Recap of the ACDA 2013 National Conference in Dallas

Recap of the ACDA 2013 National Conference in Dallas

DAY ONE: TUESDAY

Last Tuesday I left the delightful 35 degree and drizzly mecca of Chicago to go to the ACDA National Conference in Dallas. After landing there I discovered that it was about 72 degrees and sunny in Dallas, a horrific environment which we all had to endure during the entire conference- in fact, by Friday the thermometer was flirting with 80 degrees and actual flowers were blooming. I was happy to leave Saturday morning so that I could get back to Chicago for a commission premiere and my city's lovely 20 degrees and delightfully gray skies. Despite the awful weather in Dallas, I did discover one natural element I liked, namely the brown-headed cowbirds which flitted around downtown. I wasn't familiar with these feathery fowls and their love of screeching and imitating sounds in their environment. In fact at one point one of these birds did a perfect (and quite loud) imitation of the Dallas trolley car bells plus the screeching of brakes!

As many of you know, when I do these recaps it is admittedly my personal take and experience, I don't try to be all-encompassing and so on. And this particular conference was a bit weird for me- I came nowhere near to hearing all the choirs since I chose some other activities to try out, plus I had a number of formal and informal meetings with publishers, conductors and so on. I also missed all of Saturday (as mentioned above) and thus my posts will be incomplete, although I think I may have a guest blogger covering events from Saturday.

On Tuesday after checking in at the Sheraton (a nice hotel) I walked west about a mile to the Sixth Floor Museum, the infamous Texas school book depository where Lee Harvey occupied the 6^th floor in order to assassinate JFK. The museum was very busy and the audio/headphone guide plus all the wall placards and video displays were excellent. Even now I can't quite find the adjectives to describe how it felt to be there on the sixth floor, seeing the corner where Oswald shot from (it is plexiglassed off) and looking out the windows to see where JFK's car was when this all happened. I was also surprised to see that the grassy knoll is a tiny area, and it is obvious that this was, unfortunately, a perfect killing zone. My belief is that there was a second shooter, that Oswald was a shooter too, but that he was set up. Anyway, to stand either in the building or be outside right there by the street where Kennedy was shot felt eery, sad, burdening, oppressive, and who knows what other adjectives other people would add. If you ever are in Dallas I do believe you owe it to JFK and your sense of belonging to our shared American history to visit the Sixth Floor Museum.

After this experience I walked back east toward the fancy hotels and the arts district, met up with my Washington State roomie and pal Reg Unterseher, and grabbed a light dinner. We then attended the Tuesday evening performance by the Pan-Asian Youth Chorale. They were led by four conductors, including my South Korean friend Hak-won Yoon. The concert went very well, and I must say that Hak-won, who led them in their last set, really unified their sound and tuning, brought drama and a wider dynamic range to their singing, and had gotten them to the point of memorization on two of the four songs he led (none of the other conductors had gotten this far in developing and polishing the pieces they led). So I was proud to be there to hear Hak-won lead these excellent young singers from all over Asia. The event was sponsored by a number of organizations from the Asian business community in Dallas plus support from ICFM. It was wonderful to see the pride among all the participants both during and after the concert. I saw Hak-won and Mrs. Yoon after the concert (and also during the other days of the conference) plus got to chat with Ryan Goessl, a fine young conductor who studied at Luther and USC and currently conducts excellent choirs in South Korea. 

Me with one of the greatest living conductors, Hak-won Yoon

 

That was it for Tuesday for me- I knew I could use a good night's sleep since the next day, Wednesday, would provide opportunity to hear and talk about choral music for 16 hours straight if you would choose to do so!

COMING UP: WEDNESDAY AT DALLAS ACDA

After this experience I walked back east toward the fancy hotels and the arts district, met up with my Washington State roomie and pal Reg Unterseher, and grabbed a light dinner. We then attended the Tuesday evening performance by the Pan-Asian Youth Chorale. They were led by four conductors, including my South Korean friend Hak-won Yoon. The concert went very well, and I must say that Hak-won, who led them in their last set, really unified their sound and tuning, brought drama and a wider dynamic range to their singing, and had gotten them to the point of memorization on two of the four songs he led (none of the other conductors had gotten this far in developing and polishing the pieces they led). So I was proud to be there to hear Hak-won lead these excellent young singers from all over Asia. The event was sponsored by a number of organizations from the Asian business community in Dallas plus support from IFCM. It was wonderful to see the pride among all the participants both during and after the concert. I saw Hak-won and Mrs. Yoon after the concert (and also during the other days of the conference) plus got to chat with Ryan Goessl, a fine young conductor who studied at Luther and USC and currently conducts excellent choirs in South Korea. 

 

That was it for Tuesday for me- I knew I could use a good night's sleep since the next day, Wednesday, would provide opportunity to hear and talk about choral music for 16 hours straight if you would choose to do so!

COMING UP: WEDNESDAY AT DALLAS ACDA

Guest blog by Conductor Jonathan Palant: Visiting South Korea

Today we have another amazing guest blog- wow, I better brush up on my writing skills, my guest bloggers are putting me to shame!

In the Fall of 2009 I was honored to be invited to attend the premiere of my Missa Brevis Incheon, commissioned by Hak-won Yon and his incredible professional choir, the Incheon City Chorale. My trip to Seoul, paid for fully by Hak-Won and the choir, was amazing--click here to read some of multiple blogs I wrote about the trip. The next fall I noticed that Accolades Tours was offering amazingly inexpensive trips to South Korea for US choral conductors so that they would consider South Korea as a choir tour destination. My Nawlins friend Caroline Carson went in January 2011 and had a great time. This past fall the very talented young conductor Jonathan Palant started asking Caroline and me about this South Korea trip opportunity, and we both encouraged him to go this January. Jonathan did go, and here, after his pic and short bio, is his very beautiful blog about his experiences in South Korea:

Dr. Jonathan Palant is currently Minister of Music at Kessler Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. From 2007-2011, he served as Artistic Director of Dallas’ Turtle Creek Chorale. Prior to that time, Palant was Adjunct Professor of Choral Music at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. He taught secondary choral music at both University School in Cleveland, Ohio and San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California.

Palant currently sits on the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses Board of Directors. Previously, he was on the board of both the Michigan School Vocal Association and Youth First Texas, where he founded Dallas PUMP!, a choir serving at-risk youth. Palant holds degrees from Michigan State University, Temple University and the University of Michigan.

JP: Hiking the Great Wall of China, viewing a sunset over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor and sailing the Mekong River are all things I’ve wanted to do before I die—my bucket list, as it were. A week in South Korea never made the list until…

It was mid-October when Paul Carey posted a link on his Facebook page with information on a “Discovery Tour to South Korea for Choral Conductors” sponsored by Accolades Tours. What do I know about South Korea? Well, the South is not the communist part of the Korean peninsula. American veterans talk about the Korean War, but I’m not exactly sure when it happened or why. I know Hyundai and Kia are both Korean cars and I remember a Korean grade school classmate of mine who would flip her pencil over her thumb over and over and over again. I consider myself a fairly worldly person, but clearly what I know about South Korea is limited at best.

Musically, my one and only encounter with Korean choral music was a performance by the Incheon City Chorale at the 2009 ACDA National Convention in Oklahoma City. I definitely remember that performance, as anyone that heard it would attest, because it was beyond spectacular on every level.

So there you have it. That’s what I know about Korea.

Friday morning, January 6^th and I’m on a plane to Chicago to meet up with the 10 other Korean-bound travelers that make up our tour group. 2.5 hours from Dallas to Chicago and 14 hours from Chicago to Seoul. Thankfully, I’ve secured exit row seating the entire way. My first impression of Asiana Airlines came in the form of the flight attendants. They were clones of each other! As the group walked by to board the airplane, it was hard not to notice that with just one exception—the man—each woman was precisely the same height, weight and sporting the same hairstyle. Was this a Korean fashion trend or just this expectation?

Day 2. Following a wonderful journey to Cherweon to view the DMZ and tour the second of four known tunnels dug to shuttle arms between North and South Korea, we had our first musical experience of the trip.

Myeong Sung Presbyterian Church is in Seoul, the largest city and capital of South Korea. Of the 22 million that inhabit the country, 12 live in Seoul. Frankly, it still doesn’t fully explain how Myeong Sung has a membership nearing 100,000! We arrived about 30 minutes before the last service of the day was to start. This service would be the contemporary one and feature the youth choir and praise band. No big deal—I can handle a little contemporary music.

It’s time for the service. About 50 teenagers took their place on the tiered chancel. The 8-piece band, including several keyboards, guitars and drums began to play. The massive speakers—those I’ve seen hanging above Madison Square Garden for a Madonna concert—start to vibrate. I’m already in awe of this spectacle. Introduce some subtle choreography. I can’t help but notice many of the singers have their eyes closed tightly and one hand open, as if accepting the grace they are receiving from the music.

Three or four powerful songs later, I notice the orchestra and youth choir have now “entered.” Why the quotes? Because there are SEVEN HUNDRED IN THE YOUTH CHOIR!!!! The orchestra was a more typical size…perhaps 40-50 players. As was the thought for many in our group, all I wanted to know was what kind of closet they had for those choir robes? Did each of the 5 choirs have that many people in them? I soon found out the answer was YES! How often did they rehearse and what room? One hour per week in the sanctuary. The music they offered wasn’t classical, difficult, profoundly interesting and it certainly wasn’t refined, but it entered my soul in a very deep and intense way. The smiles, the heart, the passion, the tears in some eyes, the clasped hands, the melodies…

I was overcome by that experience. God was present in that room that afternoon. God was on their faces and in their song. And this from someone (me) who still isn’t sure he believes in God.

Our next musical experience came the following day at the Korean International Choral Workshop. I was honored to be one of three clinicians. Attendees were school, professional and church conductors. The demonstration choir was from the city of Gwangmyong. (Korean cities with a population greater than 100,000 all have government sponsored, professional, full-time choirs!!) Although the men overpowered the women, the sound in general was quite good. The group of 16 was responsive, focused and came well-prepared. The only oddity occurred when we began to work Bach’s Dona Nobis Pacem. The choir had no concept of appropriate performance practice, no notion of nuance and no idea how to perform a fugue other than to sing the notes and rhythms as they were printed on the page. It surprised both my American counterparts and me, the clinician! Nearly 2-hours into the session and such an intense “work out” wasn’t in the cards. I turned around to those in the gallery and said, “What an appropriate piece to unite our worlds. Let’s all sing it together as one choir!”

While we live 7,000 miles apart, the music of Bach (albeit sans nuance) brought us so close. It was an honor to stand in front of this choir, but it was an even bigger honor to be among friends from a different land. I’ll never forget that experience.

While there were many wonderful experiences over the course of this weeklong journey, visiting the Incheon City Chorale and the World Vision Youth Choir Korea were especially meaningful. As it was for every formal visitation, when we arrived at the Incheon Arts Center, we were first escorted into a private “board room” of sorts. The chorus manager, donning a pinned-striped suit, Waldo glasses and a Charlie Chaplin bowler hat, introduced us to the staff and served us all warm corn tea. It was first time having corn tea, and while interesting, I’m not sure I’d shuck for seconds. Corn tea tastes like the hot water in which one has just boiled corn. It’s a little starchy, a little bland and a lot corny.

After tea, we were ushered into the rehearsal hall where Maestro Hak-Won Yoon and the Incheon City Chorale was awaiting our arrival. Printed programs were handed out, as were copies of the music they’d sing. It was great to be given copies of this music for our own libraries.

The music was complex, intense at times, humorous at times and all performed with what I was beginning to hear as the “Korean choral sound.” It’s a massive sound that resembles something close to our idea of opera chorus timbre (especially the men), yet individual voices do not stick out and that “I’m going to out-sing my neighbor” attitude is nowhere to be heard. Big voices making intimate music—unique and thrilling.

(Jonathan Palant and South Korean conductor Hak-Won Yoon)

To close their program, the Incheon City Chorale offered us Americans a little taste of home…sung in Korean. 7,000 miles away from home and yet SO close.

Before we departed Incheon, we had a few minutes to chat with the singers and ask Dr. Yoon any questions we might have. One of my tour cohorts must have struck up some interesting conversation because he shuffled over one of the Koreans and began with, “Jonathan, you’re Jewish, right?” Then out of nowhere, “Andy” my new best friend and member of the Incheon City Chorale bass section began singing Shalom Chaverim! Naturally, I join him in belting away this traditional Hebrew song. Two verses of that and he switches us both to Maoz Tzur, then Shalom Aleichem, Hava Nagila, David Melech Yisrael…

7,000 miles away from home and yet SO close. Turns out Andy’s a comparative religion major with a special interest in Jewish studies. Email addresses exchanged and off our group went.

I didn’t know of The World Vision Choir Korea until this trip. Their website states:

In 1960, World Vision Korea recruited choir members among World Vision’s sponsored children, who lost their parents during Korean War. The children sang in return for their sponsors’ love and help for them, which moved many people’s minds to become sponsors for children. The choir started its first year touring 27 countries and gradually grew up to become one of the world’s best children’s choir as it awarded the First Prize in the World Choral Competition hosted by BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation. With its 5,000 accumulated performance experience in 700 cities of 50 countries, it contributes to enhancing national prestige and promoting friendship in the global community.

Sometimes seeing it for yourself is more effective than any description one can offer.

The children closed their performance with an original setting of the Gaelic Blessing—and there wasn’t a dry eye among us.

I want to share one more experience of a non-musical nature.

On the day of our conducting workshop, we were taken to lunch by several of the area conductors. I chose, being the shy guy I am (NOT!) to sit not with my American colleagues, but rather at the table with all the locals. I sat across from “Duke.” Most Koreans, as is the case throughout Asia, have an English name as well as their given name. Duke’s English is quite good. Here’s the synopsis of our conversation and you’ll see why it became so meaningful—

Me: Duke, are you originally from South Korea?

Duke: No. I was born in North Korea. While I was studying in the south, the borders were closed. My family, 7 siblings and both my parents, were killed in the war. I joined the South Korean Navy and my job was to sing for the troupes. I then went to school for music in the USA.

Me: That’s an incredible story. I’m so sorry to hear about your family. Where did you study in the States?

Duke: I went to New England Conservatory to study with Lorna Cooke deVaron

Me: I went to graduate school with Alexander deVaron, Lorna’s son. I grew up in Lexington not far from NEC.

Duke: My daughter lives in Lexington now! She married a Jewish man who is a professor at MIT.

Me: I’m Jewish. I wonder if my parents, who still live in Lexington, would know your daughter? Does she have children?

Fast forward…I call home and ask my parents if either of them might know this family. As it turns out, Duke’s grandchildren are patients in my dad’s medical practice!

7,000 miles away from home and yet SO close.

This Discovery Tour proved to be just that—a real discovery. I feel fortunate to have had the resources, time and just enough courage to undertake such an adventure. I truly didn’t know what to expect or what I’d ultimately gain from this journey, but now, as I reflect, I feel as if a void has been filled. Surprisingly, I didn’t know a void existed, but my experiences there enriched my life in such a way that I now believe I wasn’t complete until having them. Allow me a bit of latitude with this metaphor, but it’s like eating Brussels Sprouts—you don’t know what you think until you try them! I’m really glad I went to South Korea.

Epilogue

I love Brussels sprouts. I always have and I always will.

I rarely try new food. I didn’t on this trip, and I won’t in the future.

--Jonathan Palant

Summer 2011 newsletter/new repertoire suggestions

Hi choral director friends,

Since I last spoke to you in January, I've had some great experiences; I conducted premieres of two pieces commissioned by the Hong Kong International School Festival (organized by Calvin College alum David Baldwin) and really enjoyed my week of working with the young musicians there plus my sightseeing all over Hong Kong, including a trip to the REALLY BIG BUDDHA on Lantau Island.




Of the two pieces I wrote for Hong Kong one will be published, "May I be Happy", (SA/piano) soon by Roger Dean, and the other, "Clap your Hands" (also SA/piano with some optional perc) I am publishing personally. Treble directors, let me know if you would like to see free perusal scores. And by the way, "Clap your Hands" is very uptempo, fun, and a bit of a sequel to my children's choir mega-hit "Peace on Earth and lots of little crickets".Here's a link to a youtube performance conducted by Courtney Connelly in late Spring.

The national ACDA conference in my hometown of Chicago was a blast both on a professional and personal level. And the concert season wrapped up with a one week residency with the Cincinnati Children's Choir directed by Robyn Lana. The advanced ensemble premiered two more commissioned pieces in great fashion, one of which, the bouncy and fun "Rain" (SSA/piano) will be published by Roger Dean and the other, a very lyrical piece called "Paint the Stars" (SSA/piano flute) which I will publish personally. The truly delightful texts were by members of the choir and I have recordings of the pieces but they are not yet posted on my website (please inquire).Again, if you'd like a free perusal score of these, let me know. These pieces would generally be appropriate for mid to advanced treble choirs up through HS or early college level age women's choirs.

For those of you with mixed HS through college/professional choirs I'd like to suggest a few extended works of mine. These were commissioned pieces with very successful premieres and a few performances after that. But because of their length most every publisher has shied away from putting them into print, thus the need for me to personally advocate for them to receive further performances. In general I think the texts I discovered to set are amazing, and the imagery and content of these texts really inspired my writing. Let me know if you would like to see perusal scores, and most of them already have some sample pages/recordings up on my website at www.paulcarey.net - I have created hyperlinks for most of these pieces:

"El Limonar Florido" (The Lemon Grove in Blossom) SATB/solo violin/solo cello. 4 movements, about 17 minutes. Gorgeous Spanish texts by Antonio Machado. Choral parts not difficult. This piece received two very nice performances this past season- one from Grinnell College directed by John Rommereim and the other from Diana Saez' Coral Cantigas in Washington, D.C.

"Missa Brevis Incheon" SATB div a cappella. A bravura 16 minute work commissioned by Hak-won Yoon and the Incheon City Chorale and premiered by them in Seoul in 2009. Here's a challenge for a university or professional choir.

"Endless Worlds" SATB div a cappella. Wonderful texts about music and nature by Tagore. This was commissioned by an ambitious high school choir and they pulled it off. About 15minutes.

"Into this World" (Four Choral Seasons) SATB/piano. Four texts suggesting the seasons of nature and of our lives. A really sweet, lyrical 16 minute piece. The texts are by Elinor Wylie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rainer Marie Rilke, and Natalie Goldberg

"1944" SATB/string orchestra, or strings one to a part. Highly imaginative WWII text by Hilda Doolittle (HD). The text actually suggested tying in elements of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. I admit it's a slightly odd piece with the war and slight Christmas element, but that's just the way it turned out!

"The Bethlehem Star" SATB divisi a cappella. This was a Christmas work commission from Nancy Menk and the South Bend Chamber Singers. About 18 minutes with great texts by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

"Winter's Night Carol" SATB(SA)/brass quintet. Thus was a Christmas work commission by an adult choir who had a children's choir associated with them, so there is a children's choir element but it can be easily taken by some of the women of an SATB choir. A very nice recent performance by Illinois Wesleyan University. Nine minutes long with text by Thomas Merton.

Three shorter recent pieces:

Christmas Bells" SATB/organ/brass/perc/handbells. Commissioned by Northern Arizona University for their 2010 Holiday concerts- this festive piece was a big hit last December.

"Voices of Earth" SATB/piano. Not difficult and very lyrical, commissioned by Briar Cliff University as part of their ”Care for Creation” initiative this past year.

"Prairie Songs" SATB/piano. 5 minutes and no divisi. Sweet Americana text by Carl Sandburg. Fun elements of Scott Joplin, Ives, and Copland in the mix.

There you have it- a whole bunch of pieces with great texts and the best music I could think of in setting them, and of course, almost no chance of conventional publication due to their length or difficulty level, or other elements(sigh). Let me know if you'd like to consider any of these pieces for performance!

Best wishes,

Paul

PS I'm leading an amazing 24 voice women's choir at the North Carolina Governor's School in Raleigh right now, and will be taking a few days off to present two interest sessions at next week's Nebraska ACDA summer session thanks to an invitation from Matt Harden. Sig Johnson is including my "Thou art the Sky" in the directors' choir so it will also be good to see Sig again!

ACDA Tucson- Crystal Children's Choir/Incheon City Chorale

On Thursday night Crystal Children's Choir and Incheon City Chorale gave amazing performances. Crystal Children's Choir, led by Jenny Chiang and Karl Chang and based in San Francisco, performs Chinese folk music with amazing flair. Dressed in traditional costumes (with many different regional costumes sprinkled about the choir, meaning there is not one uniform), their repertoire spans all provinces of China(and there was even a very entertaining Mongolian song included). The group uses a lot of choreography, all of which is very natural and is highly effective. What a great, entertaining group of hard-working, artistic young women! Much of this music was in 3-4 parts and beyond; I was very impressed with their dedication to their art.

Next was Incheon City Chorale, and the anticipation in the venue was electric. They began with Hyo-Won Woo's Me Na Ri, the same piece they opened their ACDA national program with last year. For anyone who had not seen them in OK City, this was, I am sure, breathtaking. They sang other music that had been done in OK City plus a new piece by Hyo-won Woo, a very special setting of O Magnum Mysterium, which began with a very misterioso (yeah, that's the idea, of course!) low rumble in the basses (low D-low C?). I was amazed by the piece and really need to hear it again to really describe it well.

ICC then also blew people away with their amazing sonic excellence, their expressiveness and joy, and their variety of music styles, including simple traditional Korean folk songs with choreography, their famous costume changes, and so on. Not far into the program, there were pockets of HS or college students giving standing "O's" to each piece, such was the effect on the audience. The program had to come to an end, of course, but I think the audience would have kept listening forever!

Afterward I rode back on the ICC bus and Hak-won and the very talented Korean composers Hyo-Won Woo, Ji-hoon Park, and Il-Joo Lee and I shot the breeze for at least two hours(in English, for my sake!). We talked about lots of things and had a really good time. They then were headed to San Diego for one last US appearance. It felt really good to see all my Korean friends again.

PLUS The enthusiasm of everyone in the audience on Thursday night

MINUS Nothing...everyone in the choral world assembled in Tucson was a happy camper!

Happy New Year!

Here is what is new with me these days. This e-newsletter is sent twice a year, now posted as part of my blog, and I hope you enjoy receiving it.

E-mail me if you would like free perusal scores of anything you read about here. I can provide either paper copies of published and manuscript scores, or pdf files through the internet of manuscript pieces.

A big, big thank you to all of you who have already performed my music in the
2009-2010 concert season. It’s great to hear back from you about performances, singer and audience reaction, etc.

Coming up soon for me:

Lynne Gackle has programmed my fun tune Peace on Earth...and lots of little crickets (Walton cat. # HL08501658) for the grade 7-9 honors choir she will lead at the 2010 Central Division ACDA convention in Cincinnati. This should be fun, and I will attend. Peace on Earth... is Walton Music's #1 seller for the last two years.





Sigrid Johnson has programmed A City Called Heaven (Roger Dean catalog number 15/2593R) for her grade 10-12 women's honors choir at the Southern Division ACDA convention in Memphis. Nice news from two really great conductors who have given so much of themselves and influenced countless young musicians during their careers. Thanks Lynne and Sigrid!

Also at ACDA: Incheon City Chorale, the professional choir from South Korea that blew people away last year at ACDA in OK City, will be one of the featured guest choirs at the Western Division ACDA in Tucson and during their interest session they will be showcasing the chorally virtuosic Missa Brevis Incheon they commissioned from me. I was able to attend the successful premiere in Seoul in October, what a delight to work with one of the very best choirs on the planet! I am also hoping to be at this convention.
(pictured, Paul with ICC director Hak-won Yoon)

Two premieres of commissions coming up this Spring, one at Briar Cliff University directed by Dr. Sean Burton and another at Jacobs High School in the Chicago area, directed by Andrew Collins. Please feel free to contact me now about any interest you may have for a commissioned piece for the 2010/11 concert season. I love working with directors and choirs on new pieces, it is so rewarding for us all!

Early 2010 new octavo releases from Roger Dean:
Most of these have score and/or soundclip samples on my website at www.paulcarey.net and all should be on display at the upcoming ACDA conventions.

Ding Dong Merrily on High (SATB/ piano or harp) uptempo fun in some mixed meters. Cat. # 15/2705R

Winter Solstice (SSA/harp or piano) Two movements, with beautiful nature/winter solstice imagery by New Mexico poets. Cat # 15/2715R in Janet Galvan’s series



The Star (Twinkle, twinkle little star), for SA/piano. This is the witty poetic parody of the famous poem as filtered through the vocabulary of an astronomer. The piano part is taken from Mozart's Twinkle variations- a fun, fun piece for young choirs. Cat #15/2719R in Janet Galvan’s series.

And as always, thanks to you all for supporting not-dead composers such as yours truly.

Best wishes,

Paul