2004 Region II Conference

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State University of New York
School of Performing Arts
Geneseo, New York 14454
April 9-10, 2004
Anneliese Weibel, host

Region II SCI Conference Schedule
Registration:  Friday, April 9, 10am-4pm  in Wadsworth Auditorium Lobby
                    Saturday, April 10,  10am-4pm in Wadsworth Auditorium Lobby

Concert Schedule (all the concerts take place in Wadsworth Auditorium)

Concert #1:  Friday, April 9, 4pm
Pioneer X  trumpet  solo                                    Jay  C. Batzner 7'45''
Chronopolis for solo flute                                  Franklin Cox   17'
                                   INTERMISSION          
Nightwood recorder solo                              James Chaudoir 9'
No Longer a Stranger piano solo        Phillip Schroeder      8'45''
Palindromes for two violins                            Paul Epstein   7'45''

 

Reception: Dinner at the Campus House, 6pm

 

Concert #2: Friday, April 9, 8pm
Gen'ei no Mai for flute and clarinet      John G. Bilotta7'30''
piece for tape                                     Thomas Licata  5'
lemon; birch for tape                          Jerry Tabor    5'
Selected Planets 2003 multi-media     Samuel Pellman 7'
                                   INTERMISSION
Snow of Ages for tape                               Chin-Chin-Chen 8'20''
Panic;melancholy for tape                         Vera Ivanova 6'
Bach Variations for alto saxophone and tape           Liviu Marinescu 7'
Trio for viola, violoncello and piano                       Anneliese Weibel  15'

 

Concert #3:  Saturday, April 10, 1:30pm
Movement IX for solo viola                      Ernesto Pellegrini       8'45''
Autumn Requiem multi-media                   Priscilla and Barton McLean    25'
                                   INTERMISSION
Strikes and Resonances for solo marimba         Jason Bahr  11'
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano                         James Willey   25'

 

Concert #4: Saturday, April 10, 4:30pm
Sonus Dulcis for piano trio                           Andrian Pertout   6'
Watercolorsfor string quartet                       Ann Lathan Kerzner  14'
Synthecism #5 for piano and tape                Brian Bevelander  15'
Curvatures for amplified string quartet          Tom Lopez    10'
Nothing Forgotten for piano trio                   Hilary Tann  10'

Concert #5:  Saturday, April 10, 8pm
Chasin' Bill fl, cl, vl, vla, clo, pno, marimba      Michael Timpson 6'40
Nostalgia for flute solo                                   Grace Choi     9'
Sukhi! fl, cl, vl, clo, pno                                 Brian Fennelly 3-4'
Yangtze! Yangtze! fl, cl, vl, clo, pno, perc       Ping Yin    13'
                                     INTERMISSION
Reaktionmaschine (central movement) picc, vl, vlo, pno, perc    Evan Johnson   7'
Concepts for bass clarinet                                  Chihchun Chi-sun Lee    7'
Platter of Discontent fl, cl, vl, clo, pno, perc                     Marc Mellis    12'
Shabby Chic fl/picc, cl, vl, clo, pno, perc                         James Barry    10'

Call for Scores
The Society of Composers, Inc., Region II Conference will be held April 9th and 10th, 2004, at the State University of New York Geneseo, in Geneseo, NY. Scores from all SCI members are welcome. The performers for the conference will include The Society for New Music (Syracuse), The Tremont String Quartet (Geneseo), the Geneseo Chamber Singers, the Geneseo Carol Choristers, and members of the Geneseo Wind Quintet, as well as performance faculty of SUNY Geneseo.

Instrumental:
Works should be for one to ten performers, in any combination of:
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, French Horn, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass.

Choral:
The choirs are SATB (Geneseo Chamber Singers), and SSA (Geneseo Carol Choristers.

Electro-acoustic works for live electronics, acoustic soloist or ensemble and electronics, or playback alone may be submitted.

Each composer may submit up to two pieces from 3 to 30 minutes in duration. Composers providing their own performers are encouraged.

Selection process:
The scores will be selected by the conference hosts and the ensemble directors and performers. The choral compositions will be performed by students choirs, and therefore highly complex works might not get programmed.

Attendance at the conference is required of all composers whose works will be performed.

Submission must include:

score and separate cassette/CD of each work submitted (include duration)

electro-acoustic or computer works must include a list of technical requirements

page with composers' name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and list of works submitted

SASE

a list of the performers, if they are provided by the composer

Submission Deadline:
All the materials need to be received by September 30, 2003. Composers whose works have been selected will be notified by November 15.

Send Submissions to:
Anneliese Weibel
State University of New York
School of Performing Arts
Geneseo, New York 14454