Teddy Niedermaier
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Edward "Teddy" Niedermaier is an American composer and his music has been performed throughout the United States and in France, Germany, South Korea, Kosovo, Moldova, and Japan.
, Samuel Adler
, and Robert Beaser
. In 2010, he received a Doctor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University as a student of Claude Baker
and David Dzubay.
Niedermaier has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Oberlin Conservatory since 2009. He has also been on the faculty of the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) summer program in Paris since 2006, where he teaches solfège, species and advanced counterpoint, and keyboard harmony.
Niedermaier's works have been performed by Thomas Stacy, Elaine Douvas
, Linda Strommen
, Daniel Stolper
, Roger Roe, Minnesota Youth Symphonies
, the New Juilliard Ensemble, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, The Kolot Ensemble, and Chelsea Chen
.
Recent honors include the 2009 Dean’s Prize in Composition from Indiana University, two national awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 2007, and the 2004 Palmer Dixon Prize awarded by The Juilliard School. In August 2010, the Summer Select Choir of Grosse Pointe, MI, led by conductor Glen Hipple, workshopped Niedermaier's choral work "Abide in Me" (2005). Niedermaier's piano quartet "Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope)" was selected by Juventas New Music Ensemble
to be performed during its upcoming 2010-2011 season in the Boston area.
As a pianist, Niedermaier has collaborated with musicians such as Elaine Douvas
, Thomas Stacy, Roger Roe, and April Clayton. Since 2003, he has been serving as a staff pianist for the annual Thomas Stacy English Horn Seminar in Carmel Valley, CA, at Hidden Valley Center for the Arts. In 2010, he performed with members of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble at the DAM Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo.
Biography
Known as "Teddy Niedermaier", Edward Niedermaier was born in November 1983 in Annapolis, MD, and grew up in Minneapolis, MN. He earned his BM and MM in composition from The Juilliard School, where he studied under tutelage of John CoriglianoJohn Corigliano
John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...
, Samuel Adler
Samuel Adler (composer)
Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
, and Robert Beaser
Robert Beaser
Robert Beaser is an American composer.-Biography:Beaser was brought up in a non-musical family. His father was a physician and mother was a chemist. He grew up in Newton, Massachusetts where he distinguished himself at a young age as a percussionist, composer and conductor...
. In 2010, he received a Doctor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University as a student of Claude Baker
Claude Baker
W. Claude Baker Jr. is an American composer of contemporary classical music.Claude Baker attained a B.M. degree, magna cum laude, from East Carolina University in 1970. He subsequently studied composition at the Eastman School of Music with Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and holds M.M. and D.M.A...
and David Dzubay.
Niedermaier has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Oberlin Conservatory since 2009. He has also been on the faculty of the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) summer program in Paris since 2006, where he teaches solfège, species and advanced counterpoint, and keyboard harmony.
Niedermaier's works have been performed by Thomas Stacy, Elaine Douvas
Elaine Douvas
Elaine Douvas has been Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1977. She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard School...
, Linda Strommen
Linda Strommen
Linda Strommen is an American oboist. She is Professor of Oboe at Indiana University and has been a regular visiting Oboe Instructor at the Juilliard School of Music for more than ten years...
, Daniel Stolper
Daniel Stolper
Daniel J. Stolper is an American oboist. Stolper is currently visiting instructor of oboe at the Interlochen Arts Academy, a position he has held since 1972. His primary teacher was Robert Sprenkle at the Eastman School of Music, although he has studied with many other oboists including John Mack...
, Roger Roe, Minnesota Youth Symphonies
Minnesota Youth Symphonies
Minnesota Youth Symphonies, commonly referred to as MYS, was founded in 1972. The program has four orchestras composed of elementary through high school aged musicians. Participation is based on an audition in which the prospective student must perform an appropriate solo, orchestral excerpt, major...
, the New Juilliard Ensemble, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, The Kolot Ensemble, and Chelsea Chen
Chelsea Chen
Chelsea Chen is a nationally renowned young American organist. In the past few years she has been successful in establishing a concert career in the United States and Taiwan.-Life:...
.
Recent honors include the 2009 Dean’s Prize in Composition from Indiana University, two national awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 2007, and the 2004 Palmer Dixon Prize awarded by The Juilliard School. In August 2010, the Summer Select Choir of Grosse Pointe, MI, led by conductor Glen Hipple, workshopped Niedermaier's choral work "Abide in Me" (2005). Niedermaier's piano quartet "Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope)" was selected by Juventas New Music Ensemble
Juventas New Music Ensemble
The Juventas New Music Ensemble is an instrumental ensemble located in Boston, Massachusetts devoted to performing musical works by composers under the age of 35. Their programming focuses on composers who actively blur the boundaries between popular musical genres and traditional art music...
to be performed during its upcoming 2010-2011 season in the Boston area.
As a pianist, Niedermaier has collaborated with musicians such as Elaine Douvas
Elaine Douvas
Elaine Douvas has been Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City since 1977. She is also Instructor of Oboe and Chairman of the Woodwind Department at The Juilliard School...
, Thomas Stacy, Roger Roe, and April Clayton. Since 2003, he has been serving as a staff pianist for the annual Thomas Stacy English Horn Seminar in Carmel Valley, CA, at Hidden Valley Center for the Arts. In 2010, he performed with members of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble at the DAM Festival in Prishtina, Kosovo.
Orchestra
- Upon This Rock for chamber orchestra, 2009
- Voyageurs for orchestra, 2007
- Die Weiber von Weinsberg for chamber orchestra, 2004
Choral/Vocal
- Mass of St. Paul the Apostle for SATB chorus, brass quintet, organ, and percussion, 2009-2010
- Abide in Me for children's choir and piano, 2005
- To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul (Psalm 25) for SATB chorus, 2005
- We Were Under Great Pressure for SATB chorus, 2004
- Two Psalms for soprano, viola, and piano, 2003
- Holy, Holy, Holy for SATB chorus and piano, 2002
Solo Keyboard
- Echoes of Polaris for organ, 2007
- Arirang Variations for solo piano, 2006
- Sonata no. 1 for Organ, 2005
- Lobe den Herren: Two Chorale Preludes for Organ, 2004
Instrumental/Chamber Music
- Elegy and Scherzo for three oboes, 2010
- Sonata for English Horn and Piano, 2008
- Spe Salvi(Saved by Hope) for piano quartet, 2008
- Serenade for String Quartet based on hymn tunes, 2005-7
- Lullaby for Sanguk for clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trombone, violin, harp, 2007
- Sonata no. 1 for Violoncello and Piano, 2006
- Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven for trumpet, two horns and organ, 2005
- The Lion and The Lamb for solo violin, 2004
- String Quartet no. 1, 2004
- Proclamation for English horn and piano, 2003
- Shinkoiwa Suite for four hands piano, 2003
- Konzertstück for solo violin and woodwind quintet, 2003
- Suite Badine for bassoon and piano, 2002
External links
- Teddy Niedermaier, Composer
- Midwest Composers Symposium 2009
- IU Newsroom
- Oberlin Conservatory of Music About the Faculty
- The ASCAP Foundation Names Recipients of the 2007 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
- Twin Cities Daily Planet