MMTA's commissioned composer Mukai Kohei receives Honorable Mention at national level
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
MMTA's 2005 Commissioned Composer was Mukai Kohei, of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His work Fantasie on Japanese Children's Songs was performed at the MMTA Conference in Columbia.
Each year the Commissioned Composer is also entered in MTNA's Distinguished Composer of the Year Award competition. This year Kohei was one of three Honorable Mentions in that competition.
MTNA Distinguished Composer this year is Michael Djupstrom for his composition Walimai commissioned by the Michigan MTA. The other Honorable Mentions are James Stephenson, III of Naples, Florida and Christopher Hopkins of Ames, Iowa.
posted by Brent Hugh at
3/07/2006
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