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UPCOMING DILLON FESTIVAL AT EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
In February 2007, Eastern Michigan University will host a festival of music by Lawrence Dillon, three successive evenings of concerts featuring works that span the composer's entire creative output, from his student days to the present. Dillon will be honored as a special guest of the University, which is celebrating its 150th year. The compositions featured on the three concerts include solo and chamber works, a piece for wind ensemble and music for orchestra:
- Façade (1983) for violin and piano
- Dunigan Variations (1991) for four flutes
- Furies and Muses (1997) for bassoon and string quartet
- Amadeus ex machina (2001) for orchestra
- Chicane (2002) for solo piano
- Big Brothers (2004) for saxophones, vibe and piano
- Blown Away (2005) for wind ensemble
At the convocation of the festival, Dillon will give a lecture on his music, titled "Furies and Muses: Composing in the Twenty-first Century." Visit the University here.
CHILD'S PLAY
Child's Play, a new work for winds by Lawrence Dillon, will be premiered by Ensemble I-40 in January 2007 on their North Carolina tour. Led by former NY Philharmonic oboist Joseph Robinson, Ensemble I-40 includes hornist David Jolley, clarinetist Igor Begelman, flutist Rebecca Troxler, bassoonist Michael Burns and pianist Jane Hawkins. The piece will be performed at Duke University, UNC-Greensboro and the NC School of the Arts.
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NEW DILLON RELEASES
Scores and parts for three new works by Lawrence Dillon are now available from American Composers Editions in New York:
- Singing silver for narrator, singer, horn, cello and guitar, premiered by ICE and the composer in New York in November 2006. One movement, seven minutes.
- Child's Play for woodwind quintet, to be premiered by Ensemble I-40 in January 2007. One movement, six minutes.
- There Sleeps Titania for clarinet, cello and piano. One movement, eight minutes.
To order Dillon's music, contact American Composers Editions at 212-362-8900 or info@composers.com.
PRESERVING THE MUSIC
FOR THE FUTURE
 To date, Lawrence Dillon has released just one CD of his music, Chamber Music of Lawrence Dillon, an Albany Records disk that featured works from 1996-1998. Jeffrey James Arts Consulting is currently in the process of raising funds for two more CDs: one that surveys Dillon's chamber works from the early 21st century, and one that features his vocal works. Each disk should cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 to produce. If you would like to find out how you can help underwrite these recordings, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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