Summer 2004

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Thomas Morse to compose the score for the upcoming film The Sisters, starring Maria Bello and Chris O’Donnell.

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Paul Antonelli with a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series.

Joseph Bertolozzi with The Dutchess County Arts Council's 2004 Individual Artist Fellowship. This fellowship recognizes resident artists of Dutchess County for excellence in Music Composition.

John Corigliano with the George Peabody Medal. Pulitzer-prize winner Corigliano will receive the Peabody medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America. The award will be presented at Peabody's commencement ceremony at which Corigliano will deliver the commencement address.

Charles David Denler with an EMMY award for his original music score for the PBS film Bentley Creek at the 2004 Boston/New England EMMYs.

Trustin Howard's Life with Regis and Joey ASCAP member Trustin Howard, one of television's head writers for many years, has written a book, My Life with Regis and Joey (and Practically Everyone Else), about his life in “show-biz.” A fun, fascinating journey through some of the golden years of Hollywood, Howard recounts his experiences with everyone from Johnny Carson, Joey Bishop and Regis Philbin to Lenny Bruce and many other American entertainers over the years. Howard also passes on his wisdom to young writers and stand-up comics. The book is available at www.barnesandnoble.com.

Tom Dossett's "Trilogy For Bass Trombone," performed by Michael Brown, won the 2004 International Trombone Festival's Donald Yaxley Bass Trombone Competition. The festival was held at Ithaca College in New York June 15-19.

Charlie Gracie with a Philly Music Award. He received the award at the 6th annual Philly Music Awards in May 2004.

Francisco J. Nunez's Young People's Chorus of NYC with two gold medals from the 2004 Choir Olympics, which took place in Bremen, Germany. The Young People's Chorus repertoire ranges from classical, jazz and pop to music from many world cultures in the languages native to those lands.

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski with the McKnight Foundation's 2004 Distinguished Artist Award. The $40,000 award honors working artists for long histories of significant work in Minnesota and beyond. Skrowaczewski, a vital force in classical music both locally and internationally for over half a century, fits that description perfectly.

Dale Warland has given his last concert with his Dale Warland Singers and is retiring as a conductor. The American Composers Forum has announced the establishment of the “Dale Warland Singers Fund for Choral Music” as part of its Whitaker Endowment Fund.

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Sue Carney's “Love Shakespeare”, contemporary settings of Shakespearean sonnets for ongoing music/modern dance collaboration at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Performed by Carney with resident ensembles Terra Nova Consort and Dance Kaleidoscope, from June to October 2004.

Noel Goemanne's Simple Gifts with the Battle Creek Community Chorus at the May 15th Sing of America performance. Also, his “Nocture For Organ,” performed by Maxine Thevenot in New York City on May 26th.

Victor Kioulaphides' chamber opera Perpetua by neXus Arts at the University Settlement in The Village on June 18th. The piece is his eighth and most recent chamber opera.

Michael Jeffrey Shapiro’s film score to the classic film Frankenstein at Film Society of Lincoln Center's Jacob Burns Film Center in New York. It also premiered at the Paramount Center for the Arts.

Glenn Spring's Images from Wallace Stevens, for violin and harpsichord with narrator, on February 13th in Dallas, Texas. Performers were Kathleen Spring, violin; Larry Palmer, harpsichord; and Charles Brown, actor as part of the 60th performance of Limited Edition Chamber Concerts, for which Dr. Palmer commissioned the work.

Stewart Wallace's Skvera at the Kennedy Center. The concerto for electric guitar recounts his visit four years ago to his grandparents’ old Ukranian shtetl.

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Karrin Allyson's Wild For You on Concord Records, her ninth release. The 13-track disc is a highly personal interpretation of some of Allyson's favorite tunes, including Joni Mitchell's “All I Want” and Elton John's “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word.”

Atreyu's The Curse on Victory Records. With their sophomore album, Atreyu have honed their personal style, exceeding all expectations and expanding the boundaries of metallic rock.

Medicine Man The New York City-based band The Pillcrushers has released their debut album, Welcome to the World (available from www.notlame.com), recorded at Adam Lasus' Fireproof studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Front-man and singer/songwriter Greg Beshers (left) writes pop rock anthems in the vein of Badfinger and Oasis that are crunchy and sweet at the same time. Some of Beshers' songs have already been heard on network television. NBC's Ed has featured Beshers' “Something Right” from his new album. Another song, “Blue Sky,” co-written with guitarist Tommy Borscheid was featured on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Beshers has also logged many miles on the road as a guitar player with rock icon and former Velvet Underground member Moe Tucker.

Lisa Pertillar Brevard's In Praise Of Ancestors, an enhanced English/Spanish debut CD on her own New Orleans-based Black Butterfly Records. Delivering a message of healing, the CD features spirituals, gospels, a cappella ballads and spoken word poetry in honor of her deceased parents.

Jessi Hamilton's self-titled debut album on the indie label Aorta Records. Jessi was recently named a winner in the Rock-R-Grl Magazine “Discoveries 2004” CD competition.

Hawthorne Heights’ The Silence in Black and White debut on Victory Records. The album contains songs of frustration, personal growth and evolution. Musically, it tests the limitations of the “post-hardcore” and “screamo” music genres, adding deeper and darker subtleties.

Heston's self-titled debut EP. The Dominican-born, Philadelphia-raised singer’s song “If” was released as the first single on the internationally released compilation, Soul Lounge, Volume 1.

Eric Himan's third album, All For Show, on his own label, Thumbcrown Records. Himan joined long-time friends Steve Bentz and Nicole Steele, and teamed up with Bill Filer of Audible Images Studio to create the album.

Mark Knight and Mark Tremalgia on Gravy’s Bones, a fifteen-song CD featuring the former Bang Tango guitarists.

Kill Henry Sugar’s Love Beach. The band, Erik Della Penna and Dean Sharenow, draw inspiration from the folk music of the American South, yet their city roots provide a counterpoint of scale and entropy, more in the tradition of 20th century American composers.

Keyth Lawrence and the Purple Circle’s Figures on I Said! Records. The first single, “Leaving,” has begun to receive national airplay, while the second single, “Mission,” has been nominated for a 2004 Pride in the Arts Award recognized by the Stonewall Society.

MercyMe’s Undone, the band’s third album and first with new guitarist Barry Graul. The first single, “Here With Me,” was co-written by Dan Muckala and Brad Russel and is being sent to both Christian and mainstream pop radio stations.

Bernadette Moley’s All I Want. The 12 song collection of beautiful songs entwined with Irish influences spent several weeks in Apple iTunes Music Store’s Top Ten during its pre-release.

Alexander O’Neal’s Greatest Hits CD featuring “Fake,” “All True Man,” “Criticize,” “Saturday Love” and “Never Knew Love Like This Before.” O’Neal’s smooth vocals and ASCAP Board Member Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis’ invaluable influence make this an indispensable 80’s soul album.

Suzanne Ramsey's Kitten On The Keys’(It's Not A) Pretty Princess Day. This release is Ramsey's third self-produced CD. Her clever, cute and kinky original punky cabaret tunes have entertained audiences across the US and France in 2004.

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