Klarinet Archive - Posting 000196.txt from 2006/04

From: retiredprof55@-----.net
Subj: [kl] New Newsletter
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:56:38 -0400

You are invited to examine the premiere issue of the Audience-=20
friendly Contemporary Art Music Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 1 =96 April 2006. =20=

Audience-friendly contemporary art music consists of modern =20
compositions written by living composers that are based in tonality, =20
that contain a recognizable melodic idea, that use dissonance with =20
discretion, that exhibit craftmanship in keeping with the art music =20
tradition, and are acoustic rather than electronic.
The purposes of the newsletter are:
1. To enable composers and performers to collaborate in building =20
audiences for audience-friendly contemporary art music.

2. To disseminate information about the availability of audience-=20
friendly contemporary art music compositions to interested performers.

3. To highlight the composers of these compositions through =20
feature articles.

4. To highlight performers interested in performing audience-=20
friendly contemporary art music compositions.

5. To promote selected compositions through the inclusion of mp3 =20
or MIDI sound files.

6. To provide a place for announcements and a calendar of and =20
upcoming performances of audience-friendly contemporary art music =20
compositions.

The first issue focuses on suggestions for elementary, middle school, =20=

and high school musicians. The newsletter is found at http://=20
cooppress.hostrack.net/afccmApril2006.html=

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