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Our Fall 2002 Concert
String Fling

featured the

Blossom String Quartet

Friday November 8, 2002
at 8 p.m.
at the Palo Alto Cultural Center

(at Embarcadero and Newell)

String Fling
Anne Baldwin      String Quartet No. 1, first movement
John Beeman      Beeline
Sondra Clark      Sierra Seasons
I'lana Cotton      Taking Leave
Nancy Bloomer Deussen      Saratoga, from the San Andreas Suite
Steve Ettinger      Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter, with Ed Ballengee, baritone
Lori Griswold      here is the ocean, with Kathleen Nitz, soprano
Brian Holmes      Four Songs from Death's Jest-Book, with Frank Farris, tenor
Warner Jepson      Remarkable Sam
Ken Takara      Renaissance, fourth movement
Dale Victorine      Quartet in C Major, Op. 80, first movement


Our Spring 2002 Concert

"Spring Resonance"
took place on
Saturday June 8, 2002
at 8 p.m.
at the Palo Alto Cultural Center

(at Embarcadero and Newell)

Spring Resonance
John Beeman      Retablo 2: Elodia Vazquez, for soprano, flute, cello and piano
Rosemary Byers      Scenes from Mother Goose, for soprano and piano
I'lana Cotton      Flame, for violin, cello and piano
Steve Ettinger      Adventures, movements 2&3, for violin, cello and piano
Lorie Griswold      spring! may, for soprano and piano
Carolyn Hawley      Quintet #2, movements 3-5, for flute, oboe, violin, cello and bass
Brian Holmes      Higgins Is Gone, for soprano, violin, horn and piano
Warner Jepson      Ode to Blanche, for violin and piano
Owen Lee      Duo, for violin and cello
Robert Stine      Summer Sound, for flute and electronic sounds
Dale Victorine      Sonata, movements 2&3, for violin and piano
Plus the winning compositions from the 2002 NACUSAsf Young Composers Contest:
Michael Chan      Prelude
Tyler Mazaika      Notturno Amoroso


Our March 2002 Concert

"Composers Can Play Too!"
took place on
Saturday March 2, 2002
at 8 p.m.
at the Palo Alto Cultural Center

(at Embarcadero and Newell)

Composers Can Play Too!
Mark Aulburger      Chamber Opera: The Wind God
Nancy Bloomer Deussen      Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Joanne Carey      Two Songs for Radio Baton and Soprano:
 I Am the Magical Mouse, Gracias
Sondra Clark      Coastal Landscapes
Robert Hall      Lullaby for Soprano and Tape
Carolyn Hawley      Three Pieces for Piano
Brian Holmes      Trio for Brass