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Bloomer Deussen Earth Tones

Environmental Compositions by Nancy Bloomer Deussen

3065 Greer Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303

(650) 858-0361 FAX(650)858-2072

BIO


Nancy Bloomer Deussen is a San Francisco Bay Area composer known for her accessible, melodic contemporary compositions. Since Ms Bloomer Deussen began composing in the 1950s she has been inspired by the beauty of nature and some of her earliest works reflect this. More recently, she has identified with the environmental movement as she has gradually come to realize that all human life will depend upon how well we preserve our precious natural resources. To work toward these environmental goals Ms Bloomer Deussen has composed numerous compositions for enviromental groups and ensembles about nature and with an ecological message in the belief that creative artists like herself can, in fact, influence how well we humans will deal with the problem of preserving our resources. Following is a list of some of these works:

  • "Reflections on the Hudson"(orchestra)
  • 'Carmel by-the-Sea"(orchestra)
  • "One of Nature's Majesties"(clarinet, bassoon and piano)based on a poem by Rachel Swan-commissioned by Opus 90 Chamber Enesmble
  • "The World is a Butterfly's Wing"(song cycle for tenor, viola and piano)with poetry by Allen Cohen
  • 'Canticles of Our Land"(chorus SATB and large chamber ensemble) with poetry by AR Ammons-commissioned by The Santa Clara Chorale
  • 'Flowers by the Sea"(chorus SATB and piano)poetry by William Carlos Williams-commissioned by The De Anza Chorale
  • "Sacred Places of the Earth" (SSA and piano) with poetry by the composer-commissioned by the De Anza Women's Chorus
  • "Tribute to the Ancients"(brass quintet)-commissioned by Sempervirens to celebrate their centennial and the work of saving the California Redwoods
  • "San Andreas Suite"(fl, violin, viola and cello)-commissioned by The Walnut Street Chamber Ensemble
  • "The Baylands"(fl, oboe, clarinet ,bassoon and piano)-commissioned by The Women's Caucus in the Arts
  • "Two American Songs"(soprano and piano)-with poetry by AR Ammons and Malcolm Cowley
  • "Peninsula Suite"(string orchestra with solo string quartet)-commssioned by The Palo Alto Unified School District
  • "Aurora"(concert band)-commssioned by The Tanana Middle School Band(Fairbanks, AK)
  • "Rustic Sketches"(orchestra)-commissioned by The Oakland Chamber Orchestra

    Mrs Bloomer Deussen is the co-founder of the National Association of Composers Bay Area Chapter and currently their President Emeritus. She is the recipent of several awards for composition including: First prize winner of the Mu Phi Epsilon Original Composition Competition in 1985 and 1999, First Prize winner in the Britten on-the-Bay Competition in 1996, winner of the Bay Area Composer's Symposium Orchestral Performances Award sponsored by The Marin Symphony in 1994, performance award in The Delius Composition Competition in 1992, winner of The Marmor Chamber Music Composition Competition in 2002 and runner up in several other competitions.

    Ms Bloomer Deussen's list of performances and CDs can be found within the following links. She is available for composition commissions, residencies and lectures.
     She can be reached by E-mail at: deussen@ix.netcom.com

    Links

    List of Orchestral Compositions and Performances
    Most Recent and Upcoming Performances
    Recordings
    Education and teachers of Composition
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    Environmental Links


    The Sierra Club
    Sempervirens Fund
    Ecological Themes in the Music of Women Composers
    Greenpeace
    See the work of an environmental artist
    "The World is a Butterfly's Wing-movement 1"
    "Woodwind Quintet-movement 1"