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Carolyn Bremer came to composition on the heels of intensive training as a bassist. Experience as a performer in
orchestras, wind ensembles, chamber ensembles, big bands, rock
bands, improvisation ensembles, experimental groups, and with live
electronics has enhanced her approach to composition. A native of
Santa Monica, she received her Ph.D. in composition from UCSB and
was Chair of Composition at the University of Oklahoma from
1991-2000.
Her catalogue contains works based on feminist symbolism (The Four
Faces of Eve), the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings (I Have a
Nightmare), baseball (Early Light and Tinker to Evers to Chance),
and popular culture (It Makes Me Nervewracking). The Houston
Symphony, Stockholm’s KammarensembleN, the Oklahoma City
Philharmonic, San Francisco-based Earplay!, Anacapa Quartet,
Kentucky Chamber Players, Synchronia, Monarch Brass Ensemble,
Missoula Symphony, and Trio Contraste are among the professional
ensembles to perform her works.
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Photo by Derrick Bruce,
Agave Studio
Commissioned composer for:
3rd International Women's
Brass Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
1997
The Four Winds
was premiered by
the Monarch Brass Ensemble |
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Bremer studied at the Eastman School of Music, CalArts, and received
the Ph.D. in composition from the University of California, Santa
Barbara. Bremer is former chair of the music composition program at
the University of Oklahoma where she directed the New Century
Ensembles and held the Sandra and Brian O’Brien Presidential
Professorship in Music.
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Currently, she lives near the Southern
California coast and is Associate Professor at CalState Long Beach.
Her works are available from New Music Consortium, Carl Fischer,
Inc., Arsis Press, and OU Percussion Press.
In addition to her IWBC commission, The Four Winds, which was written for and premiered by the Monarch Brass Ensemble, Bremer also composed a piece for the Monarch Brass Quintet called Opposable Thumbs, which was commissioned by IWBC founder and former president, Susan Slaughter.
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