Natalie Draper Explained

Genre:Classical
Occupation:composer
Instrument:piano
Label:SNOtone

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

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

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natalie Draper. www.vpa.syr.edu. 2018-09-28.
  2. Web site: Natalie Draper - Levine Music. Fraser. Angie. www.levinemusic.org. 2018-01-02.
  3. News: BMI Celebrates Tanglewood's Composition Fellows. 2015-08-06. BMI.com. 2018-01-02.
  4. News: Natalie Draper to be composer fellow this summer at Tanglewood Music Center. 2015-01-08. The Peabody Post. 2018-01-02.
  5. Web site: 486 :: 16 December 2016 :: Acromusical and Symphony Number One. rchrd.com. 2018-01-02.
  6. News: A sampling of recent Baltimore-centric classical, jazz recordings. Smith. Tim. baltimoresun.com. 2018-01-02.
  7. News: Music Reviews: February 2017. Woolever. Lydia. 2017-02-08. Baltimore magazine. 2018-01-02.
  8. Web site: Album Review: More. Clarke. Colin. www.fanfarearchive.com. 2018-01-02.
  9. News: Peabody Composition Competition Winners. 2014-06-06. The Peabody Post. 2018-01-02.
  10. Web site: GMS: Massive Crater Discovered under Greenland Ice. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov. 14 November 2018 . en. 2018-11-17.
  11. News: Massive Impact Crater Found Under Greenland's Ice. Daley. Jason. Smithsonian. 2018-11-17. en.
  12. Book: Who's who in research. Performing arts.. Intellect (Firm). 2012 . 9781841504940. Bristol, UK. 851429265.
  13. Draper. Natalie. 2010-12-01. Concept meets narrative in Sondheim's Company: Metadrama as a method of analysis. Studies in Musical Theatre. 4. 2. 171–183. 10.1386/smt.4.2.171_1.
  14. News: Peabody Magazine Spring 2015. issuu. 2018-01-02.
  15. Web site: Decadent Music Box. Metafields.
  16. News: Review: Gamper Festival at Bowdoin has it all. Hyde. Christopher. 2014-08-01. Portland Press Herald. 2018-01-02.
  17. Web site: O Sea-Starved, Hungry Sea. danielle buonaiuto, soprano. 2018-01-02.
  18. Web site: Draper, Natalie: The Ravens of Unresting Thought. cdm15982.contentdm.oclc.org. 2018-01-02.
  19. Web site: LUNAR Ensemble to Perform Strains in the Signal. Natalie Draper: Composer. 2018-01-02.
  20. Web site: Performance History Search. archives.bso.org. 2018-01-02.
  21. Web site: Rep Hub: Natalie Draper, Timelapse Variations. Symphony Number One. 2018-01-02.
  22. News: Timelapse. Madonna. Zoe. 2016-08-18. VAN Magazine. 2018-01-02.
  23. Draper. Natalie R.. Water in the Glass. 2009. University of Cincinnati.
  24. Web site: Stapleton . Maggie . SNEAK PEEK AUDIO LEAK: Symphony Number One . Second Inversion . December 13, 2016 . December 13, 2016.
  25. Web site: Album Review: More. Medwin. Marc. www.fanfarearchive.com. 2018-01-02.
  26. News: Recent Peabody graduate tackles man-made environmental destruction in mournful composition. McCabe. Bret. 2016-12-16. The Hub. 2018-01-02.
  27. Web site: Various - Mix Tape - Compilation No. 1. Discogs. June 2012 . 2018-01-02.