Feminine Fusion

S4-46: Today’s Teachers: Composers, Part 2

by Diane Jones

July 18, 2020

“Composition can’t really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.”  – Ellen Taffe Zwilich

The process of teaching is a give and take, and this week, music of composers actively teaching in some of the leading colleges and conservatories across the United States.

Today’s Teachers: Composers, Part 2

Elizabeth Ogonek:  As Though Birds
London Symphony Orchestra; François-Xavier Roth, conductor
“The Panufnik Legacies II”
LSO Live 5070

Kathryn Salfelder:  Stylus Phantisticus
Western Michigan University Symphonic Band; Robert Spradling, conductor
“Shadowcatcher”
Klaiver 11197

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich:  Celebration
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; John Nelson, conductor
“Zwilich: Symphony No. 1; Celebration; Prologue & Variations”
New World Records 80336

Melinda Wagner: Concerto for Flute, Strings & Percussion (excerpt)
Westchester Philharmonic; Mark Mondarano, conductor
Paul Dunkel, flute
“Melinda Wagner: concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion; Poul Ruders: Concerto in Pieces (Purcell Variations)”
Bridge 9098

Jennifer Higdon:  Pale Yellow (from Piano Trio)
Lincoln Trio
“Notable Women”
Cedille 126

Hannah Lash:  Give Me Your Songs
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
“The Poetry of Places”
Reference Recordings 730

Susan Botti:  Telaio: Desdemona (excerpt)
Susan Botti, soprano; Susan Jolles, harp; Daniel Kirk-Foster, piano; Michael Lipsey, percussion; Renée Jolles & Martha Caplin, violins; Liuh-wen ting, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello
“Listen, It’s Snowing”
CRI 802

Eun Young Lee:  Ching-Ching
First Recordings Project
“New Choral Voices, Vol. 1”
Ablaze 00027

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