Emma Lou Diemer

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Emma Lou Diemer (born November 24, 1927[1] in Kansas City, Missouri[2]) is an American composer. She received both her B.M. and her M.M from the Yale School of Music in 1949 and 1950, respectively. She then went on to study composition in Brussels, Belgium on a Fulbright Scholarship from 1952 to 1953, ultimately returning to the United States to receive her Ph.D from the Eastman School of Music in 1960[3]. Diemer has written many works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, keyboard, voice, chorus (women's, men's), electronic media. She was professor of theory and composition at the University of Maryland 1965-70, and joined the faculty of the University of California in 1971. She is professor emeritus, 1991-present. While at UCSB she helped to establish the computer/electronic music program. She was composer-in-residence with the Santa Barbara Symphony 1990-92. The symhony premiered 4 of her works: Concerto for Piano in One Movement (which received a Kennedy Center Friedheim award in 1992), Santa Barbara Overture, Homage to Tchaikovsky, Chumash Dance Celebration. It also performed her Concerto for Marimba in One Movement, which was commissioned by the Women's Philharmonic of San Francisco. Other notable works: SONGS FOR THE EARTH, commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society, performed in Davies Hall, 2005. The work is for chorus and orchestra, with texts by Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Dorothy Diemer Hendry, Omar Khayyam, and Hildegard von Bingen; MASS for chorus, 2 pianos,

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Diemer: Pacific Ridge

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Musicks Empire

Emma Lou Diemer: Chamber Works

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Harvest Home

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Shenandoah

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Double Exposure

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Music Down in My Soul

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To Beauty, Life, and Love

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Dialogues: American Music for Flute and Organ

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Women Composers & the men in their lives

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Music At Doane

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Minnesota Classic Suburban All-Conference Band 2006-2007

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