AHJ, Vol. 7 No. 1, Summer 1979

Music Camp last summer Lisa's performance of Ravel's
Introduction and Allegro was recorded for public sale
by the camp.
Anne LeBaron, harpist and composer, was awarded
two national prizes for her composition, Medtamorphosis,
scored for piccolo and flute, oboe, B-flat
clarinet, horn, tenor trombone, percussion and harp:
the Beams Prize and the David S. Bates Award. The
harpist in the premiere performance was Jennifer Little.
Marjorie Tyre appeared February 28 with flutist
Frances Lapp Averitt and Peter Spurbeck, cellist, on the
Auburn Chamber Music Series.
Artiss de Volt has invited the Atlanta, Tallahassee,
and Jacksonville Chapters to have a regional meeting on
St. Simons Island, June 9 and 10. The main event will be
a symposium on Alfred Holy, the famous Austrian harpist.
Dolores Chilsen Mielke of Bowling Green, Kentucky,
is preparing a directory of harpists with brief
biographies and will welcome responses.
Bill Butner has enjoyed a busy season in Memphis
and the surrounding area. He has played for both the
Democratic and Republican receptions, and was harpist
with the Memphis State Concert Band in a Symphony
by Hovhaness.
Frances Phillips and Agnes Crisci of Memphis attended
the first Summer Festival of Jazz and Pop Music for
Harp at Santa Barbara. Frances plays in the Garden
Terrace Room of the Hyatt Regency.
In December, Agnes Crisci played a program in
Brownsville, Tennessee, of works by Salzedo, Corelli,
Debussy, and the Aria in Classic Style by Grandjany.
She was assisted by Roland Crisci, organist.
Danis Kelly gave a performance of the Castelnuov­
Tedesco Concertina for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
this season in Milwaukee.
The Indiana State University Harp Workshop of
June, 1978, directed by Roslyn Rensch Erbes, has been
awarded a certificate for Innovative Programming by
the North American Association of Summer Sessions.
Her article on antique, modern, and non-pedal harps
appeared in the Tri-State Trader, a weekly publication
for antique enthusiasts.
On October 7, Margaret Nelson joined the UNL Symphony
Orchestra in their presentation of Glazounow's
Symphony #5, and on October 20 she played with the
Nebraska Chamber Orchestra. In December, Mrs.
Nelson and students Lori Brunsen, Cynthia Coleman,
Julie and Lisa Ferguson, and Mary Watts presented a
Christmas ensemble program.
Suzanne Shields performed Britten's Ceremony of
Carols with the El Dorado Junior High Schoof Chorus
in December. She played in the Hutchison Symphony,
the Emporia Symphony; and on February 11 performed
Sonata in F Major for horn and harp by Dauprat with
Jeanne Fisher at Wichita State University.
In January the New Mexico Chapter of A.H.S. entertained
Heidi Lehwalder, guest soloist with the New
Mexico Symphony Orchestra, in the home of Sylvia
Giomi and her parents. Gene Wilson presented pro-
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