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Address: 1266 Northfield Road Telephone: (802) 276-9906 e-mail: nielsen@sover.net Brookfield, VT 05036 Marital Status: Married, with three children 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 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 2006-07 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 Velvet Night, for bass clarinet and vibraphone, commissioned by Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, premiere 11/09/02 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 O Ignis Spiritus, for SATB divisi choir, a millenium work, commissioned by Northern Harmony; premiere of Part I 1/8/99; premiere of Parts I & II 1/2000 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, Bloomfield High School, East Hartford H.S., Wethersfield 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 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--1993-2004 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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