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Andrea Reinkemeyer (born 1976) is an American composer from Portland, Oregon. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon and continued her studies in composition at the University of Michigan, graduating with a master's and doctoral degree.[1] She was awarded a 2017 Virginia B. Toulmin Orchestral Commission,[2] 2019 Julie Olds and Thomas Hellie Creative Achievement Award for Linfield Faculty;[3] her Smoulder for Wind Ensemble was awarded the 2021 Alex Shapiro Prize in the 40th Annual Search for New Music by the International Alliance of Women in Music (IAWM)[4] and named a 2020 finalist for the National Band Association William D. Revelli Composition Contest.[5]

Her music has been described as "haunting",[6] "clever, funky, jazzy and virtuosic".[7]

While at the University of Michigan, Reinkemeyer taught as a graduate student instructor in electronic composition. After completing her education, she took a position teaching composition, theory and technology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition and Theory at Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon.[8]

She married Brian Amer and has one daughter. Reinkemeyer has also worked teaching music in Detroit community outreach programs.[9][10]

Works

Selected works include:[11]

• Smoulder (2021) for Orchestra
• Red Flame (2021) for Flute and Marimba
• Hustle and Bustle (2021) for Concert Band
• Triptych: Three Disasters a Virtual Opera Scene (2020); Patrick Wohlmut, libretto
• Smoulder (2019) for Wind Ensemble
• Opening Up (2019) for Narrator and String Quartet
• Water Sings Fire (2018) for Orchestra
• in the speaking silence (2018) for Alto Saxophone and Bassoon
• Saturation (2017) for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
• From Cycles of Eternity (2017) for Women's Vocal Ensemble; Henrietta Cordelia Ray, poet
• Crisp Point Fanfare (2017) for Brass Quintet
• When Justice Reigns (2016) for Mixed Choir; Janine Applegate, poet
• The Thaw (2016) for Soprano, Tenor, Mixed Choir and Wind Ensemble; Artis Henderson, poet
• NaamJai (Liquid Heart) (2015) for Orchestra
• Wings to Air (2013) for Flute
• Things Heard, Misunderstood (2012) for Alto Saxophone
• Wrought Iron (2012) for Flute and Percussion
• Dos Danzas (2010) for Concert Band
• Wild Silk (2009) for Baritone Saxophone, Percussion and Piano
• Half Moon Nocturne (2007) for Clarinet in B-flat, Bassoon, Horn in F, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello & Bass
• Souvenirs (2006) for Piano
• Lured by the Horizon (2005) for Orchestra
• Through Leaves (2004) for Percussion and Fixed Media
• Elegy (2001) for Viola and Fixed Media
• #@&%!* (expletive deleted) (2000) for Percussion Quartet
• Four Poems for Robin (1999, rev. 2006) for Soprano and Viola; Gary Snyder, poet

References

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