Diemer (Emma Lou) Papers. 1940s-2001. (PA Mss 41) Emma Lou Diemer Personal papers of composer, organist and emeritus professor of composition at UCSB. Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1927, she began composing at an early age and later studied composition at Yale and the Eastman School. Her teachers included Hindemith, Bernard Rogers, Hanson, Toch and Sessions. The collection includes many of her manuscript scores, business correspondence and royalty statements, programs, review and clippings. Many of Diemer's published scores are available at the UCSB Arts Library. A preliminary inventory of manuscript scores held by UCSB is available online. Diemer taught composition at UCSB from 1971-1991 and founded the school's electronic music studio. A prolific and virtuosic composer, she is the recipient of both NEA and Fullbright fellowships, ASCAP Standard Awards, a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, and the 1995 AGO Composer of the Year Award. She continues to receive numerous commissions as well as give recitals. The following web site on Emma Lou Diemer may be of interest: Sigma Alpha Iota Composers Bureau Diemer's papers are currently being processed and a finding guide is in preparation. Researchers wishing to use her papers should contact the archivist. For further information or assistance in locating research materials contact the archivist: David Seubert, Curator Performing Arts Collection Davidson Library University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010 (805) 893-5444 Email: David Seubert Page author: David Seubert. Last modified: 11/20/06 04:54:12 Direct questions or comments about this page to the author or to the Web Administrator. This is an official University of California, Santa Barbara Library web page.