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Two works for voices and brass by Elam Sprenkle


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Dave Cran, Wayne Wells, Arthur Brooks, Rip Posten, Bob Suggs
Sister Anne by Elam Sprenkle
 for vocal ensemble and brass quintet
New York Premiere, February 16, 1989
Merkin Hall, New York, NY 
Performed by
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble and Annapolis Brass Quintet

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Six Songs by Elam Sprenkle
Text by Emily Dickinson​
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Elaine Bonazzi, Mezzo-Soprano and  Annapolis Brass Quintet
1 -  I'll tell you how the Sun rose   > 
  Duet Interlude  > ​​
2 - There came a Day at Summer's full   >
3 - "Hope" is the thing with feathers  > ​
4- ​Arcturus  > 
5 - Of all the sounds dispatched abroad >​
Duet  Interlude  > 
6 - Because I could not stop for death  >
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Elaine Bonazzi 
​Endicott, NY, August 28, 1929 --
Elizaville, NY, January 29, 2019
 
"A Bright, Vital Force in American Opera for more than thirty years"​​OPERA NEWS:  29 JANUARY 2019   ​
                                                           TAP BELOW

The Life and Work of Elaine Bonazzi
 Elam Ray Sprenkle 
Elam Sprenkle, was born in 1945 to a family rooted 
In the Mennonites of southern Pennsylvania. 

That explains his Biblical first name...more difficult is finding the wellspring of his versatility.  A teacher of music history, theory and ideas at the Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins University, a choir director, a WMJC-FM radio veteran, ​
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TO FOSTER THE ADVANCEMENT OF
BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC

The scores and parts for Elam Sprenkle's music for voices and brass,
along with the entire Annapolis Brass Quintet Music Library,
are available for performance and research from the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music. 

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