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Emma
Lou Diemer
A
native of Kansas City, Missouri, Emma Lou Diemer received her
degrees in music composition from the Yale School of Music
(BM, MM) and the Eastman School of Music (Ph.D). She studied
further in Brussels on a Fulbright Scholarship and at Tanglewood.
She is Professor Emeritus at the University of California,
Santa Barbara where she taught composition and theory from
1971 to 1991. She has been composer-in-residence with the Santa
Barbara Symphony, and is organist emerita at First
Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. Her music has been published
since 1957, and a number of her works are recorded. Diemer
has received annual ASCAP awards since 1962 for performances
and publications. Other recognition includes a Louisvlle Orchestra
Student Award, a Ford Foundation Young Composers Grant for
a 2-year composer-residency in the Arlington, VA schools, an
NEA fellowship in electronic music, a Kennedy Center Friedheim
award for her Concerto in One Movement for Piano,
the American Guild of Organists Composer of the Year award,
and a Mu Phi Epsilon Merit Award, plus numerous commissions.
Choral
music by Emma Lou Diemer
Organ
music by Emma Lou Diemer
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