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Robert Sherman, Debra Kaye, Carlton Wilkinson, Leonard Lehrman and Helene Williams, Arlene Gottfried, Eve Beglarian
Robert Sherman, current holder of NMC’s New Music Media award, for his being honored on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of “Woody’s Children, ” begun on WQXR by him in 1969. The show, now broadcast weekly over WFUV, was celebrated in an event featuring many figures of folksong legend: Peter Yarrow, Christine Lavin, Tom Paxton, and Tom Chapin, to name a few……
Debra Kaye, who was awarded a summer residency at The Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM in 2008. The music written during her stay there is influenced by the ethos of New Mexico and was scheduled to premiere at Mannes College of Music on January 31, 2009, in a concert of Ms. Kaye’s chamber music and songs. Both of the premieres were commissions. A Due, for double bass and piano, was commissioned by Basso Moderno, and the piano miniatures, Visions Fugitives, by pianist, Elizabeth Wolff…..
Carlton Wilkinson, NMC Associate Publisher and Ph. D. in Music Composition, for his article “John Lennon’s ‘Revolution 9’,” which is scheduled to appear in the November issue of Perspectives of New Music (Vol. 47, #1). The article presents an overview, a detailed analysis and a reading of the dense sound collage that appeared on the Beatles’s “White Album.” Coincidentally, the publication is timed to the 40th anniversary of the release of that album and comes hot on the heels of Carlton’s 50th birthday…..
Leonard Lehrman and Helene Williams, Co-Founders of The Elie Siegmeister Society, for the full-page NY Times article Jan. 4, 2009, honoring their work for the Elie Siegmeister Centennial, posted online at http://tinyurl.com/7mtgnf
Arlene Gottfried, the Singing Photographer, for her recent appearance at the SOHO Photo Gallery in New York, where she projected slides of black-and-white photos from her three published books. These 200 or so striking photos amounted to but the tip of the iceberg in her lengthy career, which has covered a wide range of assignments, from Life Magazine to her work for NMC…..
Eve Beglarian, for the generous mp3 downloads provided by her site: The site is as visually interesting as the music. A winner. Visit http://evbvd.com/lullaby/index.htm.
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