Dorothy Hindman

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Dorothy Hindman

Dorothy Elliston Hindman (born March 13, 1966 in Miami ) is an American composer and music teacher .

Life

Hindman began studying composition at the University of Miami at the age of 19, graduating magna cum laude. She continued her studies at Duke University with Stephen Jaffe and Thomas Oboe Lee and from 1990 at the University of Miami with Dennis Kam . In 1994 she was also a student of Louis Andriessen at the Atlantic Center for the Arts . She has taught music theory and composition at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama and is a founding member and president of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance . In 2010 she returned to the University of Miami, where she teaches composition as an associate professor at the Frost School of Music.

Her works have been performed by musicians and ensembles such as percussionists Evelyn Glennie , Scott Deal and Stuart Gerber , bassist Robert Black , violinist Karen Bentley Pollick , guitarist Paul Bowman , cellists Craig Hultgren and Hugh Livingston , horn player Paul Basler , of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra , the Alabama Operaworks , the Uncommon Practice New Music Ensemble , the Thamyris New Music Ensemble and the Gregg Smith Singers and released on the Living Artist Recordings label. She was the 2004 winner of the International Society of Bassists Solo Composition competition and the Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for opera, received the Almquist Choral Composition Award in 2005 and an Escape to Create Residency for the Seaside Institute in 2009 . Hindman is married to the composer Charles Norman Mason .

Works

  • Beijing for youth orchestra, 1989
  • Soliloquy for clarinet, 1991
  • Forward Looking Back , Piano Suite, 1991–92
  • Fury's Chalice for wind octet, 1992
  • Beyond the Cloud of Unknowing for Marimba, 1992
  • Chemistry for chamber orchestra, 1993
  • I Have Heard ... for choir, 1993, 1996
  • From Censer Smoke ... for soprano, flute, violin, guitar and marimba, 1994
  • "drowningXnumbers" for amplified cello, 1994–95
  • Dances for clarinet, marimba and piano, 1996
  • Echo for Horn, 1996
  • fin de cycle for piano and tape, 1996
  • Three Songs of Reminiscence for tenor and piano, 1997
  • Trembling for flute, 1998
  • Resurrection, an Easter choral anthem , 1998
  • Incarnation, a Christmas choral anthem , 1998
  • Pandora's Box , youth opera for children's choir and piano, 1999
  • Magic City for orchestra, 1999
  • With Sighs too Deep for Words ... , Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, 2000
  • Louise: the Story of a Magdalen , Opera, 2002
  • Jerusalem Windows for violin, cello and piano, 2002
  • Setting Century for orchestra, 2003
  • Drift for saxophone quartet, 2003
  • Taut for guitar quartet, 2003
  • Strata for orchestra, 2004
  • Time management for double bass, 2004
  • Needlepoint for guitar, 2004
  • The Steinway Preludes for piano, 2004
  • Tonal Music for mobile phones, 2004
  • Lost in Translation for soprano saxophone and piano, 2005
  • Monumenti for violin and cello, 2005
  • centro for violin and piano, 2005
  • Scintille for orchestra, 2006
  • Is this then a touch? for baritone and piano, 2006
  • Tapping the Furnace for Percussion, 2006
  • Italian Dreams , sound file for a video, 2006
  • Three Small Gestures for violin and guitar, 2006
  • Nine Churches for guitar quartet and chamber orchestra, 2006–07
  • The Pillow Book , song cycle for mezzo-soprano, saxophone, violin, cello and piano, 2008
  • Urban Myths for youth orchestras, 2009
  • Prothalamia: A Celebration of Marriage for All for male choir and organ, 2010
  • Cascade for saxophone ensemble, 2012
  • 1000 Swimmers in the Canals for 2 electric guitars, keyboard and live electronics, 2013
  • Heroic Measures for clarinet, violin and piano, 2014
  • Setting Century for orchestra, 2015
  • Orchids Grow Here , fanfare for orchestra, 2019

Web link

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathleen McGowan: Dorothy Hindman's Tightly Wound: Music for Strings (innova Recordings). In: I Care If You Listen. June 5, 2018, accessed September 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hindman, Dorothy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hindman, Dorothy Elliston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami