Natalie Draper
EducationPeabody Institute
EmployerSyracuse University
Works
  • Decadent Music Box
  • Deflected Harmlessly into the Ceiling
  • Strains in the Signal
  • Timelapse Variations
  • Water in the Glass Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Dr. and Mrs. Walter Edwards James Award in Theory (2014)
  • Virginia Carty deLillo Composition Competition (Decadent Music Box, 2014) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttp://www.nataliedraper.net/ Edit this on Wikidata
Musical career
Born1985 (age 38–39)
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)composer
Instrument(s)piano
LabelsSNOtone

Natalie Draper is an American composer who teaches composition at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music.[1][2]

Biography

Draper completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Her teachers include Oscar Bettison and Joel Hoffman. In 2015, Draper was a Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.[3][4]

Draper has been featured by GAMMA-UT, MusicX, SEAMUS, the Fromm Scholarship ensemble, Lunar Ensemble, and SONAR New Music Ensemble. Her works has been recognized by the Baltimore Sun, Portland Press Herald, and Fanfare, among others.[5][6][7] Draper's work, Timelapse Variations, was commissioned by Symphony Number One and premiered in November 2016.[8] Works such as Decadent Music Box have garnered various awards and positive mentions.[9] In 2018, Draper collaborated with NASA to help provide music from Timelapse Variations for a major research presentation on the impact crater of the Hiawatha Glacier.[10][11]

Draper has also published an article on Stephen Sondheim.[12][13]

Partial list of works

External videos
video icon Timelapse Variations on NASA mini-documentary, YouTube video
  • Decadent Music Box[14][15]
  • Deflected Harmlessly into the Ceiling[16]
  • O Sea-Starved, Hungry Sea[17]
  • The Ravens of Unresting Thought[18]
  • Strains in the Signal[19][20]
  • Timelapse Variations[21][22]
  • Water in the Glass[23]

Discography

  • 2016: More: Timelapse Variations. Also includes Jonathan Russell: Light Cathedral; Andrew Posner: The Promised Burning. (SNOtone ST03)[24][25][26]
  • 2012: Mix Tape / Compilation #1: One Bird Flew South. (Collaboration with Danny Clay.) Include additional works by various artists. (Don't Be A Stranger DBS-001)[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Natalie Draper". www.vpa.syr.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  2. ↑ Fraser, Angie. "Natalie Draper - Levine Music". www.levinemusic.org. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  3. ↑ "BMI Celebrates Tanglewood's Composition Fellows". BMI.com. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  4. ↑ "Natalie Draper to be composer fellow this summer at Tanglewood Music Center". The Peabody Post. 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  5. ↑ "486 :: 16 December 2016 :: Acromusical and Symphony Number One". rchrd.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  6. ↑ Smith, Tim. "A sampling of recent Baltimore-centric classical, jazz recordings". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  7. ↑ Woolever, Lydia (2017-02-08). "Music Reviews: February 2017". Baltimore magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  8. ↑ Clarke, Colin. "Album Review: More". www.fanfarearchive.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  9. ↑ "Peabody Composition Competition Winners". The Peabody Post. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  10. ↑ "GMS: Massive Crater Discovered under Greenland Ice". svs.gsfc.nasa.gov. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  11. ↑ Daley, Jason. "Massive Impact Crater Found Under Greenland's Ice". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  12. ↑ Who's who in research. Performing arts. Intellect (Firm). Bristol, UK. 2012. ISBN 9781841504940. OCLC 851429265.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ↑ Draper, Natalie (2010-12-01). "Concept meets narrative in Sondheim's Company: Metadrama as a method of analysis". Studies in Musical Theatre. 4 (2): 171–183. doi:10.1386/smt.4.2.171_1.
  14. ↑ "Peabody Magazine Spring 2015". issuu. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  15. ↑ "Decadent Music Box". Metafields.
  16. ↑ Hyde, Christopher (2014-08-01). "Review: Gamper Festival at Bowdoin has it all". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  17. ↑ "O Sea-Starved, Hungry Sea". danielle buonaiuto, soprano. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  18. ↑ "Draper, Natalie: The Ravens of Unresting Thought". cdm15982.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  19. ↑ "LUNAR Ensemble to Perform Strains in the Signal". Natalie Draper: Composer. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  20. ↑ "Performance History Search". archives.bso.org. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  21. ↑ "Rep Hub: Natalie Draper, Timelapse Variations". Symphony Number One. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  22. ↑ Madonna, Zoe (2016-08-18). "Timelapse". VAN Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  23. ↑ Draper, Natalie R. (2009). Water in the Glass (Thesis). University of Cincinnati.
  24. ↑ Stapleton, Maggie (December 13, 2016). "SNEAK PEEK AUDIO LEAK: Symphony Number One". Second Inversion. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  25. ↑ Medwin, Marc. "Album Review: More". www.fanfarearchive.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  26. ↑ McCabe, Bret (2016-12-16). "Recent Peabody graduate tackles man-made environmental destruction in mournful composition". The Hub. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  27. ↑ "Various - Mix Tape - Compilation No. 1". Discogs. June 2012. Retrieved 2018-01-02.


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