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UA prof, composer sells music archive to Yale

Daniel Asia, a Tucson composer and music professor at the University of Arizona, has sold his music archive to Yale University's Sterling Music Library.

The archives include Asia's manuscripts, sketches, recordings, books and correspondence.

Asia, 52, head of the UA School of Music's composition department, has written four symphonies, a piano and a cello concerto, pieces for chamber ensembles and solo works. He has won several prestigious grants and fellowships, including the United Kingdom Fulbright Arts Award Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Major orchestras, including the Cincinnati, Seattle and Milwaukee symphonies, have commissioned Asia to write for them.

Asia, a Seattle native, has been at the UA since 1989.

Youth orchestra seeks string musicians

The Cochise County Youth Orchestra will soon start rehearsals for the spring semester.

Elementary or high school students with at least one year of experience playing a string instrument and who are enrolled in private lessons are invited to apply.

The string orchestra, which has 17 members, is looking for musicians for all positions, especially cellists and bass players. The ensemble plays classical music and contemporary pop songs.

Founded in 2001, the orchestra strives to be an important part of a child's development through building "leadership skills such as responsibility, discipline, communication and pride," orchestra officials said.

Applications are due by Jan. 6, and the first rehearsal is Jan. 10. Rehearsals are 4-5:40 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, 800 Taylor Drive, Sierra Vista.

Tuition is $90 for the 18-week semester, with some scholarships available.

For an application, visit www.ccyo.info on the Web, or call 1-520-220-1140.