Anne Kilstofte, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching and Academic Experience

Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Composer/Professor, Estonian Academy of Music Tallinn, Estonia August 2004-June 2005.

Composition: Private composition and Music of the Northlands Seminar
Research Topic: Changes in Estonian Compositional Styles from Soviet Oppression to New Independence. Presented Paper at International Conference on Estonian Composer Eduard Tubin, June, 2005.

Visiting Professor, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany: May, 2005

Composer in Residence, Assistant Professor, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN: 1995-present, part-time

Courses taught include: Composition lessons, undergraduate and graduate, both acoustical and electronic, Piano lessons, Music in World Cultures, 20th Century Theory, Elements of Music, Music History, Introduction to Music, Special Studies Topics: Marketing your Music, Working in Composer Residencies, Protecting Intellectual Property through Copyright, Orchestration, Notational Systems, Grant Writing, Honors Projects.

Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: Fall, 2002;  Graduate Course: Techniques in Orchestration

Visiting Professor, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN: Spring, 1997, 2000, 2002

Honors Course in Advanced Theory/Composition, Special Topics, Counterpoint, Composition Seminar

Composer Fellow, Minnesota State Arts Board, 2000

Composer in Residence, Stockholm String Quartet, Stockholm Sweden, 2000

Pilot Program - composer in residence
American Composers Forum and the Perpich Center for the Arts, 1999-2000' Linking professional composers with public school teachers to develop composition requirements for new graduation standards for middle school students

Composer Fellow, McKnight Fellowship, 1999-2000

Composer - Web Designer/Mentor, Minneapolis Telecommunications Network, Minneapolis, MN: 1997-2000: Open Studio, The Arts Online;

Bush Artist Fellow, Composer Fellowship, 1997-1998

Composer Fellow, Minnesota State Arts Board, 1996

Composer Mentor: Mentor Connection Program of Hennepin County 1995-1997

Paired with one gifted high school student per year, from top 1% of students in the county

Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: 1996

Music: The ListenerÕs Realm; Compleat Scholar Program

Composer Fellow, McKnight Fellowship, 1994

Composer in Residence, Faith Partners Program, American Composers Forum, Ô93-95

Visiting Professor, Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, Sweden: March, 1993

Graduate Instructor and Adviser, University of Minnesota: 1989-1994

Music Fundamentals, Ethnic and Non-Western Music; 20th Century Theory and Ear Training, Tonal Theory and Ear Training; Undergraduate adviser (Peer Advising), advised undergraduates

Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, CO: 1984-1985

Marketing the Arts: course covering marketing, fundraising, public relations, writing press releases/advertising for musicians and artists, concert and art show production, and grant writing.

Education

Ph.D. 1995 - Music Theory and Composition University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Primary Emphasis: Vocal and instrumental, chamber, choral, orchestral composition, MIDI

Professors: Dominick Argento, Judith Lang Zaimont, Paul Fetler, Lloyd Ultan,

Michael Cherlin; Private Instruction: Libby Larsen

Secondary Emphasis: Opera and Stage Directing, Professors: Stephen Kanee, Vern Sutton

Libretto Writing: Charles Nolte

M.M. 1988 - Music Composition University of Colorado, Boulder

Primary Emphasis: Chamber and orchestral composition

Professors: Cecil Effinger, Richard Toensing, Charles Eakin, Luis-Jorge Gonzalez

Secondary Emphasis: Piano Performance, Professor: Paul Parmelee

B.S.M.M. 1979 - Bachelor of Science/Music, Media University of Colorado, Denver

Sound Technology - synthesis and recording; Music Business and Marketing the Arts

Private Music Instruction: Piano, 25 years; music theory and voice, 20 years.

Post-Doctoral Grants and Fellowships

Fulbright Scholar 2004-2005 Ð for teaching and research, Music of U.S. Midwest and Estonian Styles

Bush Artist Fellowship 1997-1998 Ð one of the most coveted awards from the Midwest region;

This is a very competitive fellowship designed to support an artist/composer for up to two years

Composers compete with other art forms, composition awards not guaranteed in every round.

Minnesota State Arts Board - Artist Fellowship 1996, 2000 Ð 1-2 composers chosen per year.

McKnight Fellowship 1994-95 & 1999-2000 Ð a fellowship which can support a composer for 2 years.

The Dale Warland Choral Ventures Reading Session Ð 1995

The Jerome Foundation Travel Grant Ð (1997), 2000, awarded for travel to a premiere in Europe

Samtida Music of Sweden 1993 Ð awarded for outstanding performances in Sweden

Academic Honors and Fellowships

Estonian Music Academy: Fulbright Scholar, Composer, Teacher, Researcher in Estonian Music

University of Minnesota: The Graduate School of Minnesota: (Three awards) for

composition, research, and travel for premieres, Alaska, Sweden, Denmark

The School of Music, for orchestration and reconstruction of the 17th century opera

for American Musicological Society: Les Amours des Bastien et Bastienne,

also co-directed and orchestrated the production.

University of Colorado, Boulder: Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, inducted 1985

University of Denver: (Colorado) piano performance fellowship

Composer-in-residence:

Hamline University, 2004-present

McKnight Composer Residency 2001; guest lecturer and presenter throughout the Minnesota region

Stockholm String Quartet, Stockholm, Sweden; 1993, 2000

American Composers Forum Faith Partners Residency Program; 1993

St. John's University, Collegeville, MN; 1993-1995 and 1997-2001

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins, MN; 1994-1995

St. Clement's Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN; 1993-1994

Commissions: (partial list)

The Borealis Brass Quintet (2006-2007)

Estonian Organ Works, Niguliste Museum - Tiit Kiik (2005)

Hamline University (2004)

The National Lutheran Choir (2003)

Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis (1998-1999, 2001-2002)

Stockholm String Quartet (1993 and 2000)

St. JohnÕs University MenÕs Chorus (1997-2001)

The Dale Warland Singers (1995 and 1996)

The Jerome Foundation (1995)

Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MN) (1991)

University of Minnesota Theatre Department (1991)

The National Conference on poet laureate John Berryman (1990)

Sigma Alpha Iota Music Sorority (1990)

Harmonia Mundi (1992)

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (1984)

Major Performances and Presentations: (condensed list)

Estonian Camerata, Niguliste Concert Hall and Museum, Estonia, 2005

Chicago A Cappella, Chicago, Illinois, 2004

International Conference on Women in Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Ô96, Ô98, Ô03

Donne in Musica, CantroCanto, various venues, Rome, Italy 2002

Stockholm String Quartet, 1993, 2000

The Basilica of St. Mary international tour, 2000

St. JohnÕs University international tour, 1995, 1999

International League of Women Composers Conference, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1993

National Lutheran Choir national tour 1994, publication - Augsburg Fortress Special NLC Selection

Association of British Choral Directors Conference (ABCD), Malvern, Sir David Willcocks

Barbara Harbach Ð organist; 1993

Cassatt String Quartet New York; 1995

Hepton Singers, U.K., 1991

American Composers Forum; 1989, 1995

Other performers include: Maria Jette, Ruth Palmer, George Chu, Yali You, Tom Linker,

Plymouth Congregational Church/Philip Brunelle, Charles Rochester Young, Judith Kogan,

The Dale Warland Singers, Kim Kasling, Axel Theimer, St. Cloud String Quartet, Teri Larson

Published Papers and Works

New Models for New Markets: The Innovative Groundswell of Self-Publishing and Marketing by Women Composers, Presented at International Music Clubs of UNESCO Conference, Los Angeles, CA, October, 2005; published by Donne in Musica, Fiuggi, Italy, 2005.

A Critical Exploration of Eduard TubinÕs ÒTaganejate s›durite laul,Ó Song of the Retreating Soldiers for Male Choir and Piano, presented at the International Tubin Conference, June, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia. Published by the Eesti Musikaakadeemia, 2006.

A Historical Perspective of Women in Music, a historical perspective of the International Alliance for Women in Music, presented at the 2003 Festival of Women in Music Today, April 2003, Seoul, Korea.

2003 International Festival of Women in Music Today, Ð Seoul, a comprehensive report of all festival concerts, Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, volume 9, no. 2, 2003

An interview with Judith Lang Zaimont: The Dual Process of the Cliburn Competition, Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, volume 7, no. 3, 2001

All Dr. Kilstofte's music is exclusively published by Kaska Publishing Company, Minneapolis

Dissertations and Studies of the Music of Anne Kilstofte

The American Composers Forum and its Impact on Choral Music in The United States, by Randall C. Speer, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 2001.

Western Massachusetts School District: During the 2003-04 school year, we revisited the music of living women composers. Students at the Sunderland, Erving and Swift River Schools in Western Massachusetts wrote to approximately 100 composers at colleges and universities across the United States requesting audio and written samples of their original compositions.

"Echo - A Chamber Opera in One Act: The Woman's Voice in the Twentieth Century," by Diane W. Follet, DMA, University of Northern Colorado, 2000, featuring A. KilstofteÕs Matches, an Opera in One Act.

Requiem Survey, requiemsurvey.org: Two works are included, Requiem for Still Voices, symphony orchestra and chorus, and Requiem for Fallen Stars for double woodwind ensemble and piano.

ÒTheology of the ÒSong of the Song,Ó Michaela Hastetter, doctoral dissertation, University of Munich, Germany, ongoing, studying the work, Tota Pulchra Es Maria for TTBB.

ÒSurvey on music by American Women,Ó Nicolas Darbon-Millenaire III, Sorbonne, Paris, France, ongoing.

Adjudicator

The Fulbright Foundation - through the American Embassy and the

U.S. State Department 2004

ElizaDrew Composition Prize, Hamline University, 1998 through present (2006)

The Dale Warland Singers/Jerome Foundation Choral Ventures program, 2001 & 2002

Coordinator, IAWM, Search for New Music, 2001-2003

Arts Advisory Panel for Artist Fellowships/Minnesota State Arts Board, 2001

MMEA (Minnesota Music Educators Association) Composition Contest, 2000

Minnesota Music Teachers Alliance 2003 & 2004

American Composers Forum, 1989

Music Organization Affiliations

Board of Directors: President, 2006-2008, International Alliance for Women in Music

(Board of Directors, IAWM, 1997-2009)

Board of Directors: American Composers Forum: 1991-1997; governance committee

1998-present, counsels board on future board members, long range planning

Member: ASCAP, College Music Society, American Music Center, NACUSA,

American Composers Forum, Pi Kappa Lambda, International Alliance for Women in Music,

Chorus America, Chamber Music America, Honour Committee Donne in Musica, Roma, Italy, Fulbright Association, Society of Composers, Incorporated

Discography

Wondrous Birth, released by National Lutheran Choir, Larry Fleming, conductor, 1993. Contents include ÒChristmas Eve,Ó (Oh Hush, Thee), a choral work for SATB divisi a cappella, formerly published by Augsburg Fortress Press as a special NLC selection. (NLCA-72); now exclusively available through Kaska Publishing Company, Minneapolis, MN.

Bush Artist Fellowship compact disc, 1998, by The Bush Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota. Contents include: ÒOh, Hush Thee,Ó performed by the National Lutheran Choir, Dr. Larry Fleming, conductor; and ÒChristmas Tidings,Ó performed by The Dale Warland Singers, Dr. Dale Warland, conductor.

Tota Pulchra Es Maria performed St. John's University Men's Chorus, Dr. Axel Theimer, director. Compact disc released by St. John's University, 2000.

ÒThe A Cappella Choir of Hamline University,Ó St. Paul, Minnesota, Dr. George Chu, conductor, 2001, for information contact Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Ave. St. Paul, MN.

When in Our Music God is Glorified, a festival concert in celebration of choral music, Minneapolis Area Churches; featuring Mirabile Mysterium and Hodie Christus Natus Est, Contact Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, MN 2001.

Omnes de Saba, performed by St. John's University Men's Chorus, Dr. Axel Theimer, director. Compact disc released by St. John's University, 2002.

Salve Festa Dies, performed by Dr. Kim Kasling, pipe organist, Basilica of St. Mary Choirs and Brass and Timpani Ensembles, Teri Larson, music director and conductor. Basilica of St. Mary, 2002.

American Originals, featuring Requiem for Still Voices, Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra, Vincent LaGuardia, Jr., conductor with The Cherry Creek Chorale, Brian Leatherman, 2003.

Holy, featuring Children of Peace, commissioned and premiered by the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, music director. Released by the NLC, March 2004.

This Night, featuring Children of Peace, commissioned and premiered by the National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, music director. Released by the NLC, 2005.

Estonian Camerata Ð Fulbright Series, featuring numerous works for choir and organ including For You, TomorrowÕs Light, Smile, Death from Requiem for Still Voices, Mirabile Mysterium, Hodie Christus Natus Est, Fractals, Nunc Dimittis, and Children of Peace. Thomas Ohnesorge, music director and conductor, Tiit Kiik, organist. Released October, 2005.

Forever Singing as We Shine, featuring Nunc Dimittis, Senior Choir, Theo Wee, organ, Chris Brunelle, conductor, First United Church of Christ, Northfield, Minnesota. Released January, 2006.