Natalie Draper

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Natalie Draper
Born1985 (age 3839)
Genres Classical
Occupation(s) composer
Instrument(s) piano
Labels SNOtone

Natalie Draper is an American composer who teaches composition at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music. [1] [2]

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Biography

Draper completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Her teachers include Oscar Bettison and Joel Hoffman. In 2015, Draper was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. [3] [4]

Draper has been featured by GAMMA-UT, MusicX, SEAMUS, the Fromm Scholarship ensemble, Lunar Ensemble, and SONAR New Music Ensemble. Her works has been recognized by the Baltimore Sun , Portland Press Herald, and Fanfare, among others. [5] [6] [7] Draper's work, Timelapse Variations, was commissioned by Symphony Number One and premiered in November 2016. [8] Works such as Decadent Music Box have garnered various awards and positive mentions. [9] In 2018, Draper collaborated with NASA to help provide music from Timelapse Variations for a major research presentation on the impact crater of the Hiawatha Glacier. [10] [11]

Draper has also published an article on Stephen Sondheim. [12] [13]

Partial list of works

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Timelapse Variations on NASA mini-documentary, YouTube video

Discography

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