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1 ABOUT THE COMPOSERS
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Paula Diehl received an MA h m Temple School of Music where she formed the ensemble,
SOUNDS, which has performed at the Painted Bride and FM station WRTI. Her interests in
dance led her to 1981. At that time, after a number of years of choregraphy. she began to feel
the need to express her thoughts in words and found she had much to say. She is now NACUSA
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Fred and Marie Gaertner are a creative artist husband-wife team working in the areas of
Music Drama, Musical Theatre and Concert Hall. Within the latter category are works for
orchestra, solo piano and piano with orchestra. The Gaertners reside in Macmurray Pa. near
Pittsburgh. Marie is a former student of Roy and Johanna Harris and Fred studied composi-
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: tion with Harvey Gaul. Since Fred's early retirement from teaching they devote their full time
to composition.
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Karel Husa. In 1996 the musical world celebrated the 75th birthday of this great Czech-
American composer. Through his music and conducting he has reached a wide and ever-.
expanding audience without compromising either his artistic or esthetic ideals.. His music
presents:
turns,its face radiantly towards the new while extending the finest traditions of the past.
Dr.-~nard-~ein;retired-music-professor~ow-devotes-most-of-his-time-to-compsing-and F-I-F-TH-A~IYIEWSARIY
performing. He works with computers, synthesizers and music software. Dr. Klein and his
wife live in southern New Jersey with their two dogs. Besides composing he likes cooking
and going to plays and the opera.
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James Marshall-Mr. Marshall writes "These songs represent a shift in my interest from
choral to solo works. The Song Nocturne has an unusual genesis: The poet Louise Bogan,
interested in her daughtds singing about dreams, was inspired to write a poem, M. Singing.
In turn, that poem inspired me to write a similar poem and set it to my own music". Mr.
Marshall studied cello at the new school of music, received an M.A. at the University of
Pennsylvania and at the present time composes and plays cello in the Wayne Coterie String
Orchestra which performed his Avian Suite in 1999.
Paul Stouffer has devoted a lifetime to composition and music education. His works for
band, orchestra; instrumental ensembles and vocal works are published by leading music
publishers. His compositional idiom has been described as contemporary Neo-Classicism.
The National Association of Composers1 USA is a non-profit organization. One of its
many goals is to present professional quality performances of its member's music. More
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EST, MEMBER CATALOGUE, MEMBER LINKS and hear AUDIO SAMPLES of membets
compositions. Membership is not restricted to composers but is open to anyone wishmg to
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become associated with a cultural organization which has been in existence since 1933. Lansdowne and Stewart Avenue
to the Philadelphia Chapter of NACUSA, existent copies of programs indicate that a
Philadelphia Chapter ofNACUSA existed from 1944 until the musical season of 196162. In
1995 when the National Organization sent requests to all members for volunteers interested Sunday, April 30,200I) 3 P.M.
in organizing affiliated Chapters, the Philadelphia Chapter was again established. Today
there are LA, SF, East Coast, Mid South, Boston, Philadelphia and Virginia Chapters.
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