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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.
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