Born July 13, 1941  Died November 9, 2003
November 14, 2003

Prelude, "Christos, Der Ist Mein Leben"

Pachelbel
Organist Barbara Robarts, on the restored organ of the First Congregational Church

Excerpt, String Quartet No. 1

By Leroy Southers

Remarks

Rev. David Pendleton

Remarks

Gary Bloom, Professor, City University of New York

Excerpt, Five Contrapuncti for Woodwind Trio (I, II, III)

By Leroy Southers
Performers from the Berklee College of Music

I. Mirror Canon with Palindrome
The clarinet follows the flute in inversion. The oboe part is the same forward or backward.
II. Canon at the Lower and Upper Fifth, and Coda
III. Cancrizans with Palindrome
The oboe part reads the same as the clarinet part backwards, and vice versa. The flute part reads the same in either direction.

"Though the writing of these pieces turned my brain into a pretzel, the mechanics are not the point. As in any of my music, my aim was to create compositions of distinctive and expressive character, to be enjoyed in the same way as any other music."

Remarks

Jim Smith and Skip Witmyer, Berklee College of Music

"Piece for One of Jackie's Piano Students"

By Leroy Southers, age 16 (1958)

Excerpt from an unfinished autobiography by Leroy Southers

Shakespearean Sonnet 116

from Jacqueline Nichols

In Memoriam Leroy Southers

from Robert Holson, childhood friend

Leroy Southers, A Stream of Consciousness

from Ralph Grierson, fellow composer and pianist

Serenade for 10 Wind Instruments

By Leroy Southers
Performers from the Eastern Sierra Symphony Orchestra

"Consistent with 18th Century practice, this Serenade begins with a little march to usher the performers into the playing area (though it is expected that this will be played with the instrumentalists seated in a normal concert arrangement). They then play movements ranging from playful to sentimental in personality. But as the evening has worn on the musicians have become sleepy, so the little march returns, softly, to see them home again."

Closing

Rev. David Pendleton

Postlude, "Four Chorale Settings", Bach