The NAfME Eastern Division Conference will feature a Young Composer Concert on April 5, 2013. The following compositions were selected by a panel of NAfME adjudicators for performance at the Young Composer Concert:
Natalie Buckle: Words When We Need Them
Grade 12, Williamsville East High School, East Amherst, NY
Dr. Stephen Shewan, teacher-sponsor
Alistair Coleman: A Dream Within A Dream
Grade 8, Pyle Middle School, Bethesda, MD
Susan Mathis, teacher-sponsor
Kristina Dejuri: There Were Four
Grade 11, Kings Park High School, Kings Park, NY
Michael Christy, teacher-sponsor
Scott Etan Feiner: Tense
Grade 10, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY
Brad Frey, teacher-sponsor
Christopher Harris: Go, Lovely Rose!
Graduate student, Ithaca College
Andrew Herring: High of 95
Grade 11, Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, PA
Matthew Ceresini, teacher-sponsor
Matthew Liu: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Grade 11, Marlboro High School, Marlboro, NJ
Patrick Dalton, teacher-sponsor
Nicholas McConnell: A Farewell to Mandarin
Grade 8, John Witherspoon Middle School, Princeton, NJ
David Gordon, teacher-sponsor
Gabriel Montague: Grasshopper Rag
Grade 11, Newton North High School, Newton, MA
Todd Young, teacher-sponsor
Jacob Morton-Black: Chapter 1 Bar 60
Grade 12, Colchester High School, Colchester, VT/Music-COMP
Dr. Sandra MacLeod, teacher-sponsor
Shashaank Narayanan: Mystery Cave
Grade 4, Roessleville Elementary School, Albany, NY
Alan Danahy, teacher-sponsor
J.P. Redmond: Peregrine III
Grade 8, Redmond Homeschool, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Kathleen Suss, teacher-sponsor
Timothy Sadov: April Waltz
Grade 7, PJ Gelinas Junior High School, Stony Brook, NY
Dr. Daniel Deutsch, teacher-sponsor
Caroline Xiong: Dancing in the Forest
Grade 1, PS 188, Queens, NY
Vivian Liu, teacher-sponsor
After the Young Composer Concert, the student composers will participate in a Young Composer Forum, an informal discussion facilitated by a panel of composers and composition teachers. The panelists will be Dr. Rob Deemer, Dr. Daniel Deutsch, Dr. Michele Kaschub, Matt Lovell, Ken Steen, and Dr. David Stringham. All conference attendees are welcome to attend and join in the conversation.
In addition, Thursday, April 4, 2013 will feature a special Focus on Composition and Technology, with exciting sessions for music educators and college music education majors.
