Venessa Porter announced as the winner of the Green Dot Journey Composer Competition‘s Northwestern US region ,Seven composers were announced on July 1, 2014 as the winners of the Green Dot Journey Composer Project Competition (see winners below). Their pieces, written for violin and piano, depict different regions of the United States and Canada and will be performed at house concerts and art gallery concerts on the Green Dot Journey starting September 1, 2014.
Douglas Wolf, BM’75 received the Utah Percussive Arts Society’s 2014 Service Award. This is a lifetime achievement award from the Utah Chapter of PAS and recognizes Wolf’s 38 years of service as a percussion teacher and performer in Utah. In 1977, Wolf established the Utah PAS Day of Percussion festival, which has grown to include more than 800 student participants annually. Wolf continues to serve as head of the Percussion Program at the University of Utah School of Music and he maintains a busy performing schedule as percussionist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Utah Opera Company, and Ballet West. The Utah Chapter of PAS said of Wolf, “His influence of excellence has had a profound and long-lasting effect on the percussion community in the state of Utah, leaving a legacy which will continue to blossom in future generations.”
