Katherine Weintz Teck (born December 31, 1939) is an American author, composer, and founding member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance.[1][2][3]

Life and career

Teck was born in Mineola, New York, to Helen Elliot Bennett and Walter Henry Weintz. She has three brothers and one sister. Her father owned the Weintz Company, a direct mail company.[4]

Teck earned a B.A. in music from Vassar College,[2] an M.A. in composition from Columbia University[5] where she was a Seidl Fellow, and a certificate in arts management at Purchase College (State University of New York).[6] She also studied at the Mannes College of Music and with Harry Berv and Greg Squires.[2]

Teck has held a number of arts management jobs, freelanced as a French horn player, and worked as a studio musician for ballet and creative dance. A founding member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance, she was given the organization's Louis Horst Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.[3] She taught several college courses in music with dance departments and has written books and articles about music for theatrical dance.

Books

Music

External links

References

  1. ^ "Katherine Teck". amazon.com. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ a b c Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  3. ^ a b "About". www.dancemusician.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  4. ^ McDowell, Edwin (1996-12-25). "Walter H. Weintz, 81, Pioneer in Direct Mail". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ^ a b Suite for small orchestra., 1964, OCLC 56151993, retrieved 2022-06-05
  6. ^ wdtp (2020-12-10). "Katherine Teck". Appreciating Ballet's Music. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
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