Katherine Hoover

Katherine Hoover
Born
Katherine Lacy Hoover

(1937-12-02)2 December 1937
Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
Died21 September 2018(2018-09-21) (aged 80)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeCremated; ashes scattered in a place of family significance.
Alma materEastman School of Music (Bachelor of Music in Music Theory)
(Performer's Certificate in Flute)
Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music in Music Theory)
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Flutist
  • Educator
  • Publisher
  • Author
Years active1959–2018
TitleCo-Founder of Papagena Press (1988)
Spouse(s)Richard V. Goodwin
(m. 1985-2018)
John Christopher Schwab
(m. 1964-1972)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • flutes
  • piano
Labels
Websitekatherinehoover.com

Katherine Hoover (December 2, 1937 – September 21, 2018) was an American composer of Contemporary classical music and Chamber music, flutist, teacher of Musical composition and Music theory, poet, and later a conductor of her music.[1][2] Her career as a composer began when few women composers earned recognition in Classical music in the 1970s.[3][4] As shown in her list of known works, she has composed pieces for solo flute, mixed ensembles, chamber orchestra, choir, full orchestra, and many other combinations of instruments and voice. Some of her flute pieces incorporated Native American themes.[5][6]

Her work has received many honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts Composer's Fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in composition, and the National Flute Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, where she is remembered by as an "artist, flutist, teacher, entrepreneur, poet, and, most notably, a distinguished composer."[7] Also, there are two works where she cowrote under the pseudonym Kathryn Scott.[8][9]

  1. ^ Smith, Catherine Parsons (2001). "Hoover, Katherine". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47047. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ "Rochester Review :: University of Rochester". www.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ Jicha, Victoria (May 4, 2020). "Flute Talk". theinstrumentalist.com. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  4. ^ Alex Ambrose (August 21, 2014). "Her Music: Today's Emerging Female Composer". WQXR. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Begay, Heidi Kay (2009). Finding the Hopi-Indian Traits in Katherine Hoover's "Kokopeli and Winter Spirits" for Solo Flute. Northwestern State University of Louisiana.
  6. ^ Wang, Ariel (2021-01-29). "The Cultural Cost of Celebrating Katherine Hoover". The Phillipian. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  7. ^ "Katherine Hoover 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award". The National Flute Association. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Candlelight dreams /Scott & DuVillier". publicrecords.copyright.gov. 1981. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  9. ^ "So loved from afar /Scott & DuVillier". publicrecords.copyright.gov. 1981. Retrieved 2022-12-01.