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PEOPLE and PLACES Compiled by Catherine Gotthoffer People and Places is the readers' column; therefore we solicit the readers' assistance in the preparation of that material. Besides asking that copy for this section be submitted by the appropriate deadline, we request that the material be typed, tripled-spaced, and written in third person. Our mutual cooperation in this matter can contribute to an earlier Journal printing date. Nicanor Zabaleta gave the American premiere of the Montsalvatage Concerto and the world premiere of Terna y Variaciones, Op. 100, by Turina on March 6, in Washington, D.C., with the National Orchestra. On February 15 he gave the world premiere of the Surinach Concerto with the Grand Rapids Orchestra. Barbara Skully Dechario recently performed the premiere performance of the opera Galileo Ga/i/ei written by Ezra Laderman and Joe Darion and performed by the Tri-Cities Opera Company in Binghamton, New York. This past Christmas she played the premiere performance of A Solemn Music for Christmas, for chorus, harp and string quartet written by Jack Johnston. In March Ms. Dechario will perform the Mozart Concerto with the Geneseo Chamber Symphony and in June will play the same work with the Binghamton, NY Symphony. Cynthia Gordon is playing the Cape Festival Orchestra, the Cape Chamber Players, the Cape Cod Symphony and the Fall River Symphony. She was featured at the Tenth Sandwich Youth Concert at the Conservatory in West Branstable. Following are some of the recent appearances of the Paulson Harp Ensemble; Historical Society, Spring Lake New Jersey; First Congregational Church, Union New Jersey; Morristown Woman's Club, Morristown, NJ; Prospect Presbyterian Church, Maplewood, NJ; Ukranian Arts Center, New York, NY; Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ; Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ; South Orange Woman's Club, South Orange, NJ. In <strong>No</strong>vember, Jude Mollenhauer, harpist with the Pennsylvania Ballet Company, was soloist with the Marple-Newton String Ensemble playing the Handel Concerto in Bb and the Danses of Debussy. In December she played the Premiere of Professor Edward Con'e Duo for violin and harp at Princeton University. Also on the program were the Debussy Sonate for flute, viola and harp and Serenade # 10 for flute and harp by Vincent Persichetti. She performed Britten's Ceremony of SUMMER/ <strong>1979</strong> Carols with various choral groups in Philadelphia, as well as twenty performances of The Nutcracker with the Ballet. She will be heard in the Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda by Gustav Holst with The Phildelphia Singers March 5, <strong>1979</strong>. On February 24, Miss Mollenhauer will play two short recitals of ancient Irish music for the opening of the exhibit of "Ancient Treasures of Ireland -1500 B.C. - 1500 A.D." at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At Temple University Center City on March 12, she will play another premiere of a work by Ron Thomas - Sacred Song for alto voice, alto saxophone and harp. Also on this faculty recital with saxophonist, Marshall Taylor, will be Villa-Lobo~ Quatuor for harp, flute, saxophone and celeste with women's voices and Pierre Vellones' Rapsodie for alto saxophone, harp, celeste and percussion. Future concerts include the lbert Trio for violin, violincello and harp April 6, Upper Black Eddy, and April 8, Bethlehem, PA with the Lenape Chamber Ensemble. In its 1978-79 concert season the New York Harp Ensemble performed in Berrien Springs, Michigan; Rexburg, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Provo, Logan and Ogden, Utah; Hayward, California; Portland, Eugene and Forest Grove, Oregon; Kerrville and Sequin, Texas; St. Frances, Kansas; Big Rapids, Michigan; Cherokee Village, Arkansas; New York City, N.Y. Performances in Canada included Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Kitimat, Terrace, Smithers and Prince George, British Colombia; Calgary and Claresholm, Alberta; Pinawa and Carman, Manitoba; Guelph and Brantford, Ontario. On December 24 the Ensemble appeared on the Today Show, NBC Television. In May and June they will tour Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Aruba, Martinique, St. Maarten, and Ecuador. Amy Winchell was harpist in several performances of Amah/ and the Night Visitors at the School for the Performing Arts in Louisville, Kentucky. Therese Elder was the winner of the Junior High School Strings Division of the McDowell Music Club competition. She will go on a three weeks tour of Romania with the Floyd Country Youth Orchestra this summer. Lisa Petrilli was soloist with the Louisville Jefferson County Youth Orchestra, performing the Handel Concerto. She won the McDowell Music Club competition for Senior High School students; and will be featured soloist with the Kentucky All-State Symphony in March, playing Grandjany's Aria in Classic Style. While at Interlochen 61
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