PREMIERED

COMPOSER LESLIE BURRS' opera Vanqui premiered in Philadelphia on May 5th. Burrs calls the music of Vanqui "urban classical" with its signature blend of jazz, classical and African music. The opera was performed by the New England Orchestra.

GUILLERMO GALINDO'S symphonic composition, Trade Routes, for orchestra, chorus and spoken word, in collaboration with poet Devorah Major, will be premiered by the Oakland East Bay Symphony Orchestra November 18, 2005 at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California.

VICTOR KIOULAPHIDES'S chamber opera, The Silver Swan by the Kammerorchester Riegelsberg (for whom the work was composed) in the orchestra's hometown of Saarland, Germany.

MICHAEL POAST'S Color Music manuscripts were hosted by Barnes and Noble Gallery Café in Manhattan from May1-31. The installation presents pages from Poast's Color Music scores that were edited from his final compositions. By reworking these sections in his notation concept, Poast has created visual sounds events on music paper that are autonomous works of art.