Symposium of Contemporary American Music, 1958

THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY presents

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC

February 13 and 14, 1958

This Symposium of Contemporary American Music is presented as a pa rt of Illinois Wesleyan's Contemporary Art Festival, 1958, and is dedicated to guest composer Aaron Copland for his contribution to our spiritual development as a nation and as free men .

CHAMBER CONCERT I 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 1958

Presser Hall Auditorium

TWELVE POEMS OF EM ILY DICKINSON (1950) ____________ Aaron Copland 1. Nature the Gentlest Mother 2. There Came a Wind Like a Bugle 3. Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven 4. The World Feels Dusty 5. Heart, We Will Forget Him 6. Dear March, Come In 7. Sleep Is Supposed To Be 8. When They Come Back 9. I Felt a Funeral in My Brain 10. I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes 11. Going to Heaven 12. The Chariot Maxine Drexler, Soprano; Thelma Nail, Soprano; Robert Thatcher, Baritone; R. Dwight Drexler, Piano

CHAMBER CONCERT II Presser Hall Auditorium

4:00 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 1958

PIANO VARIATIONS (1930) __________________________________________ Aaron Copland .

Bedford Watkins, Piano SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (1943) __________________ Aaron Copland Donald Haines, Violin; Konnie Konecki, Piano PIANO SONATA (1941) ______________________________________________ Aaron Copland R. Dwight Drexler, Piano

LARGE GROUPS CONCERT 8: 15 p.m., Thursday, February 13, 1958

Presser Hall Auditorium

OUTDOOR OVERTURE (1938). Arranged by the composer for band ________________________________________________________ Aaron Copl and Wesleyan Concert Band. Kenneth Simmons, Director

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SEEING WE ARE COMPASSED ABOUT ______________________ leo Sowerby Commissioned by the Collegiate Choir 1957-58

THE LAMB ____________________ :__________________________________________________ Earl George From SONGS OF INNOCENCE (William Blake) Co~missioned by the Collegiate Choir 1951-52 LARK ____________________________ __.. .. ________________ __________________ Aaron Copland Robert Newell, Soloist ANSWER: THE COW ______. ___ ______ ____________ ._________ William Bergsma From RIDDLE ME THIS, a setting of three riddles commissioned by the Collegiate Choir 1956-57 MUSIC WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE ______________________ ______________ Lloyd Pfautsch TELL ME WHERE IS FANCY BRED ___ ____________________________ Burrill Phillips . From THE AGE OF SONG, a setting of four Elizabethan poems commissioned by the Collegiate Choir 1953-54 AN IMMORALITY _________ _______ ____ __________________ Aaron Copland Judy McDonald, Pianist Eris Gustoff, Soloist The Collegiate Choir. Lloyd Pfautsch, Conductor

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FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN _______ ______ . _____ ________ Aaron Copland Brass and Percussion Ensemble. John Silber, Director.

(Sponsored by Alpha Lambda Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha) INTERMISSION

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RODEO (1942) ________________________________________________________________ Aaron Copland Four episodes from the ballet 1. Buckaroo Holiday 2. Corral Nocturne 4. Hoe Down 3. Saturday Night Waltz The University Orchestra. Mario Mancinelli, Conductor LINCOLN PORTRAIT (1942) ____________________________________________ Aaron Copland For Narrator and Orchestra Lloyd Pfautsch, Narrator; The University Orchestra, Mari.o Mancinelli, Conductor

STUDENT COMPOSERS PROGRAM 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 14, 1958

Presser Hall Auditorium

The following compositions have been written by undergraduate and graduate students in theory and composition courses as designated.

FOUR FIFTHS AND A CHASER __________ James McCray and David Walker (Composition-Sophomore) James McCray and David Walker, Piano 1 and 2 TWO MOVEMENTS AND CODA FOR FLUTE, OBOE AND PIANO __ _ _______________________________________ David Walker (Theory-Freshman) Paula Kelch, Allan Beeler, David Walker RISE AND SHINE _____________________________ Don Crews (Composition-Junior) Robert Newell, Tenor; Doris Simpson, Piano

THREE PIECES FOR PIANO _____ David Ayers (Composition-Junior) Juanita Van Ostrand, Piano TWO SONGS ________________ Mary Ann Fallabel (Composition-Junior) 1. Solitude 2. Sadness Beverly Porter, Soprano; Mary Ann Fallabel, Piano "FIRST PIANO PIECE"-from Three Pieces for Piano _ Robert Newell (Theory-Freshman) Robert Newell, Piano TWO BAGATELLES ON A SERIES Alpha Witt (Composition-Senior) Tom Sanborn, Piano SONG FOR VIOLIN, CLARINET AND PIANO __________ _____ Ann Middleton (Theory-Sophomore) Donald Haines, Violin; Robert Riseling, Clarinet; Ann Middleton, Piano

CHAMBER CONCERT III (A Musical Offering to Aaron Copland) 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 14, 1958

Presser Hall Auditorium

SONNET ________________________ ______________ ________________ Thomas Sanborn Robert Thatcher, Baritone; Paula Kelch, Flute; Allan Beeler, Oboe; Robert Riseling, Clarinet; Merton Johnson, French Horn; Elizabeth Hofsas, Bassoon.

Thomas Sanborn, conducting THREE PIANO PIECES ________________ _ _ _________ Mary Ann Fallabel Konnie Konecki, Piano THREE BAGATELLES _______________ _____ ____ ____________________ Wilbur Ogdon Ruth Krieger, Cello; Dwight Drexler, Piano LITTLE SUITE FOR WINDS ______________________________________ Bedford Watkins Paula Kelch, Flute; Maria Wideroe, Oboe; Robert Riseling, Clarinet; Elizabeth Hofsas, Bassoon

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TWO BALMONT SONGS (1911) __ _____ _____ __________________ Igor Stravinsky 2. The Dove 1. The Flower THREE JAPANESE LYRICS (191 3) _______________________________ Igor Stravinsky Beverly Porter, Soprano; Chamber Ensemble; John Silber, conducting Paula Kelch, Flute; Jessie Peterson, Flute and Piccolo; Robert Riseling, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet; Marilyn Veselack, Clarinet; Donald Haines and Harold Lowe, Violin; Jean Powell, Viola; Ruth Krieger, Cello TWO SHAKESPEARE SONGS (1952) ____ ________________________ Igor Stravinsky Henry Charles, Baritone Carl Petkoff, Flute, Robert Riseling, Clarinet; Catherine Lukes, Viola

Aaron Copland, eminent composer and author, will visit the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University February 13 and 14. As guest composer of Wesleyan's Seventh Annual Symposium of Contemporary Music, Mr. Copland will attend public concerts Thursday afternoon and evening largely devoted to his works, and will hear and comment upon student compositions performed Friday morning, February 14.

As the Founders' Day speaker, Aaron Copland will address faculty, students and friends of Illinois Wesleyan University at ten o'clock Thursday morning . Interested fr iends of the Un iversity and the Symposium are cord i ally invited to attend any or all of these events.

School of Music CARL M . NEUME Y ER ,

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Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois