Choral Directors Association celebrated his 50 years of choral publications with a retrospective concert, performed by the Western Illinois University Singers, at its national convention. References/bibliography Composers on Composing for Choir, Tom Wine, ed., GIA, 2007. Much of the information for this article was drawn from the "Kirke Mechem" chapter, pp 83–119. The chapter also includes several articles on music written previously by Mechem: "The Text Trap", first published in the Choral Journal, November, 2003 "Commissioning New Choral Music", a checklist prepared for ACDA "Alienation and Entertainment", first published in the Choral Journal, March,1973; republished, March, 1998. Interview about Tartuffe with Hannah Williams, University of Michigan, American Music Institute, Living Music Project, October 30, 2004. Interview for program notes of San Francisco Choral Society, Carol Talbeck, 2007. Kirke Mechem, "An American Opera Network", in Perspectives: Creating and Producing Contemporary Opera and Musical Theater, Opera America, 1983, revised and reprinted in Encore magazine, Opera America, 1999. Kirke Mechem, "Confessions of A Hymn Bandit: The Amazing Case of 'Blow Ye The Trumpet'", Chorus America VOICE, Spring, 2004. Kirke Mechem, "The Chronic Crisis", remarks for the Music Critics Association of North America, published in San Francisco Classical Voice'', August 5, 2003. References External links complete catalog of Mechem's music; links to reviews. Schirmer's Mechem pages. KM article: "Why John Brown?" KM article: "John Brown: Evolution of An Opera." Interview with Kirke Mechem, November 16, 1991 1925 births Living people Stanford University alumni Harvard University alumni 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers American male classical composers American classical composers American opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Wichita, Kansas Musicians from Topeka, Kansas University of San Francisco faculty United States Army personnel of World War II 21st-century American composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians