Friday, February 28
The St. Petersburg Suite - A contemporary tribute to the history and personalities of St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by George F. Spicka: Enjoy a sonic palette of jazz, electronic, interactive and free improvisation as one of Baltimore's master composers shares his vision of Vivat! St. Petersburg, Baltimore's celebration of 300 years of Russian art, music and culture. The intermission will be followed by a concert featuring Maryland's own sensational contemporary-post-modern-bebop jazz band, Project Natale! The event will take place at Baltimore's Creative Alliance, 413 South Conkling Street, 8pm. $10 general admission, $7 for Creative Alliance members. Info: 410-944-4234

(12-15-02) George Spicka asks webmaster to put on his web page a challenging article by Joshua Fineberg about the state of the composer in our time.

(11-11-02) BCF received today a call for works from a violin-guitar duo in Cyprus. Check http://www.duo46.com for details.

(10-19-02) Composer Lorraine L. Whittlesey will participate at this season's first Baltimore Composer's Forum's seminar on Wednesday, October 23rd at Villa Julie College. Audio and visual excerpts from various events will be presented including the recent "Diva-Licious" concert at Center Stage, a brief overview of the "Memoria Technica" lecture at Princeton University, and a discussion re: various collaborations with Art Institutions. For specific information please visit www.private-sector.com. Bassoonist Kari Shea will present contemporary bassoon techniques at the Forum.

(3-7-02) New webmaster. James Brody will take over the BCF website in a few days. To contact James, see the Member page.

(12-28-01) New concert added, March 24, 2002, see home page. Description added for Feb. 8, 2002 concert. Various updates of Lounge and Members section.

(10-10-01) Member area added - John Crouch. See "Members" section.

(10-03-01) Member area updated - updated links for James Brody and Franz Kamin, plus added new member John Crouch. See "Members" section. Also changed "Contact" page, which is accessed from the home page.

(8-28-01) Member area updated - new area added for George Spicka: Picture gallery. See "Members" section.

(8-23-01) Member area updated - biographical information for George Spicka. See "Members" section.

(8-22-01) "Join" page updated.

(8-11-01) Member area updated - contact information added to Gavin Brown's area. See "Members" section.

(8-6-01) Member area built - Alan Duckworth. Autobiography and list of works.

(8-2-01) Member added - Alan Duckworth. See "Members" section.

(7-30-01) - Update to David and Rosemary Fetter page. See "Members" section.

(7-30-01) - Member added - Phoebe Myhill. See "Members" section.

(7-27-01) - New information added for Michael Habermann. See "Members" section.

(July 2001) - Baltimore Composers' Forum launches new website at http://www.baltimorecomposersforum.org. The new site includes a calendar of musical events, member information, and more.