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Recording Project of American Composer James Drew’s works by James Fulkerson’s Barton Workshop Ensemble of Amsterdam in 2005-07, for New World Records.

LISTEN to James Drew’s music via internet broadcasts from Germany called “espace sonorite” by clicking on http://www.lichtensteiger.de/music_room.html

Winter 2003

NEVSKY STRING QUARTET PREMIERES AMERICAN COMPOSER JAMES DREW’S "UKIYO" (Visions of the Floating World) In ST. PETERSBURG. RUSSIA

The Nevsky String Quartet, (Tatiana Razmoumova, Anna Tchijik, Vladimir Bistritsky and Dmitry Khrytchev) will

premiere James Drew’s Quartet, entitled UKIYO, on February 5, 2003, at the historic Academic House in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"The Nevsky Quartet has been awarded prizes throughout Europe, including Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Sweden. The quartet combines the freshness and vitality of youth with an instrumental mastery and sense of ensemble that is usually associated with decades of playing together."

MARY GAE GEORGE will give a presentation at the 2003 MTNA National Conference in Salt Lake City on 17 March 2003; Warner Bros. Publications is including several new editions of Artistry at the Piano in their Showcase at the Salt Palace Convention Center. Mary Gae will be assisted by her daughter, Jennifer Fellows of Bethesda, Maryland, in performing works from the Ensemble seies of the course.

Fall 2002

MARY GAE GEORGE was invited to launch the 2002-2003 programs for the Sandy chapter of the Utah Music Teachers Association. Her topic, "Something to Celebrate: We Are the Keepers of the Keys" balanced our responsibilities as music educators with the rewards of working with and encouraging young people to fulfill their expectations and their talents. Realizing that this significant contribution is building audiences in communities all across the nation brought the large, enthusiastic audience to its feet at the end of the presentation.

JAMES DREW's "The Petite Petersburg Play" was given its second and third performances by soprano Mimmi Fulmer and contrabassist Burt Turetzky at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and at Milwaukee. Fulmer and Turetzky premiered this para-opera in San Diego, and will repeat it at the 2003 International Bassists Convention in Virginia.