USM Professor Scearce Selected to Set Toni Morrison Poem
to Music
USM Assistant Professor of Music J. Mark Scearce has been
selected to set a Toni Morrison poem to music. In November
2001, Vanity Fair published an issue commemorating 9/11, including
a poem by Morrison. Professor Scearce contacted Morrison to
explore the possibility of setting the poem to music, submitted
choral and orchestral pieces, and was selected for the job.
The piece, to be titled "The Dead of September 11," will premiere
a year from now in Nashville. The Nashville Chamber Orchestra
invited Professor Scearce to serve as its composer-in-residence.
You can visit Professor Scearce's Web site at www.usm.maine.edu/music/faculty/scearcej.htm.
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