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RESUME OF ERIK NIELSEN

Address: 1266 Northfield Road    Telephone: (802) 276-9906 e-mail: nielsen@sover.net

Brookfield, VT 05036   

EDUCATION

M. M., Composition, Hartt School of Music, 1983; elected to Pi Kappa Lambda, 1983

Winner of outstanding student composer award, 1983

Teacher's Certificate, Orff-Institut, Salzburg, Austria, 1976

B. A., Music and Russian, Bennington College, 1972

 

Recent Commissions and Performances

Sprites, a ballet work for orchestra, 2008, premiere May 17, 2008

Cinque Amici (Five Friends), commission, 2007, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble and Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council, premiere, April 18, 2008

Quartet for Strings #2, commission, 2007, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT, premiere, March 15, 2008

The Falling of Trees, commission, 2007, Rochester Chamber Music Society, Rochester, VT, work for baritone and piano quartet, premiere July 8, 2007

Three Songs from "Twelfth Night", commission, 2005, Interdistrict Grant Program, Simsbury, CT, work for chorus and strings, premiere 3/17/06

On the Quiet Side, commission, Bellows Free Academy, 2005, work for wind ensemble, premiere, 3/30/05

Hoppin' John, commission, Interdistrict Grant Program, 2004, work for concert band, premiere 5/6/04

The Crane Maiden, commission, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, piece for actors, narrator and instrumental ensemble, to be premiered during the 2008-09 season

Winner, National Symphony Orchestra contest, April, 2002; commissioned work, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings,  premiered at Kennedy Center 3/20/04

Like the Clouds, commission, Chandler Center for the Arts, choral/instrumental work for community-composer collaboration, premiere 6/1/03

Quam Pulchri Super Montes, commission, Vermont All-State Festival, for double chorus

Reflections on the Way, commission, Vermont Youth Orchestra, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, premiere 4/11/03

A Solitary Voice, four songs for SAB or SATB chorus, commissioned by Village Harmony, premiere 8/02

We Must Always Have a Song, premiered by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, 2/7/02

A Momentary Opening, concert overture for orchestra, commissioned by the Vermont Youth Orchestra, premiere 2/3/02

That Silent Land, for string quartet, premiered by the Amabile String Quartet 8/17/01

A Fleeting Animal: An Opera from Judevine, commissioned by Vermont Opera Theater, premiere 10/20/00

Teaching Experience

22 years' teaching experience in public and private schools, grades k-college, plus private teaching in composition, music theory, history, performance and Orff-Schulwerk, including leading clinics in music for children in New England, Pennsylvania and Mexico

Composition and theory teacher, Vermont Youth Orchestra, 1999- present

Composer-in-residence and composition mentor, Simsbury High School, Simsbury, CT 1999-present

Composer-in-residence and composition mentor, East Hartford High School, Glastonbury, Rocky Hill H.S. 2003-

Composition mentor, Vermont Midi Project, 2004-

Composition mentor, Vermont Teen Voices Project 2004-05

Orff-Schulwerk and composition teacher, Green Mountain Suzuki Institute, 1996-present

Other Professional Activities

Creation Grant--awarded by the Vermont Arts Council, 2004, 2007

Opportunity Grant--awarded by the Vermont Arts Council, 1996

Fellowship In Music--awarded by the Vermont Council on the Arts, 1994-95

ASCAP Standard Panel Award--1993-2007

Project Grant--awarded by the Vermont Council on the Arts, 1992, for a collaborative multidisciplinary work on Abenaki life and culture

Vermont Composer of the Year, 1991--awarded by the Vermont Music Teachers' Association

Director of the Consortium of Vermont Composers, 1991-1994

Co-producer, Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble CD, 1997 & 1992

Appearances on Vermont Public Radio 2002, 2000, 1997, 1996,1993, 1992, 1988

Workshops on composing, private teaching, etc.