Composers Bureau

Biography

Born in Kansas City, Missouri.

Education

• Yale School of Music (BM 1949, MM 1950--composition).
• Eastman School of Music (Ph.D. 1960--composition).
• Berkshire Music Center (summers 1954, 1955--composition).

Principal Positions

• Composer-in-residence under Ford Foundation Young Composers Project, Arlington, VA 1959-61.
• Composer-consultant under Contemporary Music Project of Music Educators
• National Conference in Arlington, VA and Baltimore, MD schools, 1964-65.
• Professor of theory and composition, University of Maryland, 1965-70.
• Professor of theory and composition, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971-91. Professor Emeritus as of 7-1-91.
• Composer-in-residence, Santa Barbara Symphony, 1990-92.
• Organist in churches of various denominations, 1940-84; organist at First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA, 1984-2002.

Organizations

• ASCAP
• American Music Center
• College Music Society
• Mu Phi Epsilon
• American Guild of Organists
• International Alliance for Women in Music

Recordings - CD's

• Concerto in One Movement for Organ and Chamber Orchestra, Recorded by Marilyn Mason and the Czech National Symphony conducted by Paul Freeman. Albany Records, 2004.
• Aria for String Orchestra, On album Music for Orchestra. Available from C. Alan Publications, 2003.
• Aria and Scherzo for Flute and Organ, Recorded by the Marianiello-Reas Duo on Dialogues for Flute Organ. MSR Classics, 2003.
• Concerto in One Movement for Marimba, Recorded by Nathan Daughtrey and the Slovak Radio Orchestra, Joel Suben, conductor. Available from C. Alan Publications, 2002.
• Variations for Piano, Four Hands, "Homage to Ravel, Schoenberg, and May Aufderheide", 1987--Contemporary Record Society, CRS CD 8949. "Chamber Music. Marjorie and Wendell Nelson, duo pianists", 1989.
• Encore, 1981--Vienna Modern Masters, CD 2002. "Max Lifchitz Plays American Piano Music", Max Lifchitz, pianist, 1991.
• Sextet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano,1992--North/South Recordings, N/S R 1005 DDD. "Music at the Crossroads-New American Chamber Music", North/South Consonance Ensemble, 1994.
• A Quiet, Lovely Piece for Clarinet and Piano, 1991. Contemporary Record Society, CRS CD 9358. "Album Leaf John Russo, clarinet"; Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano; 1994.
• Short choral work: "Take, O Take Those Lips Away" from Three Madrigals. Dale Warland Singers, DWS Collections, CD. "Fancie", 1994.
• String Quartet No. 1, 1987, recorded by Sunrise Quartet on Living Music Project label, September, 1995. Living Music Recordings, Vol. 1 (compact disc). "In Yet Longer Light's Delay, Music from the setting century".
• Concerto in One Movement for Piano, 1991, recorded by Betty Oberacker and Radio Prague Symphony Orchestra on Master Musicians Collective Recordings (MMC Recordings, Ltd.) New Century - Volume X
• Fantasy for Piano, 1993, recorded by Nanette Kaplan Solomon on Leonarda Sunbursts LE 345.
• The Psalms of Emma Lou Diemer, Vols. 1, 2, 3. Joan DeVee Dixon Broyles and the Emmanuel Brass. Psalm 122 for Bass Trombone and Organ. Psalm 121 for Organ, Brass, and Percussion. Psalms for Trumpet and Organ. Psalms for Flute and Organ. Psalms for Percussion and Organ. Solo: Psalms for Organ, Variations on Rendez a Dieu, Variations on Abide With Me. Dixon Broyles Productions.
• Four Chinese Love Poems. Anne Marie Church, soprano; Linda Sweetman-Waters, piano. Josara Records, American Art Songs Today Alive!.
• Fantasy. Leanne Rees, piano. Fleur de Son Classics, Women Composers and the Men in Their Lives, 2000.
• Suite of Homages. Halle State Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolph Werthen, conductor. Contemporary Record Society, 2000.
• Sonata No. 3. Nancy Boston, pianist.
• Psalms for Piano. Joan DeVee Dixon.
  

Published Compositions

• Orchestral
• Concertos
• Symphonic Band
• Chamber Works
• Solo Guitar
• Electronic
• Organ Works
• Piano Solos
• Mallet Percussion Works
• Carillon Works
• Harpsichord
• Two-Pianos, Four-Hands
• Vocal Works
• Chorus or Voice and Orchestra
• Mixed Chorus
• Women's Chorus
• Men's Chorus

Further Information

• Pan Pipes 2004-2005 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2003-2004 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2002-2003 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2001-2002 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2000-2001 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1999-2000 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1998-1999 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1997-1998 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1996-1997 Annual American Composer Update
• SAI's Music for Young People
  • ASCAP Biographical Dictionary
  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
  • Women in American Music: A Bibliography by Block & Neuls-Bates, Greenwood Press, 1978
  • New Grove Dictionary of Music in the United States
  • Women Composers, Conductors and Musicians of the 20th Century by Jane Weiner LePage, Scarecrow Press, 1980
  • Contemporary Concert Music by Women ed. by Zaimont & Famera, Greenwood Press, 1981
  • The Musical Woman ed. by Zaimont, Greenwood Press, 1983
  • The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, 1995
  • Komponistinnen von A-Z Tokkata-Verlag ed. by Olivier and Weingartz-Perschel, Michelpresse GmbH, Dusseldorf, 1988
  • American Keyboard Artists, Chicago Biographical Center
  • Who's Who in the West
  • Who's Who of American Women
  • Who's Who in America International
  • International Who's Who of Music and Musicians (Cambridge)
  • International Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Cambridge)
  • Contemporary Composers (St. James Press, London)

Contact Information

2249 Vista del Campo
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-4657
E-mail: eldiemer@cox.net

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