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NYC, New York. | June 11, 2007
"Great meeting you at the MPA [Music Publishers' Association] convention Friday [at The Princeton Club, Manhattan]. . . . I just saw your website and the wonderful [graphic] organ piece, "Anchored in Perath." I have been in this business for 30 years, and have never seen anything so lovely. . . I will ask . . . about adding an extra category in the Paul Revere Awards for such extraordinary works [as this]."
-- Randa Kirshbaum | composer/orchestrator/music typesetter - MPA Paul Revere JurorBoston, Massachusetts. | November 24, 2006
"The piece was exceptionally well received." [Job's Anchored in Perath: an apocalypse | November 19, The Mission Church] "Music at Mission" presents - Bunbury and Cooman - New Music Organ Recital
-- staff, Harvard Memorial ChurchNYC, New York | October 29, 2006
"The Concert Season has begun! We have already had the first premiere of our 60x60 Midwest Minutes concert at the EMM Festival which was a huge success." [containing Chariot (Q2) by Job]
-- Robert Voisey | Founder, Vox NovusRome, Italy | October 27, 2006
"Thanks for your article in Living Music [Journal] [Spring 2006]. I thought it was very well written and quite thought provoking."
-- Dr. Charles Norman Mason | Rome PrizeDenton, Texas | October 13, 2006
"Dear Lynn: Congratulations on being named a recipient of the 2006-2007 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Award - Concert Music Division. It gives me great pleasure to learn of your prestigious honor, and to know that the University of North Texas was represented in such an impressive fashion. I would also like to extend my appreciation to you for your service and dedication to UNT. On behalf of the University community, I commend you for your achievement and wish you continued success."
-- Dr. Gretchen M. Bataille | President, UNTDallas, Texas | October 11, 2006
"I have listened to Arcangelo [Red]. It is a delightful piece played superbly [violinist Stepháne Tran Ngoc]. . . . I will certainly consider it for a performance."
-- Emmanuel Borok | Concert Master, Dallas Symphony OrchestraDenton, Texas | October 10, 2006
"Thank you for your presentations at the College of Music's Career Night! Student evaluations were absolutely glowing and we sincerely appreciate your time and energy in presenting to our students. The sharing of your enthusiasm and knowledge are [sic] a real inspiration. Thank you again and best wishes!"
-- Advising Office | UNT College of MusicPittsburgh, Pennsylvania | February 21, 2006
"Through the many piles of new scores I see very year, I have never encountered a finer American composer of works for solo unaccompanied instruments than Lynn Job. Though Job has distinguished herself through a catalogue of compositions ranging from the very largest scale to the very smallest, she continues to make personal and tremendously compelling statements through the intensely difficult medium of unaccompanied solos. These are works to treasure."
-- Carson Cooman | Editor, Living Music JournalAlbany, New York | February 9, 2006
"60x60 [a Vox Novus production] showcases a wealth of brief, contemporary compositions. There are no live performances, so you can't really call it a concert. Maybe it would better be described as a listening party. ... It's like a Whitman's sampler of the contemporary new music scene. Or as the Village Voice described it, 'It's like channel surfing through experimental music.'"
-- Greg Haymes, Sound Sampler | Times UnionSioux Falls, South Dakota | January 16, 2006
"I wanted to praise your clarinet work, Theme and Variations. Thank you for writing for our young musicians. [It] is something I can offer my clarinet students that will broaden their repertoire and yet introduce them to the freedoms of artistic interpretation!"
-- Egan StudiosNew Jersey | January, 2005
"Lynn Job writes profoundly spiritual music, beautiful to listen to. Her ELATIO: Praises and Prophecies is a major oratorio, with texts taken from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Serengeti Supper for alto sax and sound track is one of her many recently performed pieces. (I'm happy to be one of Lynn's faith partners.) . . . If you're in a position to do so maybe even order or commission something! Expect something wonderful!"
-- William Vollinger, composer | Christian Fellowship of Art Music ComposersTexas | August 30, 2004
"Woods Walker is pure magic!" [marimba & soundtrack]
-- Prof. Christopher Deane | Percussive Arts SocietyRochester, New York | June 17, 2004
"Lynn Job's 'Yeshua, Our Dedication' [SATB & soprano recorder/flute, 2004] is a much welcome addition to the repertory of contemporary Christmas carols. In a season that is often dominated by music of weak sentimentality, Job's carol is a sophisticated yet accessible offering which any sacred choral director should examine to consider adding to Christmas concerts or worship services."
-- Carson Cooman | Member, Hymn Society in the United States and CanadaJersey City, New Jersey | December 8, 2003
"Serengeti Supper is quite a work [alto sax. & soundtrack]! Rick Fontaine had a terrific experience learning and performing [it], and this was crowned by having the opportunity to work with you ahead of time." [The New Jersey City University/Sigma Alpha Iota Women Composers' Showcase, November 22, 2003]
-- Dr. Janice Van Alen | Showcase ModeratorBaylor University | July 10, 2003
"Lynn, . . . [your "Armiger's Gate" (solo viola)] will be featured on an upcoming broadcast of "Music at Baylor" which airs on the local NPR station [KWBU, Mondays 7p-8p & Saturdays 2p-3p]. Continue to keep me posted on any [of your] future works which feature the viola. ** I very much enjoyed performing your piece [for the College Music Society] and may include it on a recital next year. . ."
-- Dr. Kathryn Steely | Editor, Journal of the American Viola SocietyDallas, Texas | May 30, 2003
". . . give me an opportunity to perform a major orchestral work of yours. You are an extremely gifted composer. I admire you and feel you are most deserving . . . I sincerely hope that we will have a first performance of your work [Richardson Symphony]."
-- Maestro Anshel BrusilowIndiana University South Bend | February 27, 2003
"I have received positive comments about your piece ["Shadow's Pipe" for solo flute], so I think it is going to be well-received by the flute community and beyond. Non-flutists and non-musicians who were there enjoyed it equally." (recital tour with "Shadow's Pipe")
-- Rebecca Hovan | Emerson Flute Artist/ClinicianTo the Journal of the American Viola Society
February 23, 2003 (letter)
"I recently heard a performance of Lynn Job's "Armiger's Gate" for solo viola and I was taken by the beauty of the work. It is a lyric piece that has great depth. It is also a composition that offers a musical challenge (because of its beauty) while lying well under the hand. I have taught viola at the University of North Texas for 33 years and have had the opportunity to perform many 20th century works. This piece would be a positive addition to our repertoire."
-- Dr. George Papich | Center for Chamber Music StudiesWashington, D.C. | February 11, 2003
"I want to thank you again for writing "Raphael-intercession" [solo trumpet] for me. It was a great honor to premiere your work, and, to get a chance to hear some of your other music."(the Jubilantly Job! Music Festival)
-- Dr. Susan Rider | solo trumpeter, "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Bandfrom a personal letter
Sonoma County, California | November 18, 2002
". . . I was also greatly smitten by the opening line(s) of your "Wayfarer." [a 6-part poem in manuscript, WAYFARER: Six Degrees of an Abandoned Soul] They are a beautiful, ritual opening."
-- Dana Gioia | poet, critic, & Chairman, National Endowment for the ArtsKNTU Radio | October 27, 2002
"I love your new piece "Serengeti Supper" [alto sax. & CD]. Each time I hear it, I get a new sense of the poem, taste, touch, smell, the sites and sounds. It's a wonderful light, brief journey into Africa. What a great piece!"
-- Janice BeaufordRochester, New York | August 7, 2002
"'Iron Horse Nocturne: of salt and grapes . . .' [organ] is a lovely piece full of zest and life-affirming spirit. Highly useful either in recital context, or as a joyous "sending forth" postlude for a worship service."
-- Carson Cooman, composer/organistTrinity University, San Antonio | February 25, 2002
"Congratulations on the upcoming recording of "What Am I?." It is a wonderful piece [Fragment 11 from "ELATIO: Praises and Prophecies," a solo air for contralto with flute, horn & piano], the text is sensitively set, and the music is moving and luscious and it deserves to be heard. Please let me know when it is done, and how I can get a copy. Kudos to you!"
-- Kimberlyn Montford, Ph.D. | Assistant Prof. of Music HistoryCenter for Schenkerian Studies | October 15, 2001
"Lynn Job is a deep composer of great potential in sacred metaphor and musical myth--a new voice bursting into the world's soulscape."
-- Timothy L. Jackson, Ph.D.Panchiao/Taipei, Taiwan, ROC | June 15, 2001
"I have checked your web site to listen to "Eulogy for St. John" [12 trumpets]. I think it is marvelous. Only "divinely ethereal" can describe it."
-- Teresa Tang | Assoc. Prof. of Dance, National Taiwan College of ArtsHoboken, NJ | June 12, 2001
"I just downloaded some pages of "Apostrophe to Zion." [Your site] is an excellent vehicle for your many gifts and accomplishments. I congratulate you as well on your compositional craft. I wanted you to know that I am impressed by what I have seen: I'm convinced you are the real thing. I will be honored to help you realize some high-quality recordings at one of the European facilities where I frequently record--which will not only help you find performances but also be the basis for a commercial CD of your work."
-- Joel Suben, conductor/composer | Save the Music, Inc.University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond | March 27, 2001
"Lynn Job is a skilled composer of music that is both expressive and powerful. The performers enjoyed playing it and the audience was strongly moved. The music is well crafted and works well for the performer. The spiritual depth, values, and integrity of the composer are reflected in the music."
-- Dr. James L. Klages | UCO Trumpet Choir, dir.Denton Community Theatre | May 12, 2000
"We are proud to introduce some new elements to this old classic [Bus Stop]. Two talented musicians involved in this production each wrote an original song for the show. This will be the premiere for Lynn Job's "YOU" and Mike Strecher's "Virgil's Song." I have been very fortunate to work with such a talented and hard working cast and crew. My hat is off to all of you!"
-- Doug Woods | Dir., Bus StopUniversity of North Texas | May 11, 1999
"In my experience with Lynn I have found her to be intelligent, engaging, and amiable. Those works of hers that I have heard and seen are first-rate."
-- Dr. Jeffrey Snider | Chair, Div. of Vocal StudiesUniversity of North Texas | May 10, 1999
"This past spring, when I read Dr. Job's dissertation essay and looked through the score of the several sections of her composition, ELATIO: Praises and Prophecies, I was not only impressed with the document because of its complexity and beauty, but I also thought it unfortunate that we don't have a dissertation award for which composers are eligible. . . . Dr. Job is a person of remarkable breadth of intellect. . . . She has my highest respect and endorsement as a creative scholar."
-- Julian Long, ret. | Graduate Reader, Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies & Asst. Prof. for Creative Writing, College of Arts and SciencesMeadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University | May 10, 1999
"I contacted her on the recommendation of my colleague here at SMU, Dr. Robert J. Frank (in reference to the Boomerangst commission, sic) . . . I listened to many short and extensive works that Lynn composed over the past ten years and was stunned by the quality and breadth of her work. In addition to her artistic skills as a composer, I found Lynn extremely organized and hardworking. . . . her insightful, thought provoking questions inspired me to work at even a higher level. This quality made me think that she would also be a wonderful teacher as well as collaborator."
-- Sara J. Romersberger | Assistant Prof. of Movement, Division of Theatre,
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