND THE MAJORITY: THE POLITICS OF CHARLES IVES (Jackson Room)

- a performed dialogue by Willicun Brooks, Smithsonian Institute. Assisted by Rob Newell, Chapman College.

Jackson Hill, Bucknell University; Introduction

COMPLEXITIES OF TIME (Polk Room)

Compositional Uses of Multiple Co-Incident Tempi; Fred Geissler, University of Virginia

Programming Complex Rhythms on the Roland MC-8 Digital Controller; David Cohen, Arizona State University. Includes performance of Cohen's "Music for Tuba and Tape." Raymong Nutaitis, tuba, Arizona State University. Also includes synthesizer realizations of Babbitt's "Composition for Piano" and "My Compliments to Roger."

Beverly Grigsby, University of California at Northridge; Chair

PUBLIC RADIO AND NEW MUSIC: THE PROMISE AND THE FRUSTRATION (Crockett Room)

Barton McLean, University of Texas, Austin. Includes excerpts frcm ASUC Radiofest II series.

Edward Mattila, University of Kansas; Introduction

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Friday 10:10-11:10 a.m. Cont'd.

11:30-12:30 p.m.

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC PERFORMANCE (Jae ks on Room)

ARP Piece; Edward Mattila, University of Kansas

Chor der Steine; John Melby, University of Illinois

Ascents; Michael Gilbert, Amherst, Massachusetts

Nova; Reed K. Holmes, University of Texas at Austin

Electronic Music I; Bruce Faulconer, Ohio State University

James Richens, Memphis State University, Chair

LUNCH

National Council luncheon, 11:20-12:45 Executive Committee luncheon, 11:20-12:45

(Main Dining Room)

TRANSPORTATION TO MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY

Buses will return to the hotel after the 4:00 concert.

MEMBERSHIP BUSINESS MEETING

Edwin London, Cleveland State University; Chairman, ASUC National Council

Richard Brooks, Nassau Community College; Chairman, ASUC Executive Committee

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Friday 2:00 p.m.

.Concert Harris Auditorium

Aphorisms - Jon Bauman Frostburo State College

Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble James Baird, conductor

Cadenzas and Interludes - Larry Nelson

Lee Carroll, clarinet James Baird, percussion

West Chester State College

Four Desultory Anomaly Sonance

Episodes for Oboe and Tape - Greg Steinke Linfield College

Keen Paroxysm

*Greg Steinke, oboe

From Adinameda: La Familia Tiradore - Harris Lindenfeld Hamilton College

Lee Carroll, ~larinet James Baird, percussion Don Freund, piano

Ten Thousand Things Moving - Robert Martin Northeast Missouri State University

*Robert Lininger, mime *Laura Waters, clarinet

* Guest Artist

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Friday 2:00 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

Sonata No. 2 (1948) Andante con mote Tranquil a Allegro Agitate

- Robert Palmer Cornell University

Piscataway - Pet er Ware Cornell Univer si ty

Sonata for Piano - James Sellars University of Hartford

*Yvar Mikhashoff, piano

* Guest Artist

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Friday 4:00 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

A concert by OMNIBUS - Memphis State University New Music Touring Ensemble

Christine Smith, voice; Elizabeth Baur, flutes; V. Lee Carroll, clarinet; Don Freund, piano; Douglas Lemmon, trombone James Baird, percussion

Retournai-Toccata a quatre - Don Fr eund Memphis State University

Kryquets - James Richens Memphis State University

Four Miniature.s - John Baur Memphis State University

Fi eld Modul es - Ro b Newell Chapman College

Barn Burner - Mi chael Udow Un i versity of Missour i at Kansas Ci ty

Tommorrow's Songs - Paul Cooper Shepherd School of Music of Rice University

Insurgent Mexico - James Hardy Memphis State University

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Friday 8:15 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

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Three for Five - Vincent McDermott Lewis and Clark College

Gary Topper, flute; Mike Moreau, alto saxophone; Jay Sharp, vibraphone; Gene Rush, piano; Vincent McDermott, tabla

Dialogism #2 - James Greeson University of Arkansas

Robert Snyder, violin; Judith Nelson, viola; Peter Spurbeck, cello; Don Freund, ~iano

String Quartet #3 -Allegro moderate Lento assai Allegro possibile Adagio

Karel Husa Cornell University

Memphis State University Faculty String Quartet Robert Snyder, Max Huls, violin; Judith Nelson, viola; Peter Spurbeck, cello

Child - Stephen Murray Memphis State University

Beverly Elliotte, flute; Allen Rippe, alto saxophone; James Baird, vibraphone; David Hopman, guitar; Tim Duncan, baritone; Stephen Murray, conductor

INTERMISSION

Studies - Jordan Tang Southwest Missouri State University

Gary Neuwirth, flute; Karen Mallard, Nancy Piwonka, clarinet; Duane Barbour, trombone; Leigh Cheatham, harp; Anne Hudson, piano; Mike Richards, Ross Rice, percussion; Allen Lieb, Paul Turnbow, violin; Irene Wade, viola; Alice Lloyd, cello; Don Freund, conductor

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Friday 8:15 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

Chamber Piece #1 Howard Whitaker Wheaton College

Elizabeth Baur, flute; Nancy Piwonka, clarinet; Mike Moreau, alto sax; Kurt Dyvig, trumpet; Bill Tyler, horn; Ross Rice, I

Mike Richards, percussion; Duane Barbour, tranbone; Henry Klyce I

violin; Irene Wade, viola; Alice Lloyd~ cello; Anne Hudson, piano; Don Freund, conductor

Processional - John Watts The New School for Social Research

Memphis State University Trumpet Ensemble James Hardy, conductor

Brass Rubbing David Stock Pittsburgh

Memphis State University Trumpet Ensemble James Hardy, conductor

Variations for Brass Quintet - Thomas Steenland Boulder, Colorado

Kurt Dyvig, James Griffin, trumpets; Maurice Rhynard, horn; Duane Barbour, Douglas Lemmon, trombones; James Hardy, conductor

Declamations for Brass Entrada Lyric Signature

Hubert Bird Keene State College of the University

of New Hampshire

Elizabeth Gaydos, James Griffin, Bob Wood, Tim Turner, trumpets; Maurice Rhynard, Frank Callaway, horns; Duane Barbour, Ronald White, trombones; Douglas Lemmon, conductor

Aberrations for four Brass Ensembles, 16mm Film, and 4 Channel Electronic Tape

Dwight D. Gatwood University of Tennessee at Martin

*University of Tennessee at Martin Brass Ensemble *Dwight Gatwood, conductor

*Guest Artist

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Saturday, March 29

9:00-9:15 a.m.

9:30-11 :00 a.m.

(All sessions today are at Memphis State University)

TRANSPORTATION TO MF:MPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY

(Lunch will be at the student union. Buses will return to the hotel after the 4:00 concert.)

ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO CONSORTIUM: MEETING THERE (Room 113, Music)

Cleve Saott, Ball State University; Chairman of the Consortium

Tom Wells, Ohio State University; Chairman of the Subcommittee on Standards

Other Subcommittees: Tape and Music Exchange, Computer Applications in Music, and Electronic Music Curriculum

PAPER TRIANGLE (Engineering Auditorium)

Beyond Teahnique: Teaching the Unteaahable in Composition; David Keane, Queens University, Canada

Roy Harris: In Memoriam (But Keep Your Hats On); Marshall BiaZosky, California State University at Dominguez Hills

Pl<Zljing on Time: The Soaial Funation of Musia and Time; Robert J. Martin, Northeast Missouri State University. Assisted by Rob Lininger, Northeast Missouri State University

Ann Silsbee, Ithaca, N.Y.; Chair

LECTURE DEMONSTRATION I . (Harris Auditorium)

Aation and Reaation in Prepared Piano: Notation and Performanae Conaerns; Alexandra Pierae, University of Redlands

Teahnology as a Stimulant in the Creative Proaess; Sylvia Pengilly, Clinton, Massachusetts, assisted by Richard Cheadle, percussion, Western Illinois University. Includes performance of Inaantation by S. Pengilly

Thomas Clark, North Texas State University; Chair

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Saturday 9 : 30- 11 : oo a • m. Cont'd.

11 :00-12:00 p.m.

11:00-12:00 p.m.

12:15-1:15 p.m.

11:15-12:15 p.m.

12:15-1:45 p.m.

I NSTRUMENTAL DEMONSTRA'l'ION I (Room 115, Music)

New Bassoon Teahniques; William Davis, West Texas State University. Assisted by David Wimberly and Erica Tackett, WTSU, performing Metamorphosis II for Basson Trio by W. Davis

Some Contemporary Aspects of Woo~ind Performance; F. Gerald Er>r>ante, Norfolk State University

Bruce Taub, C. F. Peters, · Inc.; Chair

COMPUTER DEMONSTRATION (Room 115,Music)

Demonstration of the Fairlight Computer> Musical Instrunent, software and hardware capabilities~ Br>uae Jaakson, representative; Peter> Vogel, Designer>

SCME FACTS OF LIFE (Harris Auditorium)

- a paper by Martin Bookspan, Coordinator, Symphonic Concert Activity, ASCAP

Richard Hervig, University of Iowa; Introduction

Repeat of 11 :00 Computer Demonstration

LUNCH AT UNIVERSITY CAFETERIA

FUNDING FOR CONTF:MPORARY MUSIC (Harris Auditorium)

Margaret Jory, Executive Director, American Music Center; Chair

Edward Alley, Director, Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, Inc.

Rick George, Director, Southern Arts Federation

Arthur Keeble, Director, Tennessee Arts Commission

Cathy Morningstar, Program Specialist (Composers' Program) National Endowment for the Arts

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A concert featuring the Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble

Mike Bump, Mark Foster, Scott Ollar, Steve Owings, Ross Rice, Stephanie Shaffer, Frank Shaffer, conductor

Raf t - Ann Silsbee Ithaca, New Yor k

Michael D. Bennett, Narrator Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble

Letting Go - Margo Greene The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

*Dinos Constantinides, violin

Polygraph VI - Burton Beerman Bowling Green State University

*Judith Ben t ley, fl ute ; *Ruth Inglefi eld , harp

Variations and Interludes - Ursula Mamlo k Manhattan School of Music

Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble

Since Then - Barney Childs University of Redlands

Corona Vulpecula

- David Liptak Michigan State University

Don Freund, piano

Ceremonial - Nancy Chance C. W. Post College

Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble

* Guest Artist

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Saturday 2:00 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

Interpolation - Aurelio De la Vega California State College, Northridge

Ellen Burns, clarinet

Fantasia - Sonic Portrait IV - Heidi Van Gunden a sonic meditation for Un iversity of Il linois speaker and audience

*Heid i Von Gunden, speaker

Quartet I from Three Quartets - Allen Brings for Percussion Instruments Queens College (CUNY)

Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble

Doo-dah - William Albright University or Michigan

Mike Neal, Mike Moreau, Allen Rippe, alto sax

Refrains - Steven Stucky Lawrence University

Memphis State University Percussion Ensemble

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Solo Cello Recital Dedicated to Paul Hedwall

David Cowley, violoncellist University of Alabama

Three Verses for Unaccompanied Cello -Ballad Ode (Brisk) Recitative and Ballad

Theme and Variations - Brian Fennelly

Paul Hedwa 11 University of Alabama

New York, New York

Suite for Cello - Marshall Bialosky California State University at Dominquez Hills

I. With force and very rhythmically II. In the- style of an Israeli folk song

III. Like a March IV. Wfth Bravado and abandon

FIVE MINUTE INTERMISSION

Paths (for Cello and tape) - John Rinehart Shenandoah College and Conservatory

of Music

Kaleidoscope Fantasy - Dinos Constantinides Louisiana State University

Sonata Quasi una Fantasia - Harold Schiffman Florida State University

I. Adagio flessible e molto sostenuto II. Allegretto, un poco facetamente

III. Paco adagio e contable IV . R i so 1 u to

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Saturday 8:15 Concert Harris Auditorium

Ditto Varianti - Dennis Kam University of Miami

Transformed Prelude (after Bach: Prelude in E flat minor, W.T.C. Book 1)

- Gerald Warfield Longman, Inc.

Seven Late Spring Pieces - Yehuda Yannay University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Colloquy, Part IV for Symphony Orchestra and Tape

- Vladimir Ussachevsky Columbia-Princeton Electronic

Music Center

Memphis State University Symphony Orchestra Robert Griffith, Conductor

INTERMISSION

Streams - Michael Hunt Fontbonne College

Elizabeth Baur, flute; David Goza, english horn; Randy Hill, bass clarinet; John Boatner, electric piano; Frank Shaffer, percussion, James Hardy, Conductor

Chamber Music for Six Players - Richard Hervig University of Iowa

Gary Neuwirth, flute; Randy Hill, clarinet; Frank Shaffer, percussion; Ann Taylor, violin; Sara Chiego, double bass; Larry Mcfatter, piano. John Baur, Conductor

Jungles - Theodore Dollarhide University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Quadrants.,.Events Complex #1 Larry Austin North Texas State University

Memphis State University Wind Ensemble Sidney McKay, conductor

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Saturday evening

After the concert:

Reception for all conference registrants at the Travelodge

Sponsored by ASCAP and BMI

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Sunday, March 30

9:45-11:20 a.m.

11: 30-12:30 p.m.

12:30- 12 :45 p. m.

(Morning sessions at the hotel)

COMPOSITIONAL INFLUENCES

Eclectic Music Composition; Andrew GeZt, Temple University

Bird Music as Inventive Language for Composers; Claire Polin, Rutgers, Camden

Extra-Musical Influences on the Contempora:t>y Composers' Generation of Musica l Form and Content, Robert Rollin, Youngstown State Uni versity .

Denn is Kam, Uni versity of Mi ami; Chai r

AGONY AND QUICK-CHANGE

The Agony and Ecstasy of Building Your OUJn Electronic Modules; Lee Silvan, Community College of Philadelphia

A Quick-Change Patch System for Electronic Music Performance, Richa:t>d Lerman, Boston Museum School

James Wagoner, Catholic University; Chair

LUNCH

TRANSPOfilATI ON TO MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSI TY

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Sunday, March 30

1:00 p.m. Concert Harris Auditorium

.Among the Keys - Robert Rollin Youngstown State University

*John Turk, tuba *Robert Rollin, piano

Four Pieces - George Flynn DePaul University

*George Flynn, piano *Eugene Gratovich, violin

Spirals - Roger Briggs St. Mary's College

*Jeff Jacobs, piano

Serpentine Drone Heterophony (Melody) Heterophony (Canon) Texture Cadenza

- Catherine Schieve University of Texas, Austin

*Catherine Schieve, flute (bass); Randy Hill, clarinet (bass); John Boatner, piano

Triangulum - John Donald Robb Albuquerque, New Mexico

*Charles West, clarinet Judith Safferstone Bookman, piano

Travelon Gamelon - Richard Lerman Boston Museum School of Fine Arts

Memphis State University Bicycle Ensemble Andrew Nelson, director

Intermission

* Guest Artist

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Sunday 1:00 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

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I, III, and V from 5 Studies on Six Notes - Jonathan Kramer

University of Cincinnati

Caroline Fruchtman

Inacabado - Morgan Powell University of Illinois

Douglas Lenunon; trombone

Sonatella - Bruno Jlmato California State University, Fullerton, California

Allen Rippe, saxophone Don Freund, piano

Chirp - Robin Heifetz North Hollywood, California

Gary Shaw, euphonium Daniel- Fletcher, piano

Warp - Herbert Bielawa San Francisco State University

Bruce Erksine, flute Lyn Gillick, piano

Vignettes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 - Harold Wofford Van Buren, Arkansas

Hayes Biggs, piano

Cygnus - James McVoy West Chester State College

Jeff Jurciukonis, cello Don Freund, piano

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Sunday l :00 p.m. Concert Cont'd.

4:00 p .m. Concert Harris Auditorium

Trio: 2nd Movement, Vivace - Burnet Tuthill Memphis, TN

John Wehlan, violin; Peter Spurbeck, cello; Janet Gilbert, piano

A Concert of Student Compositions - program to be announced.