Draft:Red Cedar Chamber Music

Red Cedar Chamber Music is an American chamber music organization based in Eastern Iowa. Founded in 1997, the organization presents concert performances, educational outreach programs, and commissions new chamber music works. Its recordings and performances have received coverage in national and international music publications, including American Record Guide, Gramophone, and publications of Chamber Music America and the National Endowment for the Arts.[1][2]

History

Red Cedar Chamber Music was founded in 1997 by flutist Jan Boland and guitarist John Dowdall.[3] Prior to establishing the organization, both musicians had professional careers specializing in early nineteenth-century repertoire for flute and guitar, including performances on period instruments.[4]

The organization was incorporated as a nonprofit in Iowa in 1998 and began presenting concert series and educational programming in Eastern Iowa. Boland and Dowdall served as the organization's artistic leadership until 2016, when leadership transitioned to violinist Miera Kim and cellist Carey Bostian following a planned overlap period.[5][6]

Programming and activities

Red Cedar Chamber Music presents an annual concert series featuring its core ensemble and invited guest artists. Programming has included performances of early music on period instruments as well as contemporary chamber works, including newly commissioned compositions.[7]

The organization also conducts educational and outreach programs in schools, senior centers, and rural communities throughout Iowa. These programs have been supported by grants from arts organizations, including repeated funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.[8][9]

Commissioning and contemporary music

Since its founding, Red Cedar Chamber Music has commissioned numerous chamber music works for a variety of instrumental combinations. Between 1997 and 2016, the organization commissioned and premiered approximately 50 new works, with additional commissions continuing under subsequent leadership.[10]

Several commissioned works and arrangements associated with the organization have received recognition from professional music organizations, including awards from the National Flute Association's Newly Published Music competitions.[11][12] Red Cedar Chamber Music's named composers-in-residence have included Jerry M. Owen, Andrew Earle Simpson, Harvey Sollberger, Michael Gilbertson, Stephen Cohn and Michael Kimber.

Collaborations

Red Cedar Chamber Music has undertaken collaborative projects with regional, national, and international arts institutions. One early collaboration involved performances using historical flutes and guitars from the Musical Instrument Division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presented in partnership with the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.[13][14]

The organization has also participated in projects connected to Czech musical heritage, including performances and recordings related to the legacy of composer Antonín Dvořák and collaborations with Czech musicians, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington D.C. and National Museum (Prague).[15][16]

Reception and recognition

The organization's educational initiatives have also received recognition, including a Residency Partnership Program grant from Chamber Music America in 2007.[17][18] Red Cedar Chamber Music has additionally received repeated grant support from the National Endowment for the Arts for rural and educational programming.[19]

Discography

During its first two decades, Red Cedar Chamber Music's core ensemble—flutist Jan Boland and guitarist John Dowdall—collaborated with guest artists to record a series of commercially released compact discs on the Fleur de Son Classics, Titanic Records, and Koch International labels.[20] The ensemble's recordings include both period-instrument performances of nineteenth-century repertoire and contemporary works, including commissioned compositions. Scholarly research has noted that recordings of early nineteenth-century flute and guitar repertoire were relatively uncommon in the commercial market at the time and attracted critical interest among classical listeners.[21]

Recordings and performances associated with Red Cedar Chamber Music have received coverage in national and international music publications. American Record Guide named the recording Czech Chamber Music a "Critics' Choice" in 1998,[22] and the German publication Alte Musik Aktuell selected recordings featuring the ensemble's repertoire as "Disc of the Month."[23]

Title / Label Artists Repertoire & Notes Independent reception
Giuliani, Hummel, et al.
Titanic Records TI-161 		Jan Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitar) Nineteenth-century salon music performed on period flute and guitar Named "Best Disc of the Month" by Alte Musik Aktuell (June 1988)[24]
Rossini, Mozart
Titanic Records TI-182 		Jan Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitar) Serenades from the nineteenth-century salon on period instruments Named "Best Disc of the Month" by Alte Musik Aktuell (January 1993)[25]
Home Sweet Home: Parlor Music from the Civil War
Koch International Classics 		Jan Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitar) American parlor music from the Civil War era on nineteenth-century instruments ---
Czech Chamber Music
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57927 		Jan Boland (flute); David Miller (viola); John Dowdall (guitar) Trios by Wenceslaus Matiegka on nineteenth-century period instruments Named "Critics' Choice" by American Record Guide (1998)[26]
Crystal to Gold – Precious Flutes and Guitars from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57932 		Jan Boland (flutes); Amy Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitars) Performances on nineteenth-century instruments from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection Reviewed in American Record Guide[27]
Vintage Viennese
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57945 		Jan Boland (flute); David Miller (viola); John Dowdall (guitar) Trios by Beethoven and Matiegka on period instruments ---
The Red Cedar Collection
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57960 		Jan Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitar) American music for flute and guitar on modern instruments, including commissioned works ---
3 Guys Named Mo
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57969 		Jan Boland (flute); David Miller (viola); John Dowdall (guitar) Trios by Molitor, Molino, and Mozart on period instruments ---
Czech-Inspired
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57974 		Jan Boland (flute); David Miller (viola); John Dowdall (guitar) Commissioned contemporary works for flute, guitar, and viola ---
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Music at Schönbrunn
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57983 		Jan Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitar); Theresa Bogard (fortepiano); Timothy Shiu (violin); Loretta O'Sullivan (cello) Works by Johann Nepomuk Hummel on period instruments ---
Fireflies: Chamber Music by Andrew Earle Simpson
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 57985 		Jan Boland (flute); David Miller (viola); John Dowdall (guitar) Chamber works commissioned by Red Cedar Chamber Music ---
Gaspard Kummer
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 58008 		Jan Boland (flute); David Miller (viola); John Dowdall (guitar); Douglas Worthen (flute); Loretta O'Sullivan (cello) Chamber music for flute, guitar, and strings on period instruments ---
Spillville & Gilead: Chamber Music by Harvey Sollberger (2012)
Fleur de Son Classics FDS 58016 		Jan Boland (flute); John Dowdall (guitar); Anthony Devroye (viola); Miera Kim (violin); Nancy McFarland Gaub (violin); Lisa Ponton (viola); Carey Bostian (cello) Features commissioned works by composer-in-residence Harvey Sollberger ---
Backlash Bach
Self-published 		Miera Kim (violin); Carey Bostian (cello); Isaac Pastor-Chermak (cello) Contemporary interpretations of works by Johann Sebastian Bach ---

Media

Title Format Description Source
Red Cedar Chamber Music – Our Story Television documentary An eight-minute documentary produced by Iowa PBS featuring host Morgan Halgren, providing an overview of the organization's history and activities Iowa PBS[28]

Archives

Materials documenting the first two decades of Red Cedar Chamber Music are preserved in the Red Cedar Chamber Music Collection at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives.[29]

References

  1. ^ Ritter, Steven (November–December 1998). "Critic's Choice". American Record Guide.
  2. ^ Smith, Ken (September 2006). "Czech Inspired". Gramophone. London: A9–A10.
  3. ^ Klinefus, Karen (March 12, 2000). "Making Music fulfills dream". Cedar Rapids Gazette. p. 40.
  4. ^ Schroeder, Lisa Marie (2015). The Flute and Guitar Duo: The Development of an Equal Partnership (DMA essay). University of Iowa. p. 12.
  5. ^ Weller, Janis (July 11–13, 2018). "The Musician's Career Lifespan". In Pamela D. Pike (ed.). Proceedings of the 22nd International Seminar of the ISME Commission on the Education of the Professional Musician. Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan. p. 32.
  6. ^ "Red Cedar Chamber Music concert is mostly folk inspired". Cedar Rapids Gazette. September 30, 2015. p. 43.
  7. ^ "American Ensemble: Festival Built for Two". Chamber Music. 19 (3): 8. June 2002.
  8. ^ National Endowment for the Arts 2007 Annual Report (Report). National Endowment for the Arts. p. 54.
  9. ^ "Red Cedar's Music Outreach Recognized". Cedar Rapids Gazette. August 19, 2007. p. 182.
  10. ^ "Red Cedar Chamber score wins award". Cedar Rapids Gazette. August 12, 2001.
  11. ^ "Newly Published Music Winners 2021". The Flutist Quarterly. 46 (4). Santa Clarita, CA: 52. Summer 2021.
  12. ^ "2020 Newly Published Music Competition Results". National Flute Association. May 21, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  13. ^ "Metropolitan Museum of Art Project". Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  14. ^ "Boland-Dowdall Duo playing, planning". The Gazette. February 1, 1998. p. 171.
  15. ^ Boland, Jan. "Dvořák in Iowa Project". Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  16. ^ Hagen, Nancy (December 19, 2004). "Know the Score". Iowa Public Radio.
  17. ^ Dadian, Susan (April 27, 2007). "Chamber Music America award letter to Jan Boland" (Document). {{cite document}}: Cite document requires |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "Red Cedar to preview national presentation". Cedar Rapids Gazette. January 4, 2009. p. 113.
  19. ^ National Endowment for the Arts 2007 Annual Report (Report). National Endowment for the Arts. p. 54.
  20. ^ "Fleur de Son Classics – Catalog". Fleur de Son Classics.
  21. ^ Schroeder, Lisa (2015). The Flute and Guitar Duo: The Development of an Equal Partnership (DMA thesis). University of Iowa. p. 12.
  22. ^ Ritter, Steve (January–February 1999). "Critics' Choice 1998". American Record Guide.
  23. ^ Strobl, Robert (June 1988). "Die Platte des Monats". Alte Musik Aktuell: 7.
  24. ^ Strobl, Robert (June 1988). "Die Platte des Monats". Alte Musik Aktuell: 7.
  25. ^ Strobl, Robert (January 1993). "Die Platte des Monats". Alte Musik Aktuell.
  26. ^ Ritter, Steve (January–February 1999). "Critics' Choice 1998". American Record Guide.
  27. ^ Schmidt, Elaine (March–April 2004). "Crystal to Gold". American Record Guide. 67: 222.
  28. ^ "Red Cedar Chamber Music – Our Story". Iowa PBS. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  29. ^ "Red Cedar Chamber Music Collection". Iowa City, Iowa: ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa. MsC1166. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

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