Music of Judith Lang Zaimont Across The U.S. - March 2 "Stillness - Poem for Orchestra" in Wyoming and March 1 & 2 "Zones" - Piano Trio No. 2 in Texas New York, NY - The music of Judith Lang Zaimont will be heard in several performances across the U.S. in the next week. Her new "Stillness - Poem for Orchestra" will be performed by the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Michael Griffith, Music Director, on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - 7:30 PM at the Fine Arts Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Her "Zones" - Piano Trio No. 2 will be performed at 2 PM on March 1 at the Hobart Taylor Recital Hall of Prairie View A & M University (http://www.pvamu.edu/index.htm), University Drive in Prairie View, Texas and also on March 2 at Cypress-Fairbanks Community College (http://www.cy-faircollege.com/index.cfm), 14955 NW Freeway, in Houston, Texas by a trio led by pianist Vicki Seldon. Tickets for the March 2 Stillness performance are $7, with discounts for students and seniors. For more ticket information, directions or other information, contact the Fine Arts Center box office at (307) 766-6666 or visit them online at http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/FINEARTS/. The February 1 and 2 performances of Zones are free and open to the public. Judith Lang Zaimont's "Stillness - Poem for Orchestra", a single 16-minute movement in three panels, slow-fast, slow, was conceived and completed in sketch-score during a Spring 2004 residency at Copland House. It was jointly commissioned by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Steven Larsen, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Crafton Beck and the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Michael Griffith. The Rockford Register-Star wrote this of the Premiere performance, "The music included opportunities to explore the many different sounds available to many different instruments and included dissonance, rhythmic palpitations, ethereal harmonics and a principal pitch of G sharp that weaved in and out of the work. From a purely compositional and musical perspective, the work was an excellent piece, well-crafted and well-presented...." Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive style, characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism. Most recently she has been Featured Composer for the National Federation of Music Clubs, Commissioned Composer of the California Music Teachers Association, Commissioned Composer for the International San Antonio Piano Competition, and recipient of an Aaron Copland Award. Her music is widely performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and has been recorded for the Naxos, Koch International Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation, Albany, Jeanne, Leonarda, Northeastern, and 4Tay labels. Ms. Zaimont was awarded First Prize in the international 1995 mCcollin Competition for Composers (for "Symphony No. 1", performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996). Her biography is found in most standard reference works (e.g., New Grove's), and she is the subject both of individual chapters in specialist volumes and major articles in professional journals, including Clavier and Chamber Music magazine, the latter of which can be read at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/dec03/JLZ_121903.htm. Her latest reSOUNDings Newsletter can be read at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/feb05/JLZ_nws_021405.htm. Her music appears on two Best of the 20th Century lists (Chamber Music America; Piano & Keyboard Magazine). More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/. She is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be contacted at 516-797-9166 or at [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com