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RICE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS RECEIVE NATIONAL COMPOSITION AWARDS Office of News and Media Relations Anthony Brandt, Shih-Hui Chen, Arthur Gottschalk and Kurt Stallmann were recognized by an independent panel for their work.
Brandt, an assistant professor of composition and theory, had two pieces that premiered in 2002. He is a founding member of Musiqa, a contemporary music ensemble that includes four other Rice professors and a University of Houston professor. Chen, an assistant professor of composition and theory, had two pieces that premiered in 2002. She has been awarded ASCAP awards annually since 1994 and is also a member of Musiqa. Gottschalk, a professor and chair of the Department of Composition and Theory, had eight pieces that premiered in 2002 and over 45 reported performances of his music. He has received the ASCAP award annually since 1980 for his compositions. Stallmann, an assistant professor of music and director of the Rice Electronic Music Labs premiered two pieces in 2002. He is also a member of Musiqa. The panelists are Peter Filchia, drama critic for the Star-Ledger; Peter Keepnews, a journalist specializing in jazz and popular culture; Melinda Newman, West Coast Bureau Chief of Billboard; Pat Prescott, veteran radio personality who currently hosts the morning show on KTWV in Los Angeles; Greg Sandow, music educator, composer and classical music critic for The Wall Street Journal; and Fred Sherry, world-renowned cellist and member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. |
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ASCAP
is the primary performing rights organization in the United States
for more than 140,000 composers, songwriters and publishers of all
kinds of music. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing
and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances
of their copyrighted works. 
