Biography

Edward "Teddy" Niedermaier

Works by American composer Teddy Niedermaier have been performed throughout the United States and in France, Germany, Korea, Kosovo, Moldova, and Japan.  Teddy earned his BM and MM in composition from The Juilliard School, where his principal teachers were John Corigliano, Samuel Adler, and Robert Beaser.  He received a Doctor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University as a student of Claude Baker and David Dzubay.  He has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Oberlin Conservatory since fall 2009. 

Teddy has received commissions from the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Minnesota Youth Symphonies, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, the New Juilliard Ensemble, and the Minnesota Symphonic Winds.  His honors include the 2009 Dean’s Prize in Composition from Indiana University, two national awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 2007, and the 2004 Palmer Dixon Prize (awarded by The Juilliard School). 

As a pianist, Teddy has collaborated with musicians such as Elaine Douvas (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), Thomas Stacy (NY Philharmonic), Roger Roe (Indianapolis Symphony), and April Clayton (Brigham Young University).  In April 2010 he performed with members of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble at the DAM Festival of Young Musicians in Prishtina, Kosovo.  Other 2010 performances are scheduled for Paris, France and Carmel Valley, California.

Teddy has served on the faculty of the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) summer program in Paris since 2006, where he teaches solfège, species and advanced counterpoint, and keyboard harmony.

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