Concert, Exhibit to Honor the Career of Virginia Composer Adolphus Hailstork

An exhibit and chamber music concert at Old Dominion University will honor
the musical career of internationally known composer, music laureate for
the Commonwealth of Virginia and professor of music at Norfolk State
University Adolphus Hailstork.

"Kaleidoscope: The Musical World of Adolphus Hailstork," will open Sunday,
Feb.  13, in the Diehn Composers Room in the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts
Center at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.  The exhibit will open at
2:00 p.m.  followed by a concert at 3:00 p.m.  in the Chandler Recital
Hall.  Both the concert and exhibit are free and open to the public.
Seating is limited for the concert.  Please make reservations for tickets
by calling 757-683-4175.

The exhibit, which runs through March 1, provides an overview of
Hailstork's creative process, from small works for one voice or instrument
to full chorus and orchestral works.  Items on display will include
photographs, scores and memborabilia.

Directed by Hailstork, the concert will include musicians Lorraine Bell,
Robert Brown, Leslie Neal Douglas, F. Gerard Errante, Amadi Hummings, Lee
Jordan-Anders, Annie Loud, Lee Teply, Frank Ward, Jeanette Winsor and Agnes
Mobley Wynne.

Hailstork has written numerous works for chorus, solo voice, various
chamber ensembles, band, and orchestra.  Among his compositions are
"Celebration," which has been recorded by the Detroit Symphony; "Out Of The
Depths," which has won the 1977 Belwin-Mills Max Winkler Award presented
by the Band Directors National Association; "American Guernica", which
received first prize in the Virginia College Band Directors' 1983 national
contest; and "Mourn Not The Dead," which received the 1971 Ernest Bloch
Award for choral composition.

His compositions have been performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
and the Boys Choir of Harlem and his commissions include works for the
Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Symphony, the American Guild of Organists,
the St. Louis Opera Theater and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

Hailstork received his doctorate in composition from Michigan State
University, where he was a student of H. Owen Reed.  He holds degrees from
the Manhattan School of Music and Howard University.  He currently serves
as professor of music at Norfolk State University.

The exhibit and concert are part of a continuing series in which the Diehn
Composers Room highlights the work and collections of 20th-century American
composers.  "Kaleidoscope: The Musical World of Adolphus Hailstork" is
funded by a generous grant from the Norfolk Foundation.

For more information, contact Karen Meizner, Special Projects Librarian
at 757-683-4175 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask]

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Elizabeth M. Hogue
Humanities Reference Librarian/Music Bibliographer
Perry Library at Old Dominion University