Beth Wiemann (1959- )
Beth
Wiemann was raised in Burlington, VT, studied composition and clarinet
at Oberlin College and received her PhD in theory and composition from
Princeton University. Her works have been performed in New York,
Boston, Houston, San Francisco, Washington DC, the Dartington Festival
(UK), the "Spring in Havana 2000 Festival (Cuba), and elsewhere by the
ensembles Continuum, Parnassus, Earplay, ALEA III, singers Paul
Hillier, Susan Narucki, DíAnna Fortunato and others. Her compositions
have won awards from the Opera Vista Chamber Opera Competition, the
Orvis Foundation, Copland House, the Colorado New Music Festival,
American Women Composers, and Marimolin as well as various arts
councils. A founding member of Griffin Music Ensemble, a contemporary
music group in Boston, she premiered many clarinet works and conducted
"composer in the schools" workshops in the Boston and
Worcester public schools. In addition to clarinet instruction, her work
at UMaine includes teaching Orchestration, Tonal Counterpoint,
Twentieth Century Musical Techniques, Composition, and Graduate -level
theory seminars.COMPOSITIONS Wiemann Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Wiemann on Wiemann
Setting for Shusaku Endo, piano and winds (1983)
Logic and "The Magic Flute", soprano, violin, cello and piano (1985)
To the Moon, soprano, oboe, bassoon and piano (1985)
Jerusalem the Golden, string quartet (1987)
Urban Contemporary, violin and marimba (1988)
Ballad, sextet (1988)
Basia Nova, horn, bassoon and piano (1988)
Fantasy is a place where it rains, amplified guitar and strings (1989)
The Boy who drew cats, bass clarinet and percussion (1989)
Beasts of the Field, flute and clarinet (1990)
Night Songs, chorus (1990)
Simple Songs - a collection of 23 songs, soprano and piano (1990)
What's the Railroad to me?, soprano, clarinet, violin and piano (1991)
Another Momentary Feat, chamber orchestra (1991)
Two Poems by April Bernard, soprano, piano and double bass (1991)
Not Dressed for This, clarinet and cello (1991)
The Plain Presentation of It, soprano, flute and violin (1992)
Looks Like Rain, mezzo-soprano, viola and harpsichord (1993)
Small Wonder, five songs, chorus (1993)
Two Silly Songs, soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, cello and double bass (1993)
Canopy, clarinet, viola and piano (1988-1994)
Villancico, flute, clarinet, viola and cello (1991-94)
Caravan, bass clarinet and computer-generated tape (1994)
A Cold Spring, piano and computer-generated tape (1994)
Scene, baritone and percussion (1994)
Copperplate, clarinet and computer-generated tape (1995)
Settings, 4 songs, soprano and seven players (1995)
A Fixture, on a poem by May Swenson, soprano and B-flat clarinet (1995)
The Shortness of All the Notes, 10 winds and computer-generated tape (1995)
Wail and Wheeze, bass clarinet, trombone and tuba (1995)
On a poem by Donald Justice, soprano and mezzo-soprano (1996)
Vespa, solo E-flat or B-flat clarinet (1996)
Poem and Postlude, sopran , bass clarinet and computer-generated tape (1996)
Canon and Fantasy, guitar trio (1996)
Tutti i battuti, tutti il tempo, percussion quartet for non-pitched instruments (1996)
Notes Toward a Theory of Marriage, baritone and tape (1996)
Hornpipe Dreams, violin and tape (1996)
As It Turns Out and I Feel Cool, two short tape pieces on sampled vocal sounds (1996)
Tightrope, woodwind quintet (1997)
Rhythmic Breathing, clarinet, bass clarinet and tape (1997)
Italy, soprano and piano (1997)
Sleek but Functional, bass clarinet and wind ensemble (1998)
Four Ambitions, soprano, clarinet and piano (1997)
Turning Figures, clarinet trio (1998)
Vespona, 5 players (1998)
Moose Next 5 Miles, 5 flutes (1998)
This is why she had to quit her band, flute and tape (1998)
Great World of Light, cello and piano, with soprano in third movement (1998)
Swan Song, violin and tape (1998)
Accounting for Things Appearing As They Seem, soprano and tape (1999)
The Open Air, chorus, 2 winds, percussion and piano (1999)
Black Bear Dance, chamber orchestra winds (1999)
Canto Compleanno, clarinet and tape (1999)
Yoikes and Away!, flute and marimba (1992-99)
The Chemistry of Common Things, baritone, violin and piano (2000)
Among the Cats of Zanzibar, percussion quartet (2000)
Voices, voice, clarinet and piano (2000)
Heralds and Heroines, chamber orchestra (2000)
Fables of La Fontaine, voice, chamber group and electronics (2000)
Skin and Bones, flute, horn and tape (2000)
Woodlore, children’s chorus, clarinet and piano (2001)
The Moose, flute, clarinet, trumpet, cello, percussion, piano and tape (2001)
Woodlore II, children’s chorus, percussion and tape (2002)
Wounded Trees, 2 bassoons and tape (2001)
By Means of Read and Green, violin and percussion (2002)
Train, bass clarinet and tape (2002)
Crown Fires, tape (2002) [part of set of pieces based on McLean's Young Men and Fire]
Deeds, chamber opera (2002)
Celadon, trumpet and piano (2003)
Waver and Rustle, bass clarinet (2003)
Tango Beep Beep, piano (2003)
Poem and Postlude Revisited, an electronic piece based on vocals by Susan Narucki (2003)
Jansson at Mann Gulch, a multimedia piece for alto sax, video and computer-generated sound (2003)
Almost Enough, electronic sound and video (2004)
Hearne Songs, soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and computer-generated sound/video (2004)
Piece Goods, mandolin and guitar (2004)
Winnfred Goes Outside, jazz band (2004)
Blasts, gusts, squalls, drafts and flurries, string quartet and DVD (2004)
A change in the weather, piano and DVD (2005)
Slow Burn, flute, bass clarinet and marimba (2005)
Erie, on the periphery, clarinet and piano (2005)
Skating in the short program, solo violin (2005)
On Thursday, soprano, cello and DVD (2005)
Evening Winds, concert band (2005)
The Primary Tool is Soup, soprano, piano and DVD (2005)
For he is good to think on, flute, clarinet and DVD (2006)
Ingrained DoublePlay, percussion duo (2006)
Running to the Shore, chamber orchestra (2006)
Brass Rings, trumpet ensemble (2007)
Trio "stepandahalf", oboe, clarinet and bassoon (2007)
Pedal Tune, alto flute, bass clarinet and DVD (2007)
On Time, choir, flute, trumpet and piano (2007)
Crows everywhere are equally black, viola, clarinet and DVD (2008)
Adjusting the Sails, female chorus and DVD (2008)
Paul Rice Songs, soprano, flute and guitar (2008)
Blessing of the Animals, chorus and piano (2008)
In Memory, soprano and percussion (2009) [text: Robin Behn]
Stand facing the stove, bass clarinet and DVD (2009)
In a twinkling, we will all be changed, band (2009)
Distant Watchers, piano trio (violin, cello and piano) (2009) [for the Hymn Tune Project]
Winter Weather Advisory, cello and clarinet (2010)
Railways, chamber orchestra and DVD (2010)
Segue, bass clarinet and prerecorded sound (2010) [for "Painters, Players and Poets" Project]
Di Camera, trumpet, cello and piano (2010)
Barboteo, violin, clarinet and piano (2010)
WORKS BY GENRE Wiemann Links ~ ~ ~ Wiemann on Wiemann ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Fables of La Fontaine, voice, chamber group and electronics (2000)
Deeds, chamber opera (2002)
Orchestra
Another Momentary Feat, chamber orchestra (1991)
Heralds and Heroines, chamber orchestra (2000)
Running to the Shore, chamber orchestra (2006)
Railways, chamber orchestra and DVD (2010)
Band/Wind Ensemble/Jazz Ensemble
Sleek but Functional, bass clarinet and wind ensemble (1998)
Black Bear Dance, chamber orchestra winds (1999)
Winnfred Goes Outside, jazz band (2004)
Evening Winds, concert band (2005)
In a twinkling, we will all be changed, band (2009)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra or Band
Sleek but Functional, bass clarinet and wind ensemble (1998)
Choral
Night Songs, chorus (1990)
Small Wonder, five songs, chorus (1993)
The Open Air, chorus, 2 winds, percussion and piano (1999)
Woodlore, children’s chorus, clarinet and piano (2001)
Woodlore II, children’s chorus, percussion and tape (2002)
Adjusting the Sails, female chorus and DVD (2008)
Blessing of the Animals, chorus and piano (2008)
Chamber
Setting for Shusaku Endo, piano and winds (1983)
Jerusalem the Golden, string quartet (1987)
Urban Contemporary, violin and marimba (1988)
Ballad, sextet (1988)
Basia Nova, horn, bassoon and piano (1988)
Fantasy is a place where it rains, amplified guitar and strings (1989)
The Boy who drew cats, bass clarinet and percussion (1989)
Beasts of the Field, flute and clarinet (1990)
Not Dressed for This, clarinet and cello (1991)
Canopy, clarinet, viola and piano (1988-1994)
Villancico, flute, clarinet, viola and cello (1991-94)
The Shortness of All the Notes, 10 winds and computer-generated tape (1995)
Wail and Wheeze, bass clarinet, trombone and tuba (1995)
Canon and Fantasy, guitar trio (1996)
Tutti i battuti, tutti il tempo, percussion quartet for non-pitched instruments (1996)
Tightrope, woodwind quintet (1997)
Turning Figures, clarinet trio (1998)
Vespona, 5 players (1998)
Moose Next 5 Miles, 5 flutes (1998)
Yoikes and Away!, flute and marimba (1992-99)
Among the Cats of Zanzibar, percussion quartet (2000)
Skin and Bones, flute, horn and tape (2000)
The Moose, flute, clarinet, trumpet, cello, percussion, piano and tape (2001)
Wounded Trees, 2 bassoons and tape (2001)
Piece Goods, mandolin and guitar (2004)
Blasts, gusts, squalls, drafts and flurries, string quartet and DVD (2004)
Slow Burn, flute, bass clarinet and marimba (2005)
For he is good to think on, flute, clarinet and DVD (2006)
Ingrained DoublePlay, percussion duo (2006)
Brass Rings, trumpet ensemble (2007)
Trio "stepandahalf", oboe, clarinet and bassoon (2007)
Pedal Tune, alto flute, bass clarinet and DVD (2007)
On Time, choir, flute, trumpet and piano (2007)
Crows everywhere are equally black, viola, clarinet and DVD (2008)
Distant Watchers, piano trio (violin, cello and piano) (2009) [for the Hymn Tune Project]
Winter Weather Advisory, cello and clarinet (2010)
Di Camera, trumpet, cello and piano (2010)
Barboteo, violin, clarinet and piano (2010)
Percussion
The Boy who drew cats, bass clarinet and percussion (1989)
Scene, baritone and percussion (1994)
Tutti i battuti, tutti il tempo, percussion quartet for non-pitched instruments (1996)
The Open Air, chorus, 2 winds, percussion and piano (1999)
Among the Cats of Zanzibar, percussion quartet (2000)
The Moose, flute, clarinet, trumpet, cello, percussion, piano and tape (2001)
Woodlore II, children’s chorus, percussion and tape (2002)
By Means of Read and Green, violin and percussion (2002)
Ingrained DoublePlay, percussion duo (2006)
Solo Instrument
Caravan, bass clarinet and computer-generated tape (1994)
Copperplate, clarinet and computer-generated tape (1995)
Vespa, solo E-flat or B-flat clarinet (1996)
Hornpipe Dreams, violin and tape (1996)
Rhythmic Breathing, clarinet, bass clarinet and tape (1997)
This is why she had to quit her band, flute and tape (1998)
Great World of Light, cello and piano, with soprano in third movement (1998)
Swan Song, violin and tape (1998)
Canto Compleanno, clarinet and tape (1999)
By Means of Read and Green, violin and percussion (2002)
Train, bass clarinet and tape (2002)
Celadon, trumpet and piano (2003)
Waver and Rustle, bass clarinet (2003)
Jansson at Mann Gulch, a multimedia piece for alto sax, video and computer-generated sound (2003)
Erie, on the periphery, clarinet and piano (2005)
Skating in the short program, solo violin (2005)
Stand facing the stove, bass clarinet and DVD (2009)
Segue, bass clarinet and prerecorded sound (2010) [for "Painters, Players and Poets" Project]
Piano
A Cold Spring, piano and computer-generated tape (1994)
Tango Beep Beep, piano (2003)
A change in the weather, piano and DVD (2005)
Vocal
Logic and "The Magic Flute", soprano, violin, cello and piano (1985)
To the Moon, soprano, oboe, bassoon and piano (1985)
Simple Songs - a collection of 23 songs, soprano and piano (1990)
What's the Railroad to me?, soprano, clarinet, violin and piano (1991)
Two Poems by April Bernard, soprano, piano and double bass (1991)
The Plain Presentation of It, soprano, flute and violin (1992)
Looks Like Rain, mezzo-soprano, viola and harpsichord (1993)
Two Silly Songs, soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, cello and double bass (1993)
Scene, baritone and percussion (1994)
Settings, 4 songs, soprano and seven players (1995)
A Fixture, on a poem by May Swenson, soprano and B-flat clarinet (1995)
On a poem by Donald Justice, soprano and mezzo-soprano (1996)
Poem and Postlude, soprano , bass clarinet and computer-generated tape (1996)
Notes Toward a Theory of Marriage, baritone and tape (1996)
Italy, soprano and piano (1997)
Four Ambitions, soprano, clarinet and piano (1997)
Great World of Light, cello and piano, with soprano in third movement (1998)
Accounting for Things Appearing As They Seem, soprano and tape (1999)
The Chemistry of Common Things, baritone, violin and piano (2000)
Voices, voice, clarinet and piano (2000)
Fables of La Fontaine, voice, chamber group and electronics (2000)
Poem and Postlude Revisited, an electronic piece based on vocals by Susan Narucki (2003)
Hearne Songs, soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and computer-generated sound/video (2004)
On Thursday, soprano, cello and DVD (2005)
The Primary Tool is Soup, soprano, piano and DVD (2005)
Paul Rice Songs, soprano, flute and guitar (2008)
In Memory, soprano and percussion (2009) [text: Robin Behn]
Electronic/Multi-Media
Caravan, bass clarinet and computer-generated tape (1994)
A Cold Spring, piano and computer-generated tape (1994)
Copperplate, clarinet and computer-generated tape (1995)
The Shortness of All the Notes, 10 winds and computer-generated tape (1995)
Poem and Postlude, sopran , bass clarinet and computer-generated tape (1996)
Notes Toward a Theory of Marriage, baritone and tape (1996)
Hornpipe Dreams, violin and tape (1996)
As It Turns Out and I Feel Cool, two short tape pieces on sampled vocal sounds (1996)
Rhythmic Breathing, clarinet, bass clarinet and tape (1997)
This is why she had to quit her band, flute and tape (1998)
Swan Song, violin and tape (1998)
Accounting for Things Appearing As They Seem, soprano and tape (1999)
Canto Compleanno, clarinet and tape (1999)
Fables of La Fontaine, voice, chamber group and electronics (2000)
Skin and Bones, flute, horn and tape (2000)
The Moose, flute, clarinet, trumpet, cello, percussion, piano and tape (2001)
Woodlore II, children’s chorus, percussion and tape (2002)
Wounded Trees, 2 bassoons and tape (2001)
Train, bass clarinet and tape (2002)
Crown Fires, tape (2002) [part of set of pieces based on McLean's Young Men and Fire]
Poem and Postlude Revisited, an electronic piece based on vocals by Susan Narucki (2003)
Jansson at Mann Gulch, a multimedia piece for alto sax, video and computer-generated sound (2003)
Almost Enough, electronic sound and video (2004)
Hearne Songs, soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and computer-generated sound/video (2004)
Blasts, gusts, squalls, drafts and flurries, string quartet and DVD (2004)
A change in the weather, piano and DVD (2005)
On Thursday, soprano, cello and DVD (2005)
The Primary Tool is Soup, soprano, piano and DVD (2005)
For he is good to think on, flute, clarinet and DVD (2006)
Pedal Tune, alto flute, bass clarinet and DVD (2007)
Crows everywhere are equally black, viola, clarinet and DVD (2008)
Adjusting the Sails, female chorus and DVD (2008)
Stand facing the stove, bass clarinet and DVD (2009)
Railways, chamber orchestra and DVD (2010)
Segue, bass clarinet and prerecorded sound (2010) [for "Painters, Players and Poets" Project]
WIEMANN LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Wiemann on Wiemann ~ top of page ~
The Art of Beth Wiemann (Daniel Sonenberg, Argh-a-Blog)
Beth Wiemann - Faculty Profile (University of Maine, Orono) also here
Complete Composure (Gladys Ganiel, University of Maine)
The Composers: UMaine Student Musicians Put Their Own Spin On Sounds (Margaret Nagle, UMaine Today)
Composer's website
Wiemann @ ACA Festival of American Music
Wiemann @ American Composers Alliance
Wiemann @ Answers.com
Wiemann @ Classical Archives
Wiemann @ Dilettante Music
Wiemann @ Facebook
Wiemann @ Innova Records
Wiemann @ LinkedIn
Wiemann @ Susan Narucki
Wiemann @ New Music Connoisseur
Wiemann @ The New York Times
Wiemann @ UMaine Intermedia MFA
Wiemann @ University of Maine at Orono
Wiemann @ Women Composers and Music Technology in the US (Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Ashgate Pub, books.google.com)
Publisher
Wiemann @ Composer's website
Streaming Audio
Wiemann @ Composer's website
Wiemann @ Classical Archives
Wiemann @ last.fm
Wiemann @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Wiemann @ Composer's website
Wiemann @ ArkivMusic
Wiemann @ ClassicsOnline
Wiemann @ Albany Records/Why Performers Wear Black
Video
Wiemann @ YouTube
Wiemann @ Google Video
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Wiemann on Wiemann: Faculty Profile (VIDEO)
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