Katherine Teck

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Katherine Weintz Teck (born December 31, 1939) is an American author, composer,[1] and a founding member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance (IGMID).[2]

Life and career[]

Teck was born in Mineola, New York, to Helen Elliot Bennett and Walter Henry Weintz.[3] She had three brothers and one sister. Her father owned the Weintz Company, a direct mail company which served as a major fundraiser for the Republican National Finance Committee, and raised $10 million to re-elect Richard Nixon.[3]

Teck received a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.A. from Columbia University where she was a Seidl Fellow. She also studied at the Mannes College of Music and with Harry Berv and George Squires.[4] She earned a certificate in arts management at Purchase College (State University of New York) in 1995.[citation needed]

Teck held several arts management jobs and freelanced as a French horn player. She also worked as a ballet studio pianist, which led her to help found the IGMID in 1991 and write several books and articles about ballet music.[5] She collaborated with composer Otto Luening,[6] artist Roy Doty, the Hudson River Museum,[7] and the New York Public Library[8] on various projects. She participated in, and reported on, the American and European Conferences for Musicians in Dance.[9]

Teck donated her library of books and music scores to the Katherine Teck Collection at the University of Arizona.[2] Her publications include:

Articles[]

  • A Sound Investment : New Music for New Dance (Dance/USA Journal v9 n1 p16 1991)[10]
  • American Music for Dance (Dance Chronicle v21 n3 p481 1998)[10]
  • Dear Potential Modern Music Lover (Music Educators Journal v56 n4 p31 1969)[10]
  • International Guild of Musicians in Dance (Dance Teacher Now v16 n2 p41 1994)[10]
  • Musicians in Dance Explore Collaborative Skills and Art (Attitude v8 n3 p36 1992)[10]
  • Rosenella, or The Princess Musician (Attitude v9 n2 p68 1993)[10]

Books[]

  • Appreciating Ballet's Music (ebook)[11]
  • Ear Training for the Body: A Dancer's Guide to Music[10]
  • Making Music for Modern Dance: Collaboration in the Formative Years of a New American Art (Katherine Teck, editor)[10]
  • Movement to Music: Musicians in the Dance Studio[12]
  • Music for the Dance: Reflections on a Collaborative Art[10]

Music[]

  • Suite for Small Orchestra (1964)[10]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  2. ^ a b "Katherine Teck Collection". www.u.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. ^ a b McDowell, Edwin (1996-12-25). "Walter H. Weintz, 81, Pioneer in Direct Mail". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  5. ^ Minton, Sandra Cerny (2007). Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation. Human Kinetics. ISBN 978-0-7360-6476-7.
  6. ^ Luening, Otto (1980). The Odyssey of an American Composer: The Autobiography of Otto Luening. Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-16496-0.
  7. ^ Malarcher, Patricia (1993-08-22). "CRAFTS; Odd Instruments From Everyday Objects". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  8. ^ "Katherine Teck". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  9. ^ Veroli, Patrizia; Vinay, Gianfranco (2017-11-10). Music-Dance: Sound and Motion in Contemporary Discourse. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-98674-8.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Results for 'Katherine Teck' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  11. ^ "Home". Appreciating Ballet's Music. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  12. ^ Classical. Unique Communications. 1991.
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