Biography

Edward "Teddy" Niedermaier

American composer Edward "Teddy" Niedermaier has written for a wide variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles.  His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and in Korea, France, Germany, and Japan.

Teddy received a bachelor's degree (2005) and master's degree (2006) in composition from The Juilliard School in New York City, where his principal teachers were John Corigliano, Samuel Adler, and Robert Beaser.  At present he is a doctoral candidate in composition at Indiana University studying under Claude Baker and David Dzubay.

Teddy has received commissions from the Minnesota Youth Symphonies, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, the New Juilliard Ensemble, the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, and the Philomusica Chamber Orchestra of Minneapolis. 

His honors and awards include two national awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs in 2007, the 2005 Henry Mancini Prize and the 2004 Palmer Dixon Prize (both awarded by The Juilliard School), and Honorable Mentions from the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards in 2007 and 2003.

An active solo and collaborative pianist, Teddy premiered his Arirang Variations for solo piano in March 2007 at Indiana University.  He has recently completed a new Sonata for English Horn and Piano for Thomas Stacy, principal English hornist of the New York Philharmonic.  Teddy and Tom will premiere the sonata in concert on August 3, 2008, at Hidden Valley Seminars in Carmel Valley, CA.  This project was made possible by a commission from Hidden Valley Music Seminars, An Institution of the Arts.

Teddy has served on the counterpoint and ear training faculty of the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) summer program in Paris since 2006 (www.eamusic.org).  He holds an Coordinating Instructor position in music theory at Indiana University.  

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