Brouwer, Margaret

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Brouwer, Margaret

Brouwer, Margaret American composer and teacher; b. Ann Arbor, Feb. 8, 1940. She was educated at the Oberlin (Ohio) Cons, of Music (B.M., 1962), Mich. State Univ. (M.M., 1963), and Ind. Univ. (D.M., 1988). She taught at Ind. Univ. (1985–88) and Washington and Lee Univ. (1988–96). From 1993 to 1997 she was composer-in-residence of the Roanoke Sym. Orch. In 1996 she was appointed to the Vincent K. and Edith H. Smith Chair in Composition and was made head of the composition dept. at the Cleveland Inst. of Music. She held residencies at the Va. Center for the Arts (1990), the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy (1994), and at the MacDowell Colony (1999). In 1999 she was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize.

Works

orch.:Currents and Cross Currents (1988); Third from the Sun (1988; rev. 1991; N.Y., Jan. 31, 1992); Fractal Images (1990; Lexington, Va., March 1, 1991); Then the Bells... for Chamber Orch. (1991); Shifting Circles (Roanoke, May 3, 1993); Silence Beyond... for Wind Ensemble or Concert Band (1993); Chamber Concerto (1993; Baltimore, Feb. 6, 1994); Clarinet Concerto (1994; Roanoke, Jan. 27, 1997); Prelude and Vivace for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (Pittsburgh, April 11, 1996); Remembrances (Roanoke, March 18, 1996); Pluto: A Sequel (Roanoke, March 17, 1997); Sym. No. 1, Lake Voices (Akron, Oct. 25, 1997). chamber:Dream Drifts for Viola, Piano, and Tape Delay (Dallas, April 2, 1983); Ilumyst for 7 Instruments (Bloom-ington, Ind., Nov. 6, 1984); Mountains of the Moon for String Quartet (New Milford, Conn., Aug. 14, 1985); Aurolucent Echoes for 7 Players (1985; Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 25, 1986); Timespan for Brass Quintet (1986; San Francisco, Oct. 6, 1987); Violin Sonata (Interlochen, Mich., Aug. 6, 1987); SCHerZOID for Horn (Moscow, Idaho, April 18, 1989); 2 Pieces for Viola (1989; Dallas, May 7, 1990); Skyriding for Flute, Violin, Cello, and Piano (Lexington, Va., May 3, 1992); Diary of an Alien for Flute (Lexington, Va., Jan. 28, 1994); Tolling the Spirits for Brass Quintet (Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1994); Crosswinds for String Quartet (N.Y., April 11, 1995); A Little Renaissance Music for Violin, Oboe, Clarinet, Cello, and Double Bass (Bennington, Vt., Aug. 17, 1996); Horn Sonata (Iowa City, Oct. 18, 1996); Demeter Prelude for String Quartet (Reston, Va., June 20, 1997); Celebration for Brass Quintet (Lexington, Va., Sept. 9, 1998); Piano Sonata (Cleveland, Feb. 2, 1999). vocal:Rapunzel for Soprano and 5 Players (Evansville, Ind., Sept. 10, 1988); 2 Songs for Soprano and 6 Instruments (Richmond, Va., Nov. 11, 1990); Washington and Lee Hymn for Chorus (1990; Lexington, Va., March 19, 1991); Missa Brevis for Men’s Chorus (1991; Lexington, Va., March 20, 1992).