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Brett DietzLouisiana State University
Brett William Dietz is Assistant Professor of Percussion at the Louisiana State University School of Music. He is the music director of Hamiruge (the LSU Percussion Group) and NME (the LSU Contemporary Music Project). He earned the Bachelor of Music in Percussion and the Master of Music in Composition/Theory from the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University. In 2004, Dietz earned his Doctorate of Music from Northwestern University. He has studied percussion with Jack DiIanni, Andrew Reamer, Stanley Leonard, and Michael Burritt while his principal composition teachers include Joseph W. Jenkins, David Stock, and Jay Alan Yim.
Dietz is in demand as a clinician and soloist throughout the United States. He
has performed at three Percussive Arts Society International Conventions and is a founding member of the Tempus Fugit Percussion Ensemble. TFPE has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has released two compact discs (Tempus Fugit and Push Button, Turn Crank) that have received great critical acclaim. He can also be heard performing on Stanley Leonard’s compact disc, Canticle, and Michael Burritt’s newest release, Waking Dreams.
An avid composer, Dietz's music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, Sweden, Korea, Taiwan and Australia by numerous ensembles including the National Wind Ensemble, Ju Percussion Ensemble, Malmo Percussion Group, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, River City Brass Band, Northwestern University Wind Symphony, Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble, Duquesne University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the University of Scranton Wind Symphony, the Northwestern University Percussion Ensemble and the University of Kentucky Percussion Ensemble. His compositions have been featured at the 1998 College Band Directors National Association Eastern Division Conference, the 1998 Music Educators National Conference Convention, the 1998 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Convention and the 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Dietz's composition, Pandora's Box received its New York Premiere at Carnegie Music Hall by the National Wind Ensemble conducted by H. Robert Reynolds. Other commissions include Exit Wounds for the University of Kentucky Percussion Ensemble and Uneven Surfaces for Victoria Memorial High School Percussion Ensemble. Future projects include his opera Headcase for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and Samsara for the Kutztown University Percussion Ensemble. His music is published by Noruth Publications (MMB), Keyboard Percussion Publications, and Ludwig Music Publications.
He was a recipient of the 2005 Merrill Jones Young Composers Band Composition Contest, the 2002 H. Robert Reynolds Composition Contest, 3rd Place Winner of the 2002 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest, and the 2001 Pittsburgh Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts. His composition five-0 for brass quintet received an award from WFMT (Chicago Classical Radio) and was premiered live on the air as part of the station's 50th anniversary (2001).
In addition to his work at Louisiana State University, he has also served on the music faculties of Duquesne University, Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA), and the Merit School of Music in Chicago.
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