http://www.artburst.org/index.php en timjday@charter.net Copyright 2008 2008-08-09T23:41:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/heather_coltman_diane_mcnaron/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/heather_coltman_diane_mcnaron/#When:23:41:00Z BACKGROUND to CD: Pianist Heather Coltman and Soprano Diane McNaron presented the US premieres of Cuatro Canciones, Dos Canciones and Piezas Breves, by Argentine composer Valdo Sciammarela, on the Dorothy F. Schmidt College Chamber Music Series at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, on October 28, 2007. His song cycle Cantigas de Amigo, also featured on the recital, has been performed by McNaron for years, after Austin, Texas choral arranger Howard Burkett discovered a rare copy in a Birmingham, Alabama music store. Recently establishing contact with the composer, following a search also involving colleagues at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, McNaron and Coltman will release an album of his works, including songs, piano solo and chamber music, late in 2008. This marks the first time most of this music, largely unpublished, has been recorded. The vocal and piano portions will be recorded at Florida Atlantic University recording studios. Artists 2008-08-09T23:41:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/valdo_sciammarella/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/valdo_sciammarella/#When:23:32:00Z COMPOSER’S BIO Argentine composer Valdo Sciammarella began his prolific career as a concert pianist in Buenos Aires.  Composers 2008-08-09T23:32:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/in_auburn/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/in_auburn/#When:01:00:00Z This is not Artburst, but something interesting: DATE TO BE SAVED: I’m excited about a folk concert June 19 at our Auburn UU Fellowship featuring James Durst and Jim Scott , who are passing our way on their way to UU-GA). I hope you and other Bhm UUs will save the date. Though I’ve not heard James in person, Durst’s music has been a favorite for 20 years (We used his Garden Song during the offertory on the Sun. Jim gave his “Climate Change vs Food” presentation which led to my contacting him again after some years. I met/heard Jim Scott at an Earth Spirituality conference in FL probably 12+ years ago). Might your UUs be interested in Jim’s program, sounds like Tuscaloosa Sierra folk are as well as LaGrange Sierra [are] .  News, Other performances 2008-06-20T01:00:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/program_for_bentley_dalton/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/program_for_bentley_dalton/#When:21:00:00Z Karen Bentley-Pollick, Violin Grant Dalton, Percussion In recital Sunday, May 4 3:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham Djembach:  Suite for Solo Violin & Percussion (1997) Christian Woehr (b. 1951) Commissioned by Kathleen Mattis Dedicated to a busload of Violists with one empty seatPrelude for Tom Dumm:  Allegro Allemande for Bill Martin:  Andante Courante for Susan Kier:  Moderato Sarabande to LIbba & Wolf:  Adagio Gavotte for Mo Jacob:  Moderato con maestoso Trio for Leonid Gotman Gigue for Katy Mattis:  Allegro Vivo March for Solo Timpani (1950) Elliott Carter (b. 1908) Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi for Solo Violin (1984) Impossible Animals (1989 version for Violin and Synthetic Voices) David Jaffe (b. 1955) Salsa for Karen for Violin and Percussion (1998) Ole Saxe (b. 1952) Satumaa:  Finnish Tango (Fairytale Land, 1955) Unto Mononen (1930 - 1968) Fanitullen for Norwegian hardangerfele Odd Bakkerud (1931 - 1989) Poem by Jorgen Moe (1813 – 1882) Orange Blossom Special (1936) Ervin T. Rouse (1917 – 1981) Programs 2008-05-04T21:00:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/pineapple_skinners1/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/pineapple_skinners1/#When:04:10:00Z In 1997 Tony Lombardo and Tom Dameron had dinner at Chez Lulu in Mountain Brook and at that dinner the legendary Pineapple Skinners came to life.  Both men had a burning desire to play traditional jazz and thought that a five member acoustic band would be the perfect format to do so.  Joining them were their friends Chuck King, Sam Ranelli Jr. and Mike Cogan.  The group experimented with a number of styles of Dixieland Jazz and finally evolved as a group with their own distinctive and eclectic sound.  The band plays all styles, but with just enough of a twist to be different.  On their CD you can hear traditional jazz, big band tunes and even ukulele and lap steel. The Band’s name cam from an episode of the Andy Griffith Show that finds Barney buying Thelma Lou a present...he picks her up a pineapple skinner.  Tony should know because in the early 1990s he taught a course at UAB about the classic sitcom. The members of the band are all unique individuals in their own right.  Tony teaches at John Carroll High, Tom is an artist and Hospital Pharmacist at Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Chuck teaches music, performs and is a professional photographer, Mike works for DHL and repairs and restores instruments, and Sam works for EWTN.  Tom and Tony deal with the business end of the group while Chuck and Mike are the real musical directors with Sam being the spiritual advisor.  There is a brotherhood shared that transcends the music...they also enjoy and have fun together. The band plays traditional gigs, but also has been hired for funerals, weddings and one divorce. You can visit their website at http://www.pineappleskinners.com Artists 2008-04-02T04:10:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/mary_elizabeth_neal/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/mary_elizabeth_neal/#When:04:08:00Z Mary Elizabeth Neal is a student at Florida State University, pursuing a M.M. in composition and studying with Ladislav Kubick.  She received her B.M. in composition from Birmingham-Southern College where she studied primarily with Dorothy Hindman and Charles Norman Mason.  She attended the 2005 Czech-American Summer Music Institute in Prague studying with Ladislav Kubick.  She has attended master classes with performers such as double bassist Robert Black, the Goliard Ensemble, the Atlas Saxophone Quartet, the Korona Guitar Qvartet, and composers such as Chen Yi, Eric Whitacre, Michael Torke, Eric Ewazen, Neil Rolnick, and Ellen Zwillich-Taffe.  Her music has been played by the Bach Festival Chamber Choir (Rollins College), Birmingham-Southern College New Music Ensemble, and the Birmingham Art Music Alliance.  She is a member of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance and the Florida State University student chapter of Society of Composers, Inc. Included in March 30, 2008 Composers 2008-04-01T04:08:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/combustion/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/combustion/#When:04:06:01Z Mary Elizabeth Neal Performed March 30, 2008 - Craig Hultgren Combustion is the complex sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant, accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of a glow or flames.  Compositions 2008-04-01T04:06:01-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/richard_nance/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/richard_nance/#When:04:05:00Z Richard Nance has been a long-time collaborator with Hultgren and other sonic subversives in the south.  He is a graduate of UAB and has recently earned a doctorate from De Montfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom.  His electronic music is based on plasticity in sound.  Recently, his work has played in Montreal, Paris, Turin, Glasgow, London and Liverpool. Work in included March 30, 2008 Composers 2008-04-01T04:05:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/analogies_of_control/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/analogies_of_control/#When:04:04:00Z Analogies of Control is “composed for the ear and by the ear.” Performer-composer communication has generally been conveyed in written terms of a score.  Since the advent of recording, the nature of that communication has changed.  Improvisers endeavor in instantaneous composition.  Composers have created fixed sound accompaniments for their written music.  Because this work’s construction was with audible material, it has two aspects of existence and is a new type of open form.  The aural score is only in the ears of the cellist who renders the score to the audience. What the cellist actually hears is the sound of heat exchange via various metal.  What the audience hears are derivations of cello, both the performer and the composer’s. Richard Nance Included in March 30, 2008 Compositions 2008-04-01T04:04:00-06:00 http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/william_price/ http://www.artburst.org/index.php/site/william_price/#When:04:03:00Z William Price’s music has been performed at many national and international events including the 2006 International Clarinet Association Conference, the 2005 Region IV and VIII North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Conferences, the 2004 and 2002 NASA Biennials, the 2003 International Sonic Circuits Festival, the 2002 SEAMUS Conference, the XII World Saxophone Congress, the 12th Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the Imagine 2 Music Festival. He has received awards and commissions from numerous organizations including ASCAP, the Percussive Arts Society, the American Composers Forum, the National Association of Composers, USA, the Alabama Music Teachers Association, the Louisiana Music Teachers Association/MTNA, and the Southeastern Composers League. William is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Included in performance March 30, 2008 Composers 2008-04-01T04:03:00-06:00