Alexandra Pierce

Alexandra Pierce (born February 21, 1934) is an American composer,[1] pianist, music theorist,[2] movement educator, author,[3] and Emerita Research Professor of Music and Movement at the University of Redlands.[4]

Biography

Born and raised in Philadelphia, her family later moved to Washington, D.C., where she studied piano with contemporary music specialist, Margaret Tolson. She received a Bachelor of Music, Phi Beta Kappa (1955), from the University of Michigan, where she majored in piano performance and medieval history; a Master of Music in piano performance from the New England Conservatory of Music (1958); a Master of Arts in music history from Harvard University (1959); and a Ph.D. in music theory and composition from Brandeis University (1968), where her teachers included composers Irving Fine and Harold Shapero. Her dissertation, written at Brandeis, is entitled The Analysis of Rhythm in Tonal Music.[5]

Pierce taught from 1968-2001 at the University of Redlands, where she was Professor of Music and Movement, and where she integrated movement research with the teaching of music theory, piano, and with her own composing. Prior to her arrival in Redlands, she taught at MIT and Antioch College.

Her book, Deepening Musical Performance through Movement: The Theory and Practice of Embodied Interpretation (Indiana University Press), was published in 2007.[3] She and Roger Pierce have co-authored two books on enhancing human movement: Expressive Movement: Posture and Action in Daily Life, Sports, and the Performing Arts (Da Capo Press, 1989)[6] and Generous Movement (Center of Balance Press, 1991).

Her music is published by Subito Music[7] (formerly by Seesaw Music), as well as by Sisra Publications,[8] Media Press,[9] and Hildegard Music.[10]

Selected Music

Symphonies

String Quartets

Winds

Flute

Clarinet

Oboe, English Horn, Alto Saxophone

French horn, tuba, mixed chamber winds

Percussion

Piano

Piano, 4-Hands

Prepared Piano

Strings (guitar, harp, violin, violoncello)

Guitar

Harp

Violin

Violin and Viola

Cello

Voice, solo

Books

Books by Alexandra Pierce

Books by Alexandra Pierce and Roger Pierce

References

  1. ↑ http://www.subitomusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_114_332'
  2. ↑ Pierce, Alexandra (1983). "Spanning: Essays on music theory, performance, and movement".
  3. 1 2 http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=41756
  4. ↑ http://mycms.redlands.edu/x2191.asp
  5. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/analysis-of-rhythm-in-tonal-music/oclc/427374831
  6. ↑ Pierce, Alexandra; Pierce, Roger (2002-09-12). "Expressive Movement: Posture and Action in Daily Life, Sports, and the Performing Arts". ISBN 9780786747597.
  7. ↑ http://www.subitomusic.com/
  8. ↑ http://www.instantweb.com/a/arsispress/Composers.html
  9. ↑ http://www.mediapressinc.com/product.php?productid=16616&cat=0&page=1
  10. ↑ http://www.hildegard.com/catalog.php
  11. ↑ WorldCat item record
  12. ↑ WorldCat item record
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