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Natalie Dietterich: Threat and Tether

Tuesday, 4 March 2025   |   17:30 - 19:00

Natalie Dietterich: Threat and Tether

The University of Tennessee College of Music’s annual Contemporary Music Festival celebrates contemporary music through concerts of new music, workshops, and paper presentations each spring. It welcomes guest performers, scholars, and composers from around the world.

“Threat and Tether” Natalie Dietterich was selected for performance by the UT Brass Faculty as a winner of 100 submissions.

The performance will be live-streamed:

https://music.utk.edu/livestream/

  • Composer(s) Natalie Dietterich
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Threat and Tether
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra brass students UT Knoxville
Date
Mar 04 2025
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Time
17:30 - 19:00
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Location
Knoxville, University of Tennessee, USA
Knoxville, University of Tennessee, USA
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
Website https://calendar.utk.edu
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Thread and Tether

for brass quintet
Natalie Dietterich
Year of composition:
2016
Duration:
00:04:00
Publisher's Number: 23333
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Applauded by Performance Today for her “pulsatingly beautiful and moving” music, Natalie Dietterich’s unconventional work with choir and large ensembles have earned her accolades such as the Leo Kaplan Prize (ASCAP), [‘tactus] Prize, and the First Music Commission, fellowships at the Cabrillo festival and the NJSO Cone Institute. She is the recipient of a 2025 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2026 Yaddo Residency, and has been selected as the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra’s Composer in Residence for the 2026-2029 seasons.

Dr. Dietterich has worked with nationally/internationally accredited ensembles such as the Luxembourg and Brussels Philharmonics, the Seattle, Albany, and Shanghai Symphonies, WildUp and Ensemble Modern. Her collaborations have resulted in projects such as a short film released on PBS’s POV Shorts, a concerto featuring JIJI, and installations shown in museums throughout Europe.

Natalie is a lecturer and Music Tech Specialist at the Yale Department of Music. She holds an MM / MMA from the Yale School of Music and a PhD from Princeton University. Dietterich publishes select works with Donemus Music Publishing.

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