This week’s Modern Notebook is another special edition of the show highlighting artists whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Tyler Kline will share music from 23 composers, plus ways that you can support them and others at this time. Listen Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.

Hour 1

• Song of Solace by Nicholas Yandell, performed by cellist Micah Claffey. Check out more of Yandell’s music at www.nicholasyandell.com.
• Donna McKevitt’s Translucence, a vocal trio work featuring Melanie Pappenheim, Kelly McCusker, and Donna McKevitt. More of McKevitt’s music can be heard at donnamckevitt.org.
• A work for piano and electronics by Liam Carey titled Nothing New. Listen to recordings and check out sheet music of Carey’s music on his site, www.liamcarey.co.uk.
• Lure by Conner Simmons, featuring voice soloist Samantha Sugrue, violinist Victoria Klaunig, violist Nathaniel Martin, and cellist Marc Rodriguez. More of Simmons’ music can be found at connersimmons.com.
• Tenor Saxophonist Andrew Hosler performs Zachary McDonald’s Poem #2. Hosler has released an EP of music written, web-premiered, and/or performed online during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Proceeds from this EP will be donated to the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Response Fund! Listen at https://andrewhosler.bandcamp.com/releases.
• An acapella work by Shruthi Rajasekar titled Numbers. Listen to more of Rajasekar’s music at www.shruthirajasekar.com and people can get in touch if they’re interested in the piece.
• 2178 by Yaz Lancaster, performed by violinist Connie Li. Lancaster is online at http://yaz-lancaster.com and on Instagram @yeehawyaz.
• Mavis MacNeil’s Trace, read by members of the Beo String Quartet. Find out more about MacNeil and listen to her music at mavismacneil.com.
• Multi-tracked double bass music by Scott Worthington: Quintet (after Feldman). Check out more of Worthington’s music and album releases at scottworthington.bandcamp.com.
• The third movement from Heather Stebbins Riven, performed by the group Loadbang. Listen to more of Stebbins’ music at https://soundcloud.com/hlstebbins.
• Flutist Robin Meiksins performs Fox Wedding by Erich Barganier. Hear more of Barganier’s music on his website, www.barganiermusic.com

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Hour 2

• Prelude by Yehun Shin, performed by clarinetist Sanghyun Son. Click here to listen to more of Shin’s music.
• Edwin Roxburgh’s Tiddalik. Edwin Roxburgh’s works can be purchased here.
• Violist Katerina Shapochka performs Partita e’ sea ya! by Julio Elvin Quiñones. Listen to more of Quiñones’ music at https://www.julioquinonesmusic.com.
• Kamala Sakaram’s Scrolling Back from her techno-noir music theater work Looking at You. Sankaram’s newest album is available here, and listen to more of her music at kamalasankaram.com.
• The third movement of Matthew Whiteside’s Quartet No. 5 performed by the Aurea Quartet. Check out the album this work is from at https://www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk/product/entangled/.
• Cody Myre’s Variations on a Penguin performed by the University of North Texas Concert Orchestra. More about Myre can be found at www.CodyMyreComposer.com.
• The Hermes Experiment performs Matthew Grouse’s and what do you do after that? – the third movement from his Daily Rituals. Featured on The Night With… Live Vol. 1 release. Grouse’s website is www.matthewgrousemusic.com.
• Resist for solo viola by Josh Henderson. Check out more of Henderson’s music at www.joshhendersonmusic.com.
• In Memoriam by Alastair Borthwick, performed by pianist Jean-Michel Dayez. You can find out more about Alastair Borthwick’s works here: https://polyphonyarts.com/alastair-borthwick-composer/.
• Two Panels for string quartet by Alastair White. White’s website is www.alastairwhite.org, and lookout for a CD recording/book release of his second opera, ROBE, which will be out later this year.
• Clarinetist Andy Hudson performs Rosśa Crean’s No Eyes for Kaldowski from Hellville. You can listen to more of Crean’s music at www.rossacrean.com
  Their opera “The Great God Pan” is available through Navona Records Naxos at all digital outlets, and they are currently working on an album of miniatures called “a lonely voice in these haunted rooms: songs from quarantine,” which is being recorded at the haunted Lakeside Inn in Lakeside, Michigan.
• John Sturt’s Birds at Winter Nightfall performed by soprano Vanessa Frampton, cellist Eliane Soedirman, and pianist Carolina Cury. Sturt’s music can be found on his website, www.johnsturtcomposer.co.uk as well as on Spotify and Soundcloud

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