Bravi to …
Harold Rosenbaum, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Kurt Stallmann, Tania Leon, Gene Pritsker, Leonard Lehrman
Harold Rosenbaum, for receiving the Laurel Leaf Award for 2009 from the American Composers Alliance. The award was scheduled for presentation at the ACA Festival of American Music in June of this year. This bestowal has been ongoing since 1951, honoring
individuals and organizations “in recognition of distinguished achievement in fostering and
encouraging the performance of new American music.”
Faye-Ellen Silverman, for being honored as composer-in-residence at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania from March 27 to March 30, 2009. During that time, Dr. Silverman
lectured on her music for master classes and met privately with students. The Edinboro
University Chamber Players presented a “Lyric Winds of March” concert, featuring music for flute, saxophone, and tuba composed by Dr. Silverman.
Kurt Stallmann, Assistant Professor, Rice University, for being awarded a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This $15,000 award, endowed in 1978 by the CBS Foundation, is intended for “midcareer composers of exceptional gifts.”
Tania Leon, for the composition of Inura, a work with choreography by Carlos Dos Santos, performed at New York University’s Skirball Center in March. The event was presented by DanceBrazil.
Gene Pritsker, and his Sound Liberation, for the very upbeat reviews in the online blogs Wildy’s World and JazzLoft, regarding the CD “Open Up Your Ears And Get Some.”
[See: www.myspace.com/soundliberation or http://www.soundliberation.net/.]
Leonard Lehrman, for his 60th birthday concert at the Bryant Library, Roslyn, L.I. Aug. 20, featuring world premieres of his settings of Mascha Kaléko and William Austin, sung by Helene Williams and others.
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