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Emma Lou Diemer

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Extensive lists of Emma Lou Diemer's compositions and bio information can be found at http://www.sai-national.org/phil/composers/eldiemer.html. Also in Ellen Grolman Schlegel's book--Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography, published by Greenwood Press. and the websites of the following publishers: Southern Music Company (flute, vocal) Oxford University Press (organ) Zimbel Press (organ) Carl Fischer (choral, chamber, orchestral) National Music Publishers (vocal, organ) Colla Voce (piano, percussion) Empire Music Publishing/Arsis Press (vocal, piano) Santa Barbara Music Publishing/Aeolian Press (choral, piano) C. Alan Publications (percussion) Tap Music Sales (brass) Ensemble Publications (brass) Hinshaw Music (choral) Seesaw Music Corp. (chamber, orchestral, solo vocal & inst.) and go to Border's for a listing of available recordings. Emma Lou Diemer can be e-mailed at eldiemer@cox.net. BRIEF BIO OF 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. Diemer has received annual ASCAP awards since 1962 for performances and publications. Other recognition includes a Louisville 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, a Mu Phi Epsilon Merit Award, etc., plus numerous commissions. A recent (2001) biography of ELD by Ellen Grolman Schlegel is published by Greenwood Press: A Bio-Bibliography, Emma Lou Diemer. In publication since 1957, her music includes works for orchestra, band, chamber ensembles, solo instruments, voices, and electronic pieces. She has received numerous commissions from schools, churches, and professional groups. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, Hildegard Publishing Company, Boosey & Hawkes, Carl Fischer, The Sacred Music Press, Arsis Press, Treble Clef Press, and others. Recordings include piano and chamber music on the Vienna Modern Masters label (Encore), North/South Consonance (Sextet for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, and Cello; Catchaturian Toccata for Flute and Piano), Living Artists (String Quartet No. 1), Leonarda (Fantasy for Piano--also on Fleur de Son Classics), Josara Records (Four Chinese-Love Poems), RBW Record Co. (organ with instruments), and recently-recorded orchestral works on the Contemporary Record Society label (Suite of Homages), Master Musicians Recordings (Concerto in One Movement for Piano and Santa Barbara Overture), TNC Recordings (Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord). Complete violin works recorded on album SUMMER DAY, released October, 2009. Philip Ficsor, violin; Emma Lou Diemer, piano. Includes Suite, Homage to Paderewski, Before Spring, Catch-A-Turian Toccata, 3 hymn arrangements. Contact: truetone productions. Please see Discography and Compositions for updates.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Scotland the Brave for Flute and Piano	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Aria for Flugelhorn and Piano	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Serenade for Flugelhorn and Piano	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Anniversary Choruses	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:15:00
Movement (September 8, 1974)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Praise the Lord	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Toccata for Flute Chorus	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:07:30
Improvisaton for Cello and Piano	Solo instrument, non-keyboard		00:00:00
Bells Over Sydney for carillon	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2009	00:00:00
Piano Trio No. 2	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:12:00
Suite for Violin and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:14:00
Variations on Old One Hundredth	Keyboard	2008	00:12:00
Time Pieces	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:12:00
Odes to Beethoven's Ninth and Simple Gifts for Organ	Keyboard	2006	00:09:00
An Old Black and White Movie for solo double bass and piano	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2005	00:04:00
Homage to Poulenc, Mozart, and MacDowell	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:15:00
Poem of Remembrance for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra	Orchestra	2004	00:13:00
Chumash Indian Dance Celebration for Orchestra	Orchestra	2004	00:03:00
Requiem for Woodwind Quintet and String Quintet (Dectet)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:10:00
Requiem For Woodwind Quintet And Brass Quintet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:10:00
Indian Flute for Flute and Narration	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:06:00
Trio For Clarinet, Violin, And Piano, "Summer Day"	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:10:00
Songs for the Earth for Chorus and Orchestra	Orchestra	2003	00:18:00
Spirituals for Piano	Keyboard	2003	00:54:00
Toccata and Fugue for Organ	Keyboard	2003	00:07:00
Toccata for Timpani	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2003	00:06:00
Aria for String Orchestra	Orchestra	2003	00:05:00
Aria for String Orchestra	Orchestra	2002	00:06:00
Quartet for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:13:00
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2001	00:26:00
Piano Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:26:00
Fanfare for Brass Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:03:00
Variations on "Antioch" for Brass Trio	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:05:00
Go Four It for trumpet quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:05:00
Quartet for Piano, Trumpet, Horn, and Trombone	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2001	00:13:00
Homage to Tchaikovsky	Orchestra	2000	00:07:00
Sonata No. 3 for Piano	Keyboard	2000	00:21:00
MASS	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2000	00:45:00
Improvisations for Cello and Piano	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2000	00:12:00
Ice Rhythm for marimba	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1999	00:08:00
Psalms for Trumpet and keyboard	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1999	00:20:00
Before Spring For Violin And Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:10:00
Psalms for Flute, Piano or Organ	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:20:00
Psalm 121 for Organ,Brass,Perc.	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:10:00
Psalm 122 for trombone and keyboard	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:06:00
Psalm 1 for trombone and keyboard	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1998	00:05:00
Psalms for Organ and Percussion	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:20:00
Homage to Paderewski for viola	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:10:00
Serenade/Toccata for Piano	Keyboard	1996	00:06:00
Santa Barbara Overture	Orchestra	1996	00:09:00
Norteamexispanicumsake for Two Pianos	Keyboard	1996	00:12:00
Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1996	00:00:00
Concerto in One Movement for Organ ("Alaska")	Orchestra	1995	00:16:00
Concerto in One Movement for Organ	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:15:00
Santa Barbara Overture	Orchestra	1995	00:09:00
Fantasy for Piano	Keyboard	1993	00:13:00
Toccata for Harpsichord	Keyboard	1992	00:06:00
Sextet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:10:00
Trio for Flute, Marimba, and Cello	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:06:00
Lovely Song for Violin and Viola (one player) and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:05:00
A Quiet, Lovely Piece for Clarinet and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1991	00:06:00
Concerto in One Movement for Marimba	Orchestra	1991	00:18:00
Concerto in One Movement for Piano and Orchestra	Orchestra	1991	00:25:00
Concerto in One Movement for Piano	Orchestra	1991	00:25:00
Concerto in one movement	Orchestra	1991	00:25:00
And I Saw a New Heaven and a New Earth	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:06:45
Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman?	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:04:35
Laudate for Trumpet and Organ or Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:06:00
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:03:35
Concerto in One Movement for Marimba and Orchestra	Orchestra	1990	00:15:00
There's a certain slant of light for flute and guitar	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:05:00
Serenade for String Orchestra	Orchestra	1988	00:10:00
Christmas Madrigals	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1988	00:12:00
Serenade for String Orchestra	Orchestra	1988	00:10:00
Serenade for String Orchestra	Orchestra	1988	00:10:00
String Quartet no. 1	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:20:00
Sea, The	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1987	00:08:00
Sea, The	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1987	00:08:00
String Quartet No. 1	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:13:00
Variations for Piano 4 Hands	Keyboard	1987	00:12:00
Invocation for Chorus and Orchestra	Orchestra	1986	00:10:00
I Will Sing of Your Steadfast Love	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:04:25
Suite of Homages	Orchestra	1985	00:18:00
Suite of Homages for Orchestra	Orchestra	1985	00:18:00
Suite of Homages	Orchestra	1985	00:18:00
Day In The Country, A for Clarinet and Tape	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1984	00:10:48
Funfest for Piano and Tape	Keyboard	1984	00:12:00
Encore for Piano	Keyboard	1982	00:07:00
Clap Your Hands	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1982	00:06:30
God is Love	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1982	00:07:30
Seven Pieces for Piano	Keyboard	1982	00:14:00
La Rag for Band	Band	1981	00:08:00
Encore	Keyboard	1981	00:07:00
Homage to Cowell, Cage, Crumb and Czerny for 2 Pianos	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:11:00
Solotrio for mallet perc.	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1980	00:08:00
Add One, [#1]	Keyboard	1980	00:08:41
Fantasy On Antioch for Organ	Keyboard	1979	00:04:00
Jesus Calls Us for Organ	Keyboard	1979	00:04:00
Toccata for Piano	Keyboard	1979	00:06:00
Toccata for Piano	Keyboard	1979	00:06:00
Movement for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1976	00:10:00
Four Poems by Alice Meynell	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1976	00:00:00
Music for Woodwind Quartet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1972	00:09:00
Myself When Young Did Eagerly Frequent	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1968	00:01:00
Verses from The Rubaiyat	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1967	00:12:00
Four Chinese Love-Poems for soprano and piano	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1965	00:12:00
Toccata for the Organ	Keyboard	1964	00:08:00
Come Hither, You That Love	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1963	00:01:35
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1963	00:25:00
Festival Overture	Orchestra	1961	00:07:00
Rag, La	Band	1961	00:10:00
At a Solemn Music	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1960	00:08:00
The Brass Menagerie	Band	1960	00:12:00
Pavane	Orchestra	1959	00:03:12
Symphony No. 3 on American Indian Themes	Orchestra	1959	00:15:00
Sonata for Flute and Piano or Harpsichord	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1958	00:12:00
Fantasie for the Organ	Keyboard	1958	00:08:00
Suite for Orchestra	Orchestra	1954	00:15:00
He Leadeth Me	Keyboard	1951	00:04:00

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Essex Chamber Music Players Label: MMC Release year: 2010 Performers: Michael Finegold, etc. Composition by Emma Lou Diemer: Homage to Poulenc, Mozart, and MacDowell for flute, cello, and piano. Three movements. Commissioned by the Essex Chamber Music Players. Further information: essex chamber ensemble.com Buy online: CD Baby
St. Petersburg Orchestra Label: CRS Release year: 2009 Performers: John Russo, St. Petersburg Orchestra Emma Lou Diemer: Poem of Remembrance for clarinet and chamber orchestra. Further information: CRS.com Buy online: CRS website
Reflections Label: North/South Consonance Release year: 2009 Performers: N/S Consonance ensemble Emma Lou Diemer: A Requiem for woodwind quintet and string quintet. Further information: North/South Consonance.com Buy online: North/South Consonance.com
American Journey Label: available at CD Baby Release year: 2009 Performers: Roger McVey, piano Emma Lou Diemer: Sonata No. 3 for piano. 3 movements. Further information: CD Baby.com Buy online: CD Baby
Touch: the toccata project Label: Albany Release year: 2009 Performers: Philip Amalong, piano Emma Lou Diemer: Toccata for Piano. And 15 other composers. Further information: Albany Records.com Buy online: Albany Records
Summer Day Label: truetone productions Release year: 2009 Performers: Philip Fiscor, violin; Emma Lou Diemer, piano Works on album: Suite, Homage to Paderewski, Before Spring, Catch-A-Turian Toccata, 3 hymn arrangements Further information: trutoneproductions. com Buy online: truetoneproductions.com
Feminissimo! Label: Albany Release year: 2008 Performers: Laura Kobayashi, violin; Susan Keith Gray, piano Emma Lou Diemer: Before Spring for violin and piano Further information: Albany Records.com Buy online: Albany Records
Songs and Cycles Label: Leonarda Productions Release year: 2008 Performers: Linda McNeil, soprano; Carolyn True, piano Emma Lou Diemer: four songs for soprano and piano Further information: Leonarda.com Buy online: Leonarda
Roman Holidays Borealis Brass Label: available at CD Baby Release year: 2008 Performers: Borealis Brass (trumpet, horn, trombone) Emma Lou Diemer: two short pieces for brass trio Further information: CD Baby.com Buy online: available at CD Baby

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