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MMTA COMMISSIONED COMPOSERS

 

In 1962 MMTA established a program of commissioning works by Missouri composers; the first such commission was awarded to Merrill Ellis, a former president of the Association.

 

Year

Composer

Compositions

1963

Merrill Ellis

"Scintillation" for piano

1968

Donald A.J. Bohlen

"Autumn Generation" (joint commission MTNA/MMTA) Robert Jones, text; Richard Manson, film, string orchestra

1969

David Alex Gordon

"Bright Halls of Freedom" for voice

1970

W. Thomas McKenney MTNA COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

 

1971

 

performance of McKenney's "Three Miniatures" (piano); "One Electronic Piece" (synthesizer); "Three Trajectories" (quartet)

1972

Walter Kaufmann

string quartet

1973

John E. Cheetham

orchestral suite

1974

Robert Wykes

"Fantasy No. 2" for piano

1975

Gerald Kemner

"Sonata for Violin and Piano"

1976

Walter J. Halen

"Two Poems of Dance" Pas de Deux and Tarantella" to texts by Robert C. Jones

1977

F. M. Gilmour

"Variations (Etude) for Piano"

1978

Rhian Samuel

"Intimations of Immortality" for tenor, string orchestra & five solo instruments

1979

Ronald Shroyer

"Trio for Trombone, Percussion, and Piano"

1980

John Akins

woodwind quintet

1981

Harold Blumenfeld

"La Face Cendree" - Two Prose Poems from Arthur Rimbaud's "Illuminations" - for medium voice with cello and piano

1982

None

 

1983

Charles W. Smith

"Golden Geometrics" - Suite for Organ

1984

works performed by previous commissioned composers

 

1985

W. Thomas McKenney

"Circles" for electronic tape and laser beam

1986

None

 

1987

James Mobberly

MTNA COMPOSER OF THE YEAR "Caution In the Wind" for piano and tape

1988

John Cheetham

"Amulets"

1989

John Prescott

"New Mosses from an Old Manse" for violin, cello, piano and computer electronics

1990

Michael F. Hunt

"Mini-Merica" for brass quintet

1991

Renee Silas Waters

"Meditation and Frenzy" for alto saxophone and piano

1992

Kim Portnoy

"Blues for LA" for brass ensemble

1993

Warren Gooch

"Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano"

1994

Reynold Simpson

"Heroic Journey: Concerto for Solo Piano, Winds, and Percussion"

1995

James Crowley

"The Knotted Chord's Untying" for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

1996

Robert Cooper

"Purse Coins" for marimba and interactive electronics

1997

Robert Fruehwald

"Vibrations" for voice, flute and tape

1998

Kelly Vernon Mahon

"Five Etudes" for piano

1999

Paul D. Rudy

"Church Keys" for piano and tape

 

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