Dr. Reinkemeyer is a free-lance composer. She has served on the faculty of Bowling Green State University where she taught composition, theory and technology. She earned graduate degrees in music composition from the University of Michigan where she was the recipient of a Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Regents' Fellowship, Christine Rinaldo Memorial Scholarship, and Graduate Student Instructor position in electronic music composition. As an undergraduate at the University of Oregon, she received both the Ruth Lorraine Close Musical Fellows and Outstanding Creativity in Composition Awards. Her primary composition teachers include: Michael Daugherty, Bright Sheng, Evan Chambers, Susan Botti, James Aikman, Robert Kyr, Jack Boss, and Harold Owen. Dr. Reinkemeyer has mentored public school students through a community outreach program with The Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, the Michigan Mentorship Program, and as the composer-in-residence at Burns Park Elementary School.

Dr. Reinkemeyer has had performances of her music by the American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Readings, North-South Chamber Orchestra, The Fire Wire Ensemble, Great Noise Ensemble, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, The Pacific Rim Gamelan, and new music ensembles at BGSU, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Sonict), and Susquehanna University. Her electroacoustic music has been performed on the SEAMUS Conference, Spark Electronic Music Festival, University of Central Missouri New Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest Festival, and Threshold Electronic Music Festival. She has enjoyed recent collaborations with and commissions from H. Robert Reynolds and The Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Jeffrey Heisler and the Primary Colors Trio, Miller Asbill and the Texas Tech University Concert Band, The Wild Swan Theater, Iowa Music Teachers' Association, Jay Bordeleau, Carol Jacobsen, Patricia Olynyk, Alan Huckleberry, Tayva Singer, and Kathryn Hallor. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband Brian Amer and daughter Kaisa.

More information about Andrea Reinkemeyer:
Biography (PDF)
Academic Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
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