Andrea Reinkemeyer

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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] 2022-23 Edith Green Distinguished Professor and 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 previously served as Associate Professor of Music Composition and Theory and Chair of the Department of Music at Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon (2014-2023). [8] She is currently the Director of Composition and Associate Professor at George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia). [9]

She married Brian Amer and has one daughter. Reinkemeyer has also worked teaching music in Detroit community outreach programs. [10] [11]

Works

Selected works include: [12]

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