The annual Alec Wilder Celebration at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 8:00 PM in Kilbourn Hall. John...
The annual Friends of Alec Wilder Newsletter went out in the mail this week. Those who are not on the Newsletter mailing list can read a web version at the...
I got the Newsletter in the mail, and it's a beautiful job, Ron. Thanks for including my (too long) piece, I appreciate that. It will be nice to perform at...
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Included in his program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Sunday February 22, hornist Timothy Thompson will perform Alec Wilder's Sonata No. 3 for...
The latest issue of the UK magazine "Crescendo & Jazz Music' has a piece about Alec Wilder in their 'Composers Corner' series by Bernard McAlinden. The 7000...
Yesterday, I inadvertently deleted a posting from someone before I had a chance to even read it or notice the sender. Could this person possibly re-post his...
Subject: Wilder music in concert Daniel Katzen, faculty hornist at the University of Arizona performed the "Sonata No. 3 for Horn and Piano" by Alec Wilder on...
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Mar 10, 2009 6:52 pm
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As a part of the "Music of the Americas" concert on March 19 at Lamar University, Robert Culbertson will play Wilder's Sonata for Horn and Piano, accompanied...
I just ran across this blog post by one Joe Sarno from February of '08 with a nice, brief tribute to AW and Marian McPartland's wonderful album of Wilder...
Maude Maggart, the critically-acclaimed chanteuse - hailed as "bewitching" by The New York Times, "utterly enchanting" by the New York Post and "stunning" by...
Hilary Kole performed tonight at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at the Jazz at Lincoln Centre complex. The performance centered on her new (and I understand first...
Twenty-Fourth Annual Concert CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALEC WILDER Saint Peter's Church, New York City Saturday, April 4, 2009 John Biderman, Honorary...
From the Barbara Cook New York Times Review Stephen Holden April 15, 2009 Of the many cabaret performances of hers I have attended, Tuesday's opening night was...
Talk about nostalgia...In the mid-50's, when I left Hew York and Metronome, my first real newspaper job was film reviewer for the Philadelphia News, doubling...
Speaking of New York cabaret performances (ref: recent post about Barbara Cook)... On Thursday evening, April 2, while in New York for the annual AW concert),...
Fascinating five-part interview of Jackie Cain: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/entity.php?id=11322 (You have to click one of the archive links at the bottom...
On her album "Haunted Heart" [Justin Time], songstress Hilary Kole includes the Wilder-McGlohon song "Blackberry Winter." Reviewer Andrew Velez writes "It's...
On Tuesday, 25 new recordings were added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. This is the seventh induction of new recordings, bringing the...
Pianist Joe LoCascio and saxophonist Woody Witt have teamed up for a new CD "Seasons Ago: The Songs of Alec Wilder" on the Heart Music label. The track...
Desmond at the Curtis Arboretum If you want a picture-perfect setting with a "soiree" feeling for a jazz group, the Curtis Arboretum is it. Located in the...
I'm the euphonium/tuba professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire (and have been for 27 years). I was speaking with my long-time friend and...
The Chamber Music 2010 giant membership directory is out and includes articles, reviews, etc. The big feature this year is a section called "The Great...
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Sep 18, 2009 10:22 pm
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Please join us to celebrate Heidi Grant Murphy's newest recording, Alec Wilder's "Lullabies and Night Songs," and the 20th anniversary of her debut with the...
Here's the track listing for the Heidi Grant Murphy "Lullabies and Night Songs" CD: Chinese Baby Song Rock a Bye, Baby Tip Toe Night Night; Hark, Hark, the...
In an October 12 recital at the Center for Performing and Fine Arts (Seventh and Chestnut Streets), Indiana State University, Shannon (McAllister) Ford will...
The Loonis McGlohon Endowment Presents Marlene VerPlanck "…one of the finest interpreters of 20th century popular song." … Jazz Journal Marlene VerPlanck...
Any of you able to get to this concert should do so. Marlene is as fine an interpretor of Alec's music as there is. I see her pretty often, and she always...