Symposium of Contemporary Music, 1984

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY School of Music presents

Contemporary Symposium of Music featuring works by

ROBERT BANKERT ABRAM M. PLUM R. BEDFORD WATKINS KEYBOARD COMPOSITIONS

Westbrook Auditorium Thursday, March 1, 1984, 4:00 p.m.

- Program Sonata(1960) ..........................Robe�Bankert Scherzando Reflection Minuet Burleska Robert Bankert, piano Music for Piano(1970) .............. R.Bedford Watkins Prelude Night Music Symbol Toccata Doris Hill, piano Prelude and Passacaglia(1973) ........... Robert Bankert Robert Bankert, piano Tangents(1983)* ......................Abram M. Plum Abram M. Plum, piano

* Premiere Performance

Four Statements from Isaiah(1970) .. R.Bedford Watkins I. There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots! (Isaiah 11:1) II. Have you not known? Have you not heard?.

It is He who sits above the circle of the earth . . . and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.(Isaiah 40:21,22,23) III. A voice says, "Cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is as grass, and all its beauty is like a flower of the field.(Isaiah 40:6) IV. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.(Isaiah 12:2) Doris Hill, organ Sean Batson, percussion .

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ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY School of Music presents

Contemporary Symposium of Music featuring works by

ROBERT BANKERT ABRAM M. PLUM R. BEDFORD WATKINS KEYBOARD COMPOSITIONS Westbrook Auditorium Thursday, March 1, 1984, 8:00 p.m.

- Program Elegy(1958) ....................... R.Bedford Watkins IWU Wind Ensemble John McGrosso, conducting Toccata Ostinato(1972) ................. Robert Bankert Jeff Neuhauser, marimba Robert Bankert, piano Songs of Sir Thomas Wyatt(1969) ..... R.Bedford Watkins Forget Not Yet And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus?

Linda June Snyder, soprano R. Bedford Watkins, piano Sonata(1977) ......................... Abram M.Plum I. Solemnly - Gaily SuZane Atkinson, flute Concetta Pignataro, flute Prelude for John Noonan(1983) ...........Robert Bankert Sean Batson, marimba Rob Reed, marimba

Four Songs .................... : .......Robert Bankert Exordium (Thomas Cooper) (1967) Aphorism (Robert Price) (1965) To Smile (Sam Grabarski) (1972) Solitude (Alexander Pope) (1963) Sammy Scifres, tenor Robert Bankert, piano INTERMISSION

Two Preludes for Multiple Percussion (1968) .............. . .. .. . ... . RobertBankert I. Allegro II. Presto Sean Batson, percussion .

Bicinia(1970)

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........ .. .......R.Bedford Watkins Jill L. West, oboe John McGrosso, clarinet .

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Three Songs of Childhood(1977-78) .. , ...Abram M. Plum The School Children (Herbert Scott) Which Is My Little Boy? (Tennessee Williams) My Little One (Tennessee Williams) Shirley Harjes, mezzo-soprano Abram M. Plum, piano .

The Young Dancer (Leslie L. Brown) (1976) ................................. Abram M.Plum Shirley Harjes, mezzo-soprano SuZane Atkinson, flute Gary Lee, 'cello Abram M. Plum, piano Trio(1967) .... ......................Abram M.Plum Jill L. West, oboe Robert Luke, 'cello Abram M. Plum, piano .

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