Mid-America Composers Festival schedule
Iowa Composers Forum & Society of Composers, Incorporated, Region V
October 1-3, 1999, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

Sept. 29-30: Two-day residency by three composers (Eastman, Hoover, Rush) in Grinnell schools and community

Sept. 30, 7 p.m.: Preview concert: The Grinnell High School Treble and Concert Choirs; Roger Henderson, Director; Carman Center performance hall, Mayflower Home retirement community.

Music by Eastman, Hoover, Rush

Oct. 1 (Friday)

4-7:30 p.m. Registration and reception. Grinnell College Bucksbaum Center for the Arts Gordon Rotunda

Special hours for Grinnell College Art Gallery opening exhibition "Re-Structures."

4:30-5:30 p.m. Concert 1: Andrea Gullickson, oboe and English horn; Marianne Chaudoir, piano -- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall.

Music by Bahr, Chaudoir, Clearfield, Phillips

7:30-9 p.m. Concert 2: University of Iowa, School of Music, Center for New Music; David Gompper, Director; Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall

Music by Blauvelt, Brooks, C. Lee, Richards, Smooke, Yannay

9-10:30 p.m. Reception. Bucksbaum Center for the Arts Gordon Rotunda

Oct. 2 (Saturday)

8-9 a.m. Coffee and registration at Grinnell Productions, Commercial St., Grinnell

9-10:15 a.m. Panel presentations by McFerron & Nass , "The Composer's Toolbox," and Beck, "Discovering the Composer: Teaching What Can't Be Taught," moderated by Rush. Grinnell Productions, Commercial St., Grinnell

10:30-11:45 a.m. Chamber, electronic, theater, and dance performance, Grinnell Productions

Music by Lin, Polashek, Power, Rubin and Hollander, Weston, and Yasui with Teresa Heiland and Kristina Marty, dancers

noon-1:00 p.m. Picnic at Grinnell Central Park Gazebo

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Concert 4: Chamber music performed by Grinnell faculty and students; Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall

Music by Besharse, Callender, J. Chenette, Gallagher, Hu, Kucera, P. Lee, Schwabe

3:30-5:15 p.m. Concert 5: Choral and chamber music, including the premiere of this year's ICF Pyle Commission Award composition; Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall

Music by Arakaki, Dunker, Eastman, Hoover, Koykkar, Rush, Russell, Timpson

5:00-6:00 p.m. Keynote address "Composing Lessons from Children." Dr. John Kratus, Michigan State University. Grinnell College Bucksaum Center for the Arts room152

6:00-7:20 p.m. Banquet. Grinnell House.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Concert 6: The Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble; Duane Schulthess, Director; Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall

Music by Beerman, Fields, Hamilton, Heller, Morrison

9:30-10:30 p.m. Reception. Grinnell College Bucksbaum Center for the Arts Gordon Rotunda

October 3 (Sunday)

9:00-10:00 a.m. ICF Annual meeting and SCI Board meeting. Grinnell College Forum, South Lounge & Coffeehouse

10:00-11:00 a.m. Panel presentation on "Teaching Composers to Teach Composers" by Kratus, Rush. Grinnell College Forum, South Lounge

11:00 a.m.-noon Panel: "Learning to Compose: the Student Composer's Point of View " including Lepp, Warne, Smooke. Grinnell College Forum, South Lounge

noon-12:45 p.m. ICF Board meeting, Grinnell College Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, room 161

1:00-2:45 p.m. Concert 7: Grinnell College student ensembles, John Rommereim, Douglas Diamond, and Mark Dorr, Directors; Sebring-Lewis Hall and Roberts Theatre

Music by Anway, Bonacci, Gooch, Macy, McCarthy, Monhardt, Owen, Prater, Shende, Songayllo

3:00-4:00 p.m. Concert 8: Winners of the Fifth Annual Iowa Composers Forum Student Composers Competition; Grinnell College Sebring-Lewis Hall

Music by C. Chenette, N. Chenette, Gaylor, Gullickson, Hadley, Lepp, Waggoner, Whitver

4-4:30 p.m. Closing reception. Grinnell College Bucksbaum Center for the Arts Gordon Rotunda

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