Processional
$27.00A unique ensemble for four percussion and piano. The piano part can be played by a percussionist.
A unique ensemble for four percussion and piano. The piano part can be played by a percussionist.
John Allemeier
The music of John Allemeier has been described as having a “sweet sense of mystery” by Fanfare and as being “rapturous” by the American Record Guide. His music has been programmed on international venues such as the Frankfurter Kunstlerclub (Germany), 3rd Rencontres Musiques Nouvelles (France), Festival Internacional de Percusiones (Mexico), Russia-America: Music of the XXI Century at the Moscow Conservatory, the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (South Korea), the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, the International Double Reed Society, ClarinetFest (International Clarinet Society), and the International Society of Bassist Convention; and on national festivals such as Piccolo Spoleto, the 5th Annual Festival of Contemporary Music in San Francisco, and the Spark Festival in Minneapolis; on national conferences of the Society of Composers, the Society for Electro Acoustic Music in the United States, National Association of Composers in the United States, and the College Music Society.
Allemeier’s music has been performed throughout the United States and Europe by professional and collegiate ensembles such as Ethel, Loadbang, Hypercube, Chicago Ensemble, Beo Quartet, Assem3ly, Fresh Ink, Low and Lower, Madison Park String Quartet, Duo XXI, Due East, the University of Iowa Center for New Music, the University of Iowa Graduate Chamber Orchestra, Oberlin Percussion Group, the Texas Christian University Percussion Ensemble, the University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Singers, the UNC Charlotte Percussion Ensemble, and the UNC Charlotte University Chorale. He has composed pieces for professional performers such as Anthony Stoops, Scott Christian, Wolfgang David, David Gompper, Jeffery Lyman, Erin Lesser, Greg Beyer, Mira Frisch, and Paul Sharpe.
Recordings of Allemeier’s music are available on the Albany, Capstone, and Vox Novus labels. His music is published by Carl Fischer Music Publishers, C. Alan Publications, and European American Music. He received his Ph.D. in Composition from the University of Iowa, his Master of Music in Composition from Northwestern University, and his Bachelor of Music in Performance from Augustana College. He has studied in Europe at the 41st and 42nd Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany, and the 6th International Composition Course in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. He is currently Director of the School of Music at James Madison University.