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Dr. Charles T. (Tim) Blickhan joined the faculty of the Northern Illinois University School of Music in 1976 and retired in | Dr. Charles T. (Tim) Blickhan joined the faculty of the Northern Illinois University School of Music in 1976 and retired in June, 2011. For twenty years he was Coordinator of the Theory & Composition Area. In 1996, he assumed the position of Coordinator of Graduate Studies, and added additional administrative duties as Assistant Director of the School of Music in 2001. He was Director of Music for First Congregational United Church of Christ in DeKalb from 1993 - 2007. | ||
A trombonist and vocalist, he received the B.S. in Education from Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College (now Truman State University) in 1967, and taught instrumental and vocal music in the public schools of several Missouri communities before entering military service. After receiving his discharge from the army, he attended the University of Illinois from 1973-76, where he earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, studying primarily with Ben Johnston. | A trombonist and vocalist, he received the B.S. in Education from Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College (now Truman State University) in 1967, and taught instrumental and vocal music in the public schools of several Missouri communities before entering military service. After receiving his discharge from the army, he attended the University of Illinois from 1973-76, where he earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, studying primarily with Ben Johnston. | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 28 September 2011
Aliases: Charles Timothy Blickhan
Life
Born: 9 June 1945
Biography:
Dr. Charles T. (Tim) Blickhan joined the faculty of the Northern Illinois University School of Music in 1976 and retired in June, 2011. For twenty years he was Coordinator of the Theory & Composition Area. In 1996, he assumed the position of Coordinator of Graduate Studies, and added additional administrative duties as Assistant Director of the School of Music in 2001. He was Director of Music for First Congregational United Church of Christ in DeKalb from 1993 - 2007.
A trombonist and vocalist, he received the B.S. in Education from Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College (now Truman State University) in 1967, and taught instrumental and vocal music in the public schools of several Missouri communities before entering military service. After receiving his discharge from the army, he attended the University of Illinois from 1973-76, where he earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, studying primarily with Ben Johnston.
His compositions, mainly choral and instrumental chamber works, are published by several American music houses and licensed by BMI.
Dr. Blickhan enjoys hearing about performances of his works. Please send programs (by e-mail attachment) or concert notices to tblickhan@comcast.net or directly to BMI at the address below:
BMI
7 World Trade Center, 30th Floor
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007-0030
List of choral works
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- All praise to you, O Lord arr. SATB, violin, cello, keyboard, 2004 (
) - Amistad Hymn (text by Ned W. Edwards), National Hymn by Geo. Warren arr. SATB, organ, 2007 ( )
- Ave Maria ( )
- Cantate Domino, SATB, piano, 2000 ( )
- Dolor Meus, SATB a cappella, 1998 ( )
- Et egredietur virga, SATB, piano, 1998 ( )
- Jesu Parvule (poem by Tony Stoneburner), SATB a cappella, 2000 ( )
- The Lamb (poem by William Blake), 3-part treble chorus (SSA), piano, 2000 ( )
- Laudate Dominum, SATB a cappella, 2000 ( )
- Light ( )
- O God, our help in ages past (arr.) ( )
- O God, whose steadfast love ( )
- Oh, how I love your law (poem by Joseph Gastiger), SATB, piano, 1995 ( )
- Sinless one to Jordan came, The ( )
- Songs for the Abandoned
- Half an hour before the war ( )
- Words for the Abandoned ( )
- On the Death of a Child in Time of War ( )
- Prayer Against War ( )
- Sore My Sorrow (English trans. of Dolor Meus, Hubert Beckwith), SATB a cappella, 2007 ( )
- Starry Night ( )
- With what shall I come before the Lord? SATB, piano, 2005 ( )
Other Choral Works
- The Gifts That You Gave Me (Jim Manley), arr. SATB, piano, 1999
- Christmas Eve (poem by Christina Rossetti), two-part mixed chorus, harpsichord, 1993
- By All Your Saints, arr. SATB, brass, organ, 1986
- What Thanks and Praise, arr. SATB, brass, organ, 1986
- Polymorphous Canon, indeterminate mixed chorus (graphic notation) [Media Press], 1974 http://www.mediapressinc.com/