SCI 36th Annual National Conference
at University of Akron, 2002

Conference Review

Schedule of Events

American New Arts Festival Presents:
Society of Composers, Incorporated 36th National Conference
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 18, 19, and 20, 2002
School of Music, The University of Akron

Daniel McCarthy, SCI Host, Festival Director
Nikola Resanovic, SCI Co-host
Ralph Turek, SCI Co-host
Mark Durrand, Graduate Student Assistant

Michael Daugherty, Principal Guest Composer, Keynote Speaker
Composer-In-Residence with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Chair, Composition Department, University of Michigan

Gary Lee Nelson, Guest Composer, Electronic Musician and Digital Film
Maker
Director of Electronic Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music

Christine Gorbach, Guest Visual Artist, Digital Film Maker
Chair, Department of Art, Cuyahoga Falls High School, Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio


The Conference Schedule

 Thursday, April 18

OPENING CONVOCATION
1:10 p.m.   Michael Daugherty, Principal Guest Composer Lecture:
"American Icons"
                 Guzzetta Recital Hall

2:20 p.m. Orchestra Rehearsal: Recital Hall (Daugherty: Red Cape Tango)

3:20 p.m.   Art and Music Lecture/Demonstration, Folk Hall, The Meyers
School of Art
        Gary Nelson, composer, electronic music
        Christine Gorbach, visual artist

Concert 1
5:00 p.m . University of Akron Student Composers Forum, Guzzetta Recital
Hall
    Program TBA


Concert 2
8:00 p.m. New Music For Percussion, Guzzetta Recital Hall
  The University of Akron Percussion Ensemble, Larry Snider, conductor

Almost Transparent Black                        Jonathan Saggau
Cicadas                                                  Ulf Grahn
Flow                                                       Ronald Keith
Parks
Lady Mondegreen Bangs the Can!       Bruce Taub
Used Car Salesman                             Michael Daugherty
The Paces of Yu                                     Art Jarvinen


RECEPTION IN THE ATRIUM


 Friday, April 19

Concert 3
10:00 a.m.  New Music For Piano, Guzzetta Recital Hall

Playing in Chinese Sweet Dumpling Festival              Tao Yu
Piano Sonata No. 2
Andrey Kasparov
Eight Preludes for the Dance
James A. Jensen
Glacius
Anne Deane
Fantasy
Pieces
Gregory J. Hutter
Velosophy
David Smooke

12:00 p.m. -  University of Akron Student Composers Lunch with Michael
Daugherty
           Guzzetta Hall Rm. #137

12:00 p.m. -  Sound Checks for Concert 4: Electroacoustic
       Guzzetta Recital Hall

Concert 4
1:00 p.m. New Electroacoustic Music, Guzzetta Recital Hall

Résonances Entrelacées                                     Jonathan
Hallstrom
". . . and so the Hole was Dug"                        Frank Felice
Inside the Ride
Larisa Montanaro
Points of Arrival
Chin-Chin Chen
Tåg till . . .
James Paul Sain
alt.music.ballistix
Nikola Resanovic

Concert 5
3:00 p.m. Music Music For Quintet, Sandefur Theatre
  The Paragon Brass Quintet:
  The Solaris Woodwind Quintet:

Brass Quintet                        Bruce Christian Bennett
Windows                               Kurt Sander
Commentaries                        Carleton Macy
Four Sketches                         Ryan Beavers

3:00-5:00 p.m. University of Akron Symphonic Band Rehearsal, Guzzetta
Recital Hall
  (Daugherty, Gallagher, Sandler)

5:00 p.m. University of Akron New Music Ensemble Rehearsal
  (Daugherty)

6:00 p.m. EC/NC Business Meeting
  Quaker Square Hilton: Trackside Grille Board Room
  William Ryan, chair

Concert 6
8:00 p.m. New Music For Wind Ensemble, Guzzetta Recital Hall
  The University of Akron Concert, Galen Karriker, conductor
  The University of Akron Symphonic Band, Robert Jorgensen, conductor

Sleight of Band                                  Frank Felice
The Slow Voyage Through Night      Robert Hutchinson
Proteus Rising From the Sea              Jack Gallagher
Rosie the Riveter                                 Felicia Sandler
Niagara Falls                                      Michael Daugherty

RECEPTION IN THE ATRIUM


 Saturday, April 20

9:30 a.m. General Membership Meeting
  Guzzetta Hall, Rm. #147
  Thomas Wells, chair

Concert 7
10:30 a.m. Digital Film Makers: Guzzetta Recital Hall
  Composer Gary Nelson (Oberlin College Conservatory of Music)
  Christine Gorbach (Chair, Art Department, Cuyahoga Falls High School).

Concert 8
1:00 p.m. Cleveland Composers Guild Concert, The Akron Art Museum
            70 E. Market St. (Between between High and Broadway)

Concert 9
3:00 p.m. Chamber Music I, Guzzetta Recital Hall
  The Ohio University Dance and Chamber Ensemble
  The University of Akron New Music Ensemble

Passions  Ching-chu Hu
Three pieces for Clarinet and Two for Piano       Paul Dickinson
Streams of Ascension                                          Phillip
Schroeder
My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson                  Mark Phillips
Seven Deadly Sins                                               Charles
Argersinger

Concert 10
4:15 p.m.  Chamber Music II, Guzzetta Recital Hall
  The University of Akron New Music Ensemble, Daniel McCarthy, Director
  Alexandra Mascolo-David, Pianist
  The West Virginia University Faculty Piano Quartet

Jackie's
Song
Michael Daugherty
Sinatra
Shag
Michael Daugherty
Time Out of Mind: Six Tales of Middle Earth             Daniel McCarthy
Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Violoncello (2001)
John Beall

6:00 p.m.  -  SCI Banquet, Michael Daugherty, Keynote Speaker
   Cardinal Faculty Dining Room, University of Akron Student Center

Concert 11
8:00 p.m. New Music for Young Orchestras, Guzzetta Recital Hall
  The Akron Symphony Youth Orchestra, Eric Benjamin, conductor
  The University of Akron Symphony Orchestra, Ronn Cummings, conductor

Variation of a Theme                Frederic Glesser
Such Sweet Sorrow                  Neil McKay
Three Portraits                         William Alexander
  The Akron Symphony Youth Orchestra, Eric Benjamin, conductor

Red Cape Tango (from Metropolis) Michael Daugherty
 The University of Akron Symphony Orchestra, Ronn Cummings, conductor

FINAL RECEPTION IN THE ATRIUM

 



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