Rebecca te Velde

composer of Variations on a Theme by Samuel Scheidt: "Puer natus in Bethlehem", and "Jubilate Deo"

November 4, 2015

Rebecca Groom te Velde, M.Mus., AAGO, received her B.A. summa cum laude from Seattle Pacific University, where she studied organ, composition and church music with her father, Lester H. Groom. Graduate studies in organ literature and performance were with Hugh McLean at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, where she also studied composition with Jack Behrens. Postgraduate work was with Michael Schneider at the Staatliche Hochschule for Musik in Cologne, Germany; Flor Peeters at the International Masterclass at Mechelen, Belgium; Almut Rossler in Dusseldorf; and Gerald Frank at Oklahoma State Univeristy-Stillwater. Te Velde has performed in numerous states, as well as in Germany, Switzerland, England and Canada, and has published articles with The Musical Times and The American Organist. She has been the organist of First Presbyterian Church in Stillwater since 1991 and is adjunct instructor of music appreciation at OSU. An active performer, clinician and composer of organ and choral works, she serves on the National American Guild of Organists (AGO) Committee on Educational Resources.

Variations on a Theme of Samuel Scheidt: "Puer natus in Bethlehem" was written for and won the 2005 AGO Region VII Convention Composition Competition. The requirements were: an organ composition 4-10 minutes in duration, suitable for use in a worship service, and playable on a 2-manual organ. It was premiered by the composer at Holy Family Cathedral on June 15, 2005, at the AGO Region VII convention in Tulsa. Jubilate Deo was written for Dr. Robert J. Ward (Ohio State University) and premiered by him and the National Youth Choir at the 2006 Organization of American Kodaly Educators. It is a setting of Psalm 100: 1,2a,5 for treble voices and piano or organ accompaniment.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2008-honorees/rebecca-tevelde

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