Yearly Archives: 2023

Premiere of Finding Rest

Ellie Jenkins, horn and natural horn, and Lou Ann Knight, piano, have collaborated with me on a piece for horn, natural horn and piano entitled Finding Rest. This work will be premiered on a recital the two are giving on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. at the Christ Presbyterian Church , 520 South Tibbs Road, Dalton, GA 30720. Some of the other works on the program include Nevertheless, She Persisted by Edward Knight, written in 2017 and L’Automne by Jean Baptiste Victor Mohr, a professor from the Paris Conservatory in the late 19th century. Lou Ann Knight will also perform some solo piano works.

Dr. Ellie Jenkins, a native of coastal Georgia, joined the faculty at Dalton State College in 2010, and is an Affiliate Artist in horn at Berry College. An active performer, she is principal horn in the Carroll Symphony and the Chamber Players of the South, and second horn with the Rome Symphony. She also performs in Austria most summers with the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt. Dr. Jenkins holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (DMA), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (MM) and the University of Miami (BM).

Lou Ann (Pope) Knight taught at Harper College in the Chicago area, and was the Co-Coordinator for the Piano Pedagogy Department at the University of Michigan. She most recently taught piano at Dalton State College. She was recently married and will open a new piano studio in Calhoun, GA in the fall. Mrs. Knight holds degrees from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (Master in Piano Pedagogy) and Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, (Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance with emphasis on Pedagogy)

Composer’s Voice features Argus Quartet presenting Casey and others on 4/15/2023 at 2:00 PM EDT

Composer’s Voice features Argus Quartet presenting Casey, Game, and Korneitchouk on Manhattan Neighborhood Network April 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

The Argus Quartet is committed to bringing thoughtful and personal programs to both seasoned listeners and audiences new to classical music. This quartet has won recognition as a “vivacious foursome … [that] plays canonical standards with authority and verve and approaches modern music with care and assurance” (The New Yorker). Member of the quartet include: Clara Kim, violin; Giancarlo Latta, violin; Maren Rothfritz, viola; and Mariel Roberts, Iva Casian-Lakos, cello. Jerry Casey’s work being featured is “One, Yet Different.”

Listen online at the following:

https://www.mnn.org/watch/channels/lifestyle-channel.

You can also view the show at the following:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/euDvbBMnb4s
FaceBook: https://fb.me/e/TtJJAUew

Honorable Mention for 2020-2021 American Prize Choral Category (shorter works)


Recently she was awarded Honorable Mention in the Choral Category (shorter works) of The 2020-2021 American Prize for her composition, “Yet, I Will Rejoice,” for SSATB and Chamber Orchestra, performed here by the Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra of Otterbein University, under the direction of Dr. Gayle Walker. Click play button below to listen.

Yet, I Will Rejoice