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Nancy Bloomer Deussen's The Pegasus Suite was performed at Norwich Festival in England on October 10, by Anne Allen (fl). This same piece was performed on October 24 at the Regents Theatre at Holy Names College in Oakland by Angela Koregelos (fl) and Zoe Smith (pf). Piano Prelude and Cascades-a Tocatta was performed at the NACUSA concert in Lansdowne, PA. A brass ensemble piece has been commissioned by Sempervirens to celebrate this environmental groups centennial year. Premier to take place in May, 2000 outdoors in the Big Basin Redwood State Park, CA. She has also received a commission for two chamber works by Two x Three-Music by Women.

Lawrence Dillon was Composer-in-Residence a the 1998 Killinton Music Festival, where his piano trio Endurance and Diversion was premiered by the the Killingto Trio. This past season also saw the premiere of Dillon's Symphony No. 1 at Wake Forest University, and several performances of his Quintet in C# D by th eCassatt String Quartet. In April, his Spring Passing was given its west coast premiere by flutist Laurel Zucker and percussionist Daniel Kennedy. In December, Angela Jones-Reus, principal flutist of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony, will perform Dillon's Ascending Spiral on her American tour. Lawrence Dillon was recently appointed chairman of the Composition and Theory department at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Stephen Montague's Horn Concerto (for 20 automobiles) was performed at this ISCM festival. His Dark Sun was performed by the musicians of COMA (Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs) at the Bath International Music Festival on May 30th with the composer conducting. On June 14th, the comissioned piece, Beach, Band and Boulder, was peformed, with the composer conducting, for the Aldeburgh Festival.

Steven Paxton's WorldRiffs for symphony orchestra was premiered by the Lubbock Youth Symphony Orchestra on March 6, 1998, Eric Fried conducting. The work was commissioned by the orchestra as part of its 10th anniversary celebration.

Composer/Pianist Persis Parshall Vehar was appointed Composer-in-Residence by Canisius College, Buffalo New York from 1998-2001. She recently had three works published; Her song cycle, Women, Women, by Leyerle Publications, Missa Brevis Pro Pace by Northfield Press, and Dona Nobis Pacem in the Rodney Eichneberger Choral Series by Plymouth Music Company, Inc. In April 1998, her Moods of the Pacific was premiered at the University of Buffalo by the composer (pf), Adrienne Tworek-Gryta (sop) and members of the Buried Treasures' Chamber Ensemble. Last May, Three Walking Songs were premiered by Voici D'Amore at the Burchfield-Penny Arts Center and View From the Catskills was premiered by the University of Buffalo Wind Ensemble, Sarah McKoin, Conductor. Recent recordings include: Women, Women, Sharon Mabry (mez. sop.) and Patsy Wade (pf.); Three from Emily, Thomas King (T), Vicki King (pf) and David Vanderkooi (vlc.). Both song cycles can be found on the CD Dimensions released by Aeolian in January 1998 from Austin Peay State University Department of Music and Center for the Performing Arts (Tennessee). The Ethos New Music Ensemble, State University of New York at Fredonia, presented a lecture/recital by Ms. Vehar in March 1998 and invited her to be a panelist as part of "Women: The Survival as Artist in America."

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