Full Text of HR0443 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Daniel M. | 4 | | Brewbaker, who passed away on May 14, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Brewbaker was born in Elgin to Daniel M. | 6 | | and Ruth C. Brewbaker in 1951; he graduated from Elgin High | 7 | | School, where he was elected president of the senior class; he | 8 | | studied at the University of Illinois and earned his master's | 9 | | and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, As Daniel Brewbaker began his career as a | 11 | | composer, he was also active as an educator, serving on the | 12 | | faculties of The Juilliard School,
Hunter College, Queens | 13 | | Colleges, and the Westminster Choir College; he also studied in | 14 | | Rome and other major European musical centers; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Brewbaker's first composition, Psalm 39, | 16 | | premiered in 1970 at the University of Illinois, beginning a | 17 | | body of work that grew to nearly 60 works, establishing him as | 18 | | an important voice among contemporary American composers; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, Daniel Brewbaker's Concerto for Cello, La | 20 | | Serenissima, premiered by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; in | 21 | | 1999, the final movement of the concerto was performed by |
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| 1 | | cellist YoYo Ma at a gala concert by the Elgin Symphony | 2 | | Orchestra, a special recognition for the composer in his | 3 | | hometown; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, Daniel Brewbaker received the | 5 | | distinction of being the first American composer invited to | 6 | | compose a work for the legendary Kirov Orchestra and Chorus in | 7 | | St. Petersburg, Russia; his composition, The Poet, received its | 8 | | premiere at the White Nights Festival in June of 1999; his | 9 | | choral work, Cincinnatus Psalm, was performed in 2000 by the | 10 | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the century old May | 11 | | Music Festival in Cincinnati; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, Daniel Brewbaker received a commission to | 13 | | write a violin concerto for the Russian violinist Vadim Repin, | 14 | | one of the world's leading virtuosos; it was performed by the | 15 | | Repin and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the American | 16 | | Symphony Orchestra League convention in Washington, D. C. in | 17 | | 2005; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Brewbaker had a close working relationship | 19 | | with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra; he received a commission | 20 | | for a string quartet to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the | 21 | | Juilliard School, and performed numerous times in Dublin, | 22 | | Ireland, a reflection of his lifelong love of Irish culture and | 23 | | folk music; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Among the many awards that Daniel Brewbaker | 2 | | received were the Nadia Boulanger Award at the Ecole des Artes | 3 | | Americaines in Fontainebleau, first prize in the Lilli | 4 | | Boulanger International Music Competition in Paris, and an Ives | 5 | | Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in | 6 | | 1988 and 1994, he was composer-in-residence at the Camargo | 7 | | Foundation in France; in 1997, he served in that capacity at | 8 | | the Spoleto U.S.A. festival in Charleston, South Carolina; for | 9 | | many years he was a Fellow at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New | 10 | | York; he was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, the International | 11 | | Music Fraternity; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Brewbaker maintained a close connection | 13 | | with his roots in the Fox Valley and Chicago area; he was | 14 | | inducted into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame in 2006 and | 15 | | composed frequently for local musical groups, including the | 16 | | Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, | 17 | | the DuPage Chorale, and the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus Anima; | 18 | | in 2003, he composed Psalm 51 for the 100th anniversary of Holy | 19 | | Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin, where his family had been | 20 | | lifelong members; he was inducted into the Elgin High School | 21 | | Alumni Hall of Fame in 2016; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Daniel Brewbaker was preceded in death by his | 23 | | parents; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | mourn the passing of Daniel M. Brewbaker, and extend our | 4 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 5 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Daniel Brewbaker as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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