Katrina Wreede

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Katrina Wreede (* 1960 in Michigan ) is an American composer, violist and music teacher.

As a violist, Wreede plays classical music as well as Tango Nuevo , Indian and Gypsy music and jazz . She performed as a soloist with orchestras and was a member of the Turtle Island String Quartet until 1992 . She was a founding member of the John Adams Young Composer Program at the Crowden School and taught composition for the American Composers Forum from 1998 to 2004 and 2007 to 2009 . She was also "Composer in the Schools" at Berkeley High School from 1998 to 2000 on behalf of the American Composers Forum . Initiated, by Daryl Silberman the Alternative Strings Program of the Crowden School and was founder and director of the Sierra Jazz Society's Junior Jazz Camp and Junior Composer Program of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra . She also gave courses and workshops at the Boston Conservatory , Cal Tech's Prep High School , the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Berklee College of Music and published the study books Viola Aerobics-a Technical Workout and 24 Diverse Duets .

Wreede composed numerous works for the viola, for chamber music ensembles and for orchestra, including film and dance music. They were u. a. from the Chamber Orchestra of Boston , the San Jose Chamber Orchestra , the Pegasus Quartet and the San Jose Quartet , the Colorado Chamber Players , violist Karen Elaine , the Mill Valley Philharmonic Orchestra , the Axis Dance Company , the David Parsons Dance Company , the Argentina's Orchestra Rosario and the Northern California Viola Society .

Works

  • Mr. Twitty's Chair for string quartet, 1989
  • Synapse Lapse for big band and strings, 1990
  • C-String Blues for viola ensemble, 1990
  • Bop Caprice I for solo viola, 1991
  • Bop Caprice II for viola solo, 1992
  • Lil 'Phrygian Rondo for Karen for two violas, 1992
  • Duo for Sunday for two violas, 1992
  • Shulman variations for viola and piano, 1993
  • The Felix Suite for string quartet or orchestra and percussion, 1993
  • Two Waltzes for viola, violin or cello and piano, 1994
  • Conversation for Viola and Marimba , 1994
  • In Praise of August Sundogs for viola quartet, 1994
  • Soundtrack for the Point Isabel Video Project , 1994
  • Uli's Story for three dancers and viola, 1994
  • Where My Home Used To Be for viola and storyteller, 1994
  • Episode for Carillon , 1995
  • Concerto for Improvising Viola , 1995
  • Soundtrack to the video Rust , 1995
  • Eagle's Dance for viola, clarinet, bass, speaker and dancer, 1995
  • Cephalopodology for strings and percussion, 1996
  • Romp for solo viola, 1996
  • Flute Trio # 1 for flute, viola and cello, 1996
  • Adaptation of Michael Nyman's Miserere for two voices, viola and cello, 1996
  • Music for the film How a Mosquito Operates by Winsor McCay for violin, clarinet, vibraphone and piano, 1997
  • Music for the film The Cameraman's Revenge by Ladislav Starevich for violin, mandolin, cello, bass, clarinet, alto saxophone, piano and percussion, 1997
  • Greeting for Carillon , 1997
  • The Acoustics Lecture for soprano, trumpet and piano (Text: Anne Prescott ), 1997
  • The Palace of Fame for soprano, trumpet and piano (Text: Anne Prescott), 1997
  • Magic Mode Milonga for violin or viola, bandoneon, piano and bass, 1997
  • Invocation # 3 for cello or viola solo, 1998
  • Kitty Round for Children's Chorus, English Horn, Viola and Vibes , 1998
  • Pleasant Melody for viola and piano or string quartet, 1998
  • What Goes On In The Ether for string orchestra, 1998
  • Yet Another Tango for string orchestra, 1998
  • Tuba Beguine for tuba and string orchestra, 1998
  • Pleasant # 2 for string quartet, 1999
  • Breakfast Boogie for string quartet, 1999
  • Sailor's Fantasy for flute, clarinet and string trio, 1999
  • Open Secrets for viola and dancers, with the choreographer Thais Mazur , 1999
  • SyMmMetry for string trio , clarinet and marimba, 2000
  • Lullaby for viola, drum and female voices, 2000
  • Escapade for orchestra and candy wrapper, 2000
  • Living Wind Chime # 1 for eight large brass tubes, 2000
  • Event # 3 for Solo Viola and Living Wind Chimes , 2000
  • Suite for Living Wind Chimes , 2000
  • Convocation for orchestra, 2001
  • Three Berkeley Vignettes for orchestra, 2001
  • Go Tell Aunt Rhodie , Calypson for string orchestra, 2001
  • Music for Living Wind Chimes, Dance and Poetry for Video Broadcast , 2001
  • Event for Dance, Viola, Shaker and Meditation Bell , with Nora Chipaumire , 2001
  • Music for the play Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend for clarinet, violin, bass, vibraphone and piano, 2001
  • Gift of the Magi for soprano, tenor cello and piano (text by Anne Worthington Prescott based on a story by O. Henry ), 2003
  • Suite for Air Mail Dances for viola and dancer, 2003
  • Pegasus Quartet for string quartet, 2004
  • Ambivalent Gecko for string trio or two strings and piano, 2004
  • 56 of Creep for viola and electronics, 2004
  • The Children's Garden for soprano, viola and piano, based on poems by Robert Louis Stevenson , 2005
  • Groovla for viola and electronics, 2005
  • Kingsburg Festival Overture for Concert Band, 2005
  • Pretty , sound collage for girls' voices, 2007
  • Scenes for Harp and Viola , 2008
  • Flute Trio # 2 for two flutes and cello, 2008
  • Sierra Waltz for melody instrument and rhythm section, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Wreede, Katrina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, violist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Michigan