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Composers Bureau

Donna Kelly Eastman

Biography

Donna Kelly Eastman has had a varied musical career, which includes keyboard and vocal performance, choral and chamber ensemble direction, studio and classroom teaching, and writing and arranging music for many settings. She received her undergraduate education at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Maryland. She has received composition awards from the Roodepoort International Eisteddfod of South Africa, the Florilege Vocal de Tours International Choral Competition, the Delius Competition, the International Alliance for Women in Music, the National League of American Pen Women Music Composition Competition, the Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program of the American Music Center, the Composer's Guild International Competition, and the National Federation of Music Clubs Glad Robinson Youse Competition; and commissions from Judith Lapple, Principal Flute -- US Air Force Band, Genevieve Fritter-Bieber, Concertmistress Emeritus -- National Ballet Orchestra, the Kirkwood Flute Ensemble, and Connor Smith, Soprano. Dr. Eastman's music is published by Editions a Coeur Joie, Lyons, France, and her work, Just Us, appears in the journal of the Society of Composers, Inc. She has held Visiting Composer positions at Illinois Wesleyan University and Sweet Briar College, and is a Fellow of the Charles Ives Center for American Music, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Ragdale Foundation. Dr. Eastman is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women, and Who's Who in the World, and is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honorary and Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society. She is past-President of the Southeastern Composers' League, a life member of the Society of Composers Inc, and a BMI affiliate. She is also a member of Sigma Alpha Iota National Fraternity for Women in Music, the American Composers Forum, SEAMUS--the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, and the International Alliance for Women in Music. Ms. Eastman is a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Compositions

Scores and parts are available from the composer.

Recordings
  • Prikichi, Chuchubi, and other Birds of Curacao. Linda Eagleson, flute. Blue House Productions, Silver Spring, MD, "Alone Into the Crowd."
  • The Seasons and Scenes for Piano. Jeffrey Jacob, piano. New Ariel Recordings, "Contemporary American Eclectic Music for the Piano", AE002.
  • Just Us for mezzo-soprano and flute. Lee Beaudoin, mezzo-soprano and Linda Eagleson, flute. Capstone Records, "Intimate Thoughts...", CPS-8632.
  • Encounters for soprano and piano. Carmen Mason, soprano and Ginger Englund Dismukes, piano. Living Artist Recordings, Volume 2, "Mined with a Motion - Music from the Setting Century Series".
  • The Signs of the Zodiac for unaccompanied flute. Grzegorz Olkiewicz, flute. Capstone Records, "Night Thoughts and Fancies", CPS-8664.
  • Voyagers' Prayer for a cappella mixed choir. The Columbine Chorale, Richard Eichenberger and Brian Eichenberger, directors. "European Tour - 1999".
Further Information

Contact Information

15253 W. Morningtree Dr.
Surprise, AZ 85374
E-mail: dkeastman@cox.net

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