Reimer selected to perform at International Alliance for Women in Music concert
calendar icon11 Oct 2023
Lincoln, Neb.--Jamie Reimer, the Richard H. Larson Distinguished Professor of Music (voice) in the Glenn Korff School of Music, has been selected as one of eight performers and the only singer to perform on the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) annual concert at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp in Belgium on Nov. 4.
Reimer, a soprano, was selected by blind peer review for the concert, which recognizes the accomplishments of IAWM member composers and aims to increase the awareness of the musical contributions of women. Reimer will perform “Shoe Jazz,” arranged for Reimer and her collaborative pianist Stacie Haneline by composer Gwyneth Walker with text by Nikki Giovanni, an African-American poet.
“It’s exciting anytime you’re selected among a group of international composers and performers,” Reimer said. “I’ll be performing with a group of women that are making celebrating music written by women from all over the world. That’s pretty special.”
Reimer is excited to participate in the concert.
“I think as we continue to discover the incredible music that has been written by women historically, it inspires women composers living today to write and create in all genres,” Reimer said. “I am so excited that I have not only been able to perform and teach music by women, but that I am actively commissioning work by women composers and helping to share with the world the wonderful voices that are writing music today.”
Reimer and Haneline have been collaborators for more than a decade. In 2017, the two were honored performers at the African-American Arts Song Alliance featuring Robert Owens’ “4 Sonnets to Duse.” The team’s CD, “The Last Songs of Robert Owens,” was released in November 2020 by Centaur Records.
Active recitalists, Reimer and Haneline perform throughout the U.S. and internationally. The duo is also dedicated to cutting-edge research on collaborative partnerships between singers and pianists. Reimer and Haneline have been invited to present their findings at numerous conferences in Europe and the U.S.
Recognized for her rich tone and sensitive storytelling, Reimer has performed in opera, oratorio and recital venues around the United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, and Australia. With a particular interest in contemporary American art song, Reimer’s research focuses on the life and work of composer Robert Owens for which she was recognized with a Special Judges’ Citation from The American Prize in 2021. She is also artist-faculty at the Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno, Italy.
In 2012, she gave the world premiere of Owens’ “4 Sonnets to Eleonora Duse,” composed for her voice, and performed the role of Ursula in the North American premiere of Owens’ opera “Culture! Culture!” in 2015.
Reimer serves as secretary of the executive board for IAWM.