Katherine Weintz Teck (born December 31, 1939) is an American author, composer, and founding member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance.[1][2][3]
Life and career
[edit]Teck was born in Mineola, New York, to Helen Elliot Bennett and Walter Henry Weintz. She has three brothers and one sister. Her father owned the Weintz Company, a direct mail company.[4]
Teck earned a B.A. in music from Vassar College,[2] an M.A. in composition from Columbia University[5] where she was a Seidl Fellow, and a certificate in arts management at Purchase College (State University of New York).[6] She also studied at the Mannes College of Music and with Harry Berv and Greg Squires.[2]
Teck has held a number of arts management jobs, freelanced as a French horn player, and worked as a studio musician for ballet and creative dance. A founding member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance, she was given the organization's Louis Horst Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.[3] She taught several college courses in music with dance departments and has written books and articles about music for theatrical dance.
Books
[edit]- Appreciating Ballet's Music (website historical essays and resource guide) available free at https://www.appreciatingballetsmusic.com 2022
- Making Music for Modern Dance: Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art (Katherine Teck, editor) (2011) Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199743209
- Ear Training for the Body: A Dancer's Guide to Music (1994) Princeton Book Company/Dance Horizons ISBN 9780871271921
- Movement to Music: Musicians in the Dance Studio (1990) Greenwood Press ISBN 9780313272882
- Music for the Dance: Reflections on a Collaborative Art (1989) Greenwood Press ISBN 9780313263767
Music
[edit]- Suite for Small Orchestra[5]
External links
[edit]- View Katherine Teck's website Appreciating Ballet's Music
- International Guild of Musicians in Dance website
References
[edit]- ^ "Katherine Teck". amazon.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ^ a b "About". www.dancemusician.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ McDowell, Edwin (1996-12-25). "Walter H. Weintz, 81, Pioneer in Direct Mail". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ a b Suite for small orchestra., 1964, OCLC 56151993, retrieved 2022-06-05
- ^ wdtp (2020-12-10). "Katherine Teck". Appreciating Ballet's Music. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
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