B.Mus. in Composition, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York (1988)
M.Mus. in Composition, University of Texas, Austin (1990)

Principal teachers: Karel Husa, John Corigliano, Stephen Montague, Karl Korte, Dan Welcher, Robert Morris, Joseph Schwantner, Samuel Adler, Claude Baker.

WORKS:

ORCHESTRA

Free from Season's Passing
for: 2222/2200 perc, timp, pno, str
date: 1987
duration: 8:00

The Naked Scimitar
for: 1111/1110 per, hp, pno, str
date: 1993
duration: 6:00

On the Surface
    Cellophone (6:00)
    Lipstick Variations (9:00)
for: 2222/4221 perc, timp, pno, str
date: 1990
duration: 15:00

Peste Noire for Narrator and Orchestra
for: 3333/4231 perc, timp, hp, str, narrator
date: 1995
duration: 16:00

Prickley Heat
for: 1111/1100 perc, str
date: 1990
duration: 5:00

The Sunday Comics for Chamber Orchestra
    Prologue; Dick Tracy; Nancy and Sluggo; Peanuts; Mary Worth; Woody Woodpecker;
    Epilogue
for: 1111/0000 str, narrator
date: 1980, revised 1992
duration: 11:00
note: children's concert piece for small orchestra. Dedicated to Byron Adams, Jr.

Three Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra
for: mezzo-soprano, 111/1110 perc, hp, pno, str
date: 1995
duration: 11:00
texts: unknown

Tuff Stuff
for: 2222/2200 perc, str
date: 1992
duration: 6:00

The Waking
for: mezzo-soprano and orchestra
note: composer's arrangement of "The Waking" for voice and piano (see Solo Voice with Piano, below).

LARGE WIND ENSEMBLE

Symphony No. 1 (in one movement)
for: wind ensemble?
date: 1993
duration: 17:00
premiere: University of Texas (Austin) 2/94

Tangents
for: wind ensemble
date: 1990
duration: 8:00

CHAMBER

Everything Unknown
for: violin, oboe, clarinet
date: 1990, revised 1992
duration: 9:00

First Sonatine
for: flute, oboe, clarinet
date: 1983
duration: 8:00

Meditation and Scherzo
for: oboe and piano
date: 1994
duration: 6:00
note: commissioned by Bonnie D. Hellman, CPA, Pittsburgh, PA
premiere: Matt Sullivan, oboe, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano, Benson Series, Downtown Music Productions, New York 12/2/94

Music for Nine Players
for: flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, double bass
date: ca. 1989

Nashville, Lower Broad
for: clarinet, viola, piano
date: 1983, revised 1993
duration: 7:00

Second Sonatine
for: oboe, clarinet, bassoon
date: 1985
duration: 9:00

Simple Suite
for: clarinet and piano
date: ca. 1981
duration: 9:00

Sonata for Oboe and Piano
for: oboe and piano
date: ca. 1980
note: "Dedicated to Earnie Harrison, principal oboist of the National Symphony Orchestra." Composer's note describes the music as reminiscent of Poulenc.

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
for: cello and piano
date: 1995
duration: 16:00

Sonatine
for: 3 flutes or 3 alto recorders
date: 1987
duration: 7:00
published: The Erich Katz Contemporary Music Series (ca. 1988), The American Recorder Society, Inc.

Strength of Will
for: flute, violin, viola, cello, piano
date: 1995

Third Sonatine
for: clarinet, horn in F, bassoon
date: ca. 1987
duration: 8:00
note: Dedicated to the Metropolitan Chamber Players. Prize-winner of 1988 Sigma Alpha Iota Composers' Competition.

The Time Was Gold
for: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion (2), piano and toy piano
date: 1988
note: AIDS-themed work

Three Pieces in Crystal
    Amethyst
    Citrine
    Rose Quartz
for: flute and harp
date: 1990
duration: 8:00
note: commissioned by the Mahler/Fedson Duo, Austin, TX.
performed: Kelli Kathman, flute, Katie Buckley, harp, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY 4/26/02.

Triad-O-Rama
for: wind octet
date: 1992
recorded: Members of the Aspen Wind Quintet,
Memento Bittersweet, BMG 09026-61979-2

SOLO INSTRUMENTAL

Aurora
for: cello
date: 1994
note: commissioned by Tim Page

Derelict
for: flute
February 1989, revised October 1989
duration: 5:00
note: AIDS-themed work

Five Experiences
    In midair
    On arriving home
    Music for Sam
    A quiet evening
    The neighborhood
for: piano
date: 1989
duration: 19:00
note: composed for Gannon’s friend Nan Ellis
premiere: Nan Ellis, piano, University of Southern California

Six Etudes
for: alto recorder
date: 1988-89
duration: 8:00

Sonata
for: piano
date: 1980-84
duration: 20:00

Wet-on-Wet
for: clarinet
date: ca. 1991
duration: 5:00
note: commissioned by David Wilkes, and inspired by painting technique of Bob Ross and his television show The Joy of Painting
premiere: David Wilkes, clarinet, Nashville, TN 4/16/91

When My Head Spins
for: piano
date: 1994
recorded: William Ransom, piano, Heartkeys, Star Records RS0260 (1995)

SOLO VOICE WITH PIANO

The Careful Angler
for: voice and piano
date: 1983
duration: 3:00
text: Robert Louis Stevenson

A Dirge
for: voice and piano
date: 1995
duration: 2:00
text: Percy Bysshe Shelley
note: commissioned by Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano

Echo
for: voice and piano
date: 1993
duration: 4:00
text: Christina Rossetti (19th century)
note: commissioned by Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano
recorded: Sudden Sunsets: Highlights from the Benson Series, Downtown Music Productions, Leonarda Records LE 354 (forthcoming)

Music When Soft Voices Die
for: voice and piano
date: 1995
duration: 3:00
text: Percy Bysshe Shelley
note: commissioned by Rose Taylor, mezzo-soprano

Ode to the Mechanic
for: voice and piano
date: 1994
duration: 3:00
text: ?

Reluctance
for: voice and piano
date: 1996
text: Robert Frost
note: "At the loss of my loved one, Tommy...Love is eternal. L.G., May 4, 1996." Manuscript contains a passage copied from Markings by Dag Hammarskjold.

The Road Not Taken
for: voice and piano
date: 1993
duration: 3:00
text: Robert Frost

The Waking
for: voice and piano
date: 1994
duration: 4:00
text: Roethke
note: see composer's arrangement for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (Orchestra, above)

CHORAL

Jesu That Dost in Mary Dwell
for: SATB chorus and organ
date: 1994
text: Gerard Manley Hopkins
duration: 4:00
note: commissioned by Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, TN

O Come, O Come Emanuel (arr. Gannon)
for: choir, harp, cello
date: ?
duration: ca. 4:00

Psalm 124
for: SATB a cappella
date: ?
duration: ca. 4:00

Psalm 133
for: SATB a cappella
date: ?
duration: ca. 3:00

A Song of Praise, Canticle 2
for: SATB (a cappella)
date: 1993
date: 4:00
note: commissioned by St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Nashville, TN

UNCOMPLETED WORKS:

Aftermath
for: orchestra?

Dream Time
for: flute, violin (?), cello, piano, mezzo (?)
note: first line of text: "Come to me in the silence of the night"]

Epidermal Macabre

Escapade

Happy Are The People
for: SA and organ
text: Psalm 33:12-22

Latinesque

Life
for: piano?

Mirror Images
for: clarinet, violin, cello and piano

Passacaglia for Winds

Sonatine No. 4
for: flute and clarinet
note: "This should be rewritten for fl., cl., bsn." (Gannon)

Stages
    I. Denial
    II. Anger
    III. Bargaining
    IV. Depression
    V. Acceptance
for: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion (2 players), timpani, strings
note: "for all people living with HIV, their families, and loved ones"

Symphony No. 2

To [sic] Bad, So Sad, Your Dad!

Variations for Clarinet and String Quartet

The Visitant
note: setting of poem by unidentified writer

Plus arrangements and sketches: Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again, New Hungarian Folk Song (Bartok), The Magic of Thy Presence (Quilter), Married and Single Life, Sanctus, Round in F Major, Holy Matrimony (keyboard and SATB), It’s A Blue World (Wright & Forrest)

WRITINGS:
Unknown

DISCOGRAPHY:
"Echo," Sudden Sunsets: Highlights from the Benson Series, Downtown Music Productions, Leonarda Records LE 354 (forthcoming).
"Triad-O-Rama," Members of the Aspen Wind Quintet, Memento Bittersweet, BMG 09026-61979-2 (1994).
"When My Head Spins," William Ransom, piano, Heartkeys, Star Records RS0260 (1995).

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• "Playing for Life: Composer and AIDS Activist Lee Gannon Speaks on His Nashville Roots and the Healing Power of Music," by Chris Hewitt, Art & Understanding, April 1995.
• "New Notes in the Fight Against AIDS" by John Gunn, Detroit Free Press, Sunday, July 24, 1994.
• "Lee Gannon's Urgent Mission: Dying of AIDS, He Lives to Share His Music," by Alan Bostick, The Tennessean, May 20, 1993.

PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
ASCAP

RESOURCES:
Most works with:
American Music Center Collection
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
www.nypl.org

American Music Center
30 West 26th Street
Suite 1001
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 366-5260
Fax: (212) 366-5265
www.amc.net

Many scores with:
Mimi Stern-Wolfe
Downtown Music Productions
310 East 12th Street Apt. 2H
New York, NY 10003
(212) 477-1594
dmpmimi@msn.com
www.downtownmusicproductions.org

MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Lynn Patterson (sister)
2640 Chesterfield Court
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
lygpatter@aol.com
(615) 867-6520

OTHER CONTACTS:
David Wilkes (friend)
Assistant Director of Development
The Atlanta Opera
(404) 881-1059 direct line
(404) 881-1711 fax
wilkes@atlantaopera.org