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Sonny Burnette's Stone Suite by Chris Potter, professor of flute at University of Colorado, Denver. The four-movement work features solo piccolo/Eb, C, alto and bass flutes with flute choir accompaniment.
David Del Tredici's "The Spider and the Fly" by the New York Philharmonic. The work received its world premiere on May 28 by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur at Avery Fisher Hall. Soloists included soprano Hila Plitmann and baritone Nathan Gunn.
Anthony J. Iannaccone's "West End Express" by the Kalamazoo Symphony, premiered on January 23, under the direction of conductor Yoshimi Takeda.
Matty Selman by The Cleveland Playhouse to write a new musical for their 1999-2000 season. Currently Matty is composing the score to Scholastic's best seller, The Jewel Kingdom.
Myroslav Skoryk "Partita No. 7 for Wind Quartet" by Olga and Oleksander Kuzyszyn to be premiered on December 12 at the Ukrainian Institute of America, NYC, at a concert celebrating the composer's 60th birthday.
The Angry Einsteins as New Artist of the Day on Los Angeles' inland empire radio station KCAL when the station received over 400 calls in an hour after playing the group's new material.
John Blackburn's "Moonlight in Vermont," co-written with Karl Suessdorf, in a concert presented by the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, featuring the Oregon Symphony at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City, Oregon.
Linda Geleris' song "Call Me Crazy" in the Columbia-Tristar Home Video film Implicated. Linda both wrote and performed the opening song. The movie, directed by Irving Belateche, will air on HBO and in theaters abroad.
Trixi Reiss' "Comin' Back," performed with the Crystal Method at a number of shows on their American tour. The song, written with the Crystal Method, is featured on their debut album, Vagas.
Ralph Covert, best-known as songwriter and leader of Chicago-based rock band The Bad Examples, and G. Riley Miles with a Joseph Jefferson Award, one of Chicago's most prestigious theater awards, for their play, "Sawdust and Spangles," based on one of Covert's songs, "The Amazing Romero."
Gary Jess, composer and pianist, for being named to the distinguished international roster of Steinway Artists. Included on the Steinway Artist roster have been such immortals as Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin.
Robert Haas and Kristin Massey with the second prize in the Rock category of the First Annual John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their song "Any Way You Want Me," as well as the second prize in the Rock category of the eighth annual Billboard Song Contest for their song "Hey China."
Larry Hoffman, 1997 Grammy Award nominee, for being named 1998's "Producer Of The Year" by Living Blues Magazine. He was also the recipient of a Handy Award for producing the year's best acoustic blues record.
Vazgen Muradian with a citation by the Viola d'amore Society of America for his unflagging contributions to the viola d'amore repertoire, stating that, as a performer and composer, he has kept the viola d'amore in the public image.
R. Carlos Nakai, Native American flutist, with the first gold record for Native American Music. Nakai's Canyon Trilogy (Canyon Records) has sold more than 500,000 units in the U.S. And was certified for a gold record by the Record Industry Association of America. At the recent Native American Music Awards, Nakai also received Nammy Awards for Best Flutist and Best Male Artist. The R. Carlos Nakai Quartet was also named the the Best Blues/Jazz Artist or Group.
Quickdraw with a Long Island Music Award for Best Country Act at the LIMA show in June. The award was accepted by band members Bill Theis and Kevin Hawkins.
Dan Weitzman and Debra Zemke for being voted the 1997 Co-writers of the Year by the Tennessee Songwriters Association.
Richard Adler's music and lyrics (with Jerry Ross) for The Pajama Game at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. This recent production featured a new song, written 44 years after the show was first presented.
Morris Goldberg, saxman for Rosie O'Donnell, with his band, Ojoyo, at Grahamstown Jazz Festival, South Africa in July. Featured were: Anton Fig (drummer for David Letterman), Valerie Naranjo (percussion, Saturday Night Live).
Philip John Mikula's "Transformaticisms" by the Eastman Percussion Ensemble at a "Tribute to John Beck" at the Eastman School of Music's Eastman Theater in Rochester, New York on May 3.
Nuyorican Salsa Boys at the Hudson Theatre in New York City on May 1 at a party for the cast of Denzel Washington's upcoming feature film, Marshall Law. The performance helped to benefit the Pediatric Aids Kids Project.
Bill Solly's new musical revue, Does Anybody Love You?, at Don't Tell Mama's earlier this year. Backstage called the show "the bright stuff of which Broadway Off Broadway musicals are made."
Harvey J. Stokes' Lyric Symphony by the Richmond Symphony at the Ebenzer Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia on April 30.
Basil Swift's translation of Mozart's The Magic Flute by the San Francisco Opera in San Francisco, California on July 12th. Swift's libretto is embellished with enchanting drawings he created to accompany the text.
Elizabeth Wiegand at the Cathedral of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium in April.
Quiet As Kept (featuring Kevin L. Robertson, Darrell Gibson, and Todd E. Jackson) opened for the likes of LSG, & Brian McKnight at Cincinnati, Ohio's Coors Light Festival on Friday, July 24. "Tic Toc" was performed.
Howard Buss' Boom Time for trombone and percussion by Paul Hunt and Roger Schupp at the International Trombone Festival, hosted by the University of Colorado in Boulder, on May 28.
Will Connelly's Ringling Rag by the Cell Block Seven Dixieland Jazz Band at the 25th Anniversary Sacramento (California) Jazz Jubilee. Connelly is a former music director of the New Orleans Jazz Club of California and founder of the Hot Jazz and Alligator Gumbo Society.
James Di Pasquale's Footsteps for Solo Clarinet by Larry Combs, solo clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Swisshotel in Chicago on June 18.
Gerald M. Ginsburg's "Un Paysage Choisi (A Special Landscape)," a biographical song cycle to Paul Verlaine poems, featuring soprano Nkenge Simpson and tenor Gerard Powers, at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on April 25.
Frederick Koch's "Piano Trio No. 1" by the Cleveland Ochestra Piano Trio at Guzetta Hall, Akron University in Akron, Ohio.
Diane Leslie's film score, "Feline Follies," at the Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City on May 1. Otto Messmer is the Director and Animator. Leslie conducted and played piano. James Quinn's "Semi-BitterSuite," a suite for Voice and Four instruments in three movements: Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Violin, Guitar and Marimba, with text by the composer, at the Depaul Concert Hall in Chicago, Illinois, on May 22.
Erich Stem's Summer Nights for string orchestra by the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra at the Performing Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland on March 15. This premiere was featured as a part of the orchestra's guest artist series.
Vernon Taranto Jr.'s Triptych: Mosaic Panels of Freely-Orbiting Tesserae, by the Louisiana Sinfonietta, Dinos Constantinides, Music Director, at the Pennington Center in Baton Rouge, LA on May 3.
Lya Vidal Ward's "Roma Immortale" performed by the Los Angeles Solo Repertory Orchestra at the Hall of Liberty, Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California on April 10.
Donald Reid Womack's On Fields of Frozen Fire by the Honolulu Symphony, with Samuel Wong conducting, at Blaisdell Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 4. The piece was later profiled in the June issue of Islands: An International Magazine.
Martin Bresnick's website for his self-published music, Common Muse Music (www.commonmuse.com). The site includes biography, catalog and program note of Bresnick's works.
53 Days' second CD, Hot Water Music, featuring the songs of John Moore. The Buffalo, New York-based band has garnered great reviews and airplay. The Buffalo News called their music "high energy, radio-friendly rock-n-roll."
The Day I Fell Down's debut CD, Sweet to be Strange, on Samson Music (distributed by RED/Sony). The group was signed to Samson Music last fall by Michael Shrieve and their album was produced by Jack Endino.
Echoback's new CD, Paper Spaceships You Can Fly (Acid Ceiling Recordings). All songs were written by Matt McKenna and Craig O'Keefe.
Don Glaser's new CD, Slices of Life (Brownstone) featuring the composer's elegant jazz piano on his own compositions as well as select jazz standards. A former attorney for 27 years, Glaser has now written more than 250 songs.
Tom Hambridge's songs "Rock Me Right" and "Found Someone New" on Susan Tedeschi's scorching blues CD, Just Won't Burn (Tone-Cool Records). Hambridge produced the acclaimed album and co-wrote a third song, "Friar's Point," with Tedeschi.
Robert Van Horne's new CD, Piano & Memories (WPI Records), featuring 14 unique piano and orchestra arrangements of popular and standard songs as well as Horne's newest composition, "Frolic."
Industrial Tepee's new CD, What Divine Engine (Mother West Records), produced by Ween drummer Claude Coleman, Jr. and Mother West producer Charles Newman
Tammy K's "We Can Fight the Fire" and "True Love Wins in the End," included on the America Project and performed by Rusty Stratton (Hilltop Records).
Glenn Kaiser's new CD of twelve original songs, You Made the Difference in Me, on Grrr Records, featuring the singer/songwriter's unique blend of Christian music, Motown and Chicago R&B.
Chris Kubie's new CD of environmental music, Music Of The Thirteen Moons (Earthweb Music) Visit the composer's website at www.ckubie.com.
Daryl Kojak's debut recording, Notes from the Pilgrimage (Cornerstone), featuring nine songs of meditative and poetically evocative instrumental works reflecting Kojak's roots in classical, new age and jazz styles.
Haze Laser's Vamerchauv, An exciting blend of contemporary rock and jazz, with text based on the Psalms and sung in Hebrew. Music produced, engineered and performed by ASCAP's Gary Fitzgerald.
Ed Chalfin and Ted Lehrman's song, "A Long Goodbye," on Brotha 2 Brotha, the new Gold City Records CD by Brothaz By Choice. Produced by Chris Jasper, of Isley Brothers fame.
Mark Mangold's debut solo CD, Mirror Image (Fore Reel), featuring 15 original songs combining sweeping and melodic music that focus on the healing of the planet. Mangold has written for such artists as Michael Bolton, Cher, Jennifer Rush and others.
The Martins' (Joyce, Jonathan and Judy) latest album, Dream Big (Spring Hill Music). The successful trio won a Dove Award for the third year in a row this year.
Kevin Norton's CD KNOTS is on the Music & Arts label. It includes 13 tracks, 11 of them original compositions by the percussionist/composer, written in a unique style that combines the power of jazz improvisation and the expanded forms of classical composition. For more info visit: http://www.musicandarts.com or e-mail: musicart@sirius.com.
James Richard Oliver's new album, Hemihayride, on Georgia's Illbilly Records.
Ted Piltzecker's long-awaited second CD, the Unicycle Man, featuring the virtuoso vibraphonist's original compositions. Piltzecker made an international name for himself during a two year stint as vibraphonist and arranger for George Shearing's quartet.
Gary Patrick Robilotta's Project: Montserrat, a self-produced benefit CD (instrumental) for the people of the volcano-devastated Island of Montserrat. Available at Virgin Megastores, on Belham Valley Records.
Dave Schommer's Duke Mushroom Presents: The Warriors (Intersound), which Hits magazine has declared "as close to perfect pop as drum-n-bass has come so far."
Ty Stephens' debut CD, Musichameleon (Romantasy Music), featuring the eclectic songs and vocal styles of this Philly native.
Harvey J. Stokes' String Quartet No. 1, String Quartet No. 2 and String Quartet No. 3 by the Oxford String Quartet on Albany Records.
The Vainglorious (Alex Hofmann & Howard Ellis) have released their self-titled debut CD. The album highlights the band's blend of pop, roots, country, blues and ambient sounds.
Gregg Wager's Es bricht die neue Welt herein for guitar as a solo instrument and string quintet by the Verlag Neue Musik/Edition Margaux, Kopenicker Str. 175, 10997 Berlin. The work was first premiered in Berlin four years ago by guitarist Reinbert Evers and Ensemble United Berlin.
Mary Lu Walker's CD of children's music, The Best of Mary Lu Walker, by the Dorothy Duncan Braille Library and Transcription Service in Harare, Zimbabwe. The special package features the lyrics in Braille and in a large print edition with a cassette to be used to help children learn English in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Mark Werchowski's new pop/rock CD That's My Story...and I'm Sticking to It for Oriskany Records.
Jeanine Acquart of Paris by Night has signed to Seraph Records of Chicago with Cargo Distribution. Her third CD (1st on Seraph), Dawning, will be released in Fall 1998.
Darryl Gatlin to a recording contract with Hurricane Records, a division of Hurricane Entertainment. Gatlin will release his debut solo album on Hurricane. He previously enjoyed success with his brother Don (as the Ellis Brothers), with their debut album, No Sir, released by Sony/Epic in 1992.
The Nields have signed with Zoe Records, a new Rounder Records label, and their new CD is out now. Zoe is distributed by Mercury/ PGD.
Michael Conner Rogers to an exclusive contract with Mighty Oaks Management, owned by music publisher Jane R. Snyder (Nothing Plain About...this Jane!)
Michael W. Smith to an extended recording contract with Reunion Records. Smith has recorded eleven albums including five gold and one platinum record for the label. He has sold over six million records since 1983.
Jerome Clinton Thompson to an exclusive publishing contract with DSM Producers for a blues song and two instrumental compositions to be used in films and television.
Scott Wilkie, contemporary jazz keyboardist/composer, to a multi-record deal with Narada, a Virgin Records company. A debut release is expected in early 1999.
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