Katherine Hoover
Katherine Hoover (December 2, 1937 – September 21, 2018) was an American composer of Contemporary classical music and Chamber music, flutist, teacher of Musical composition and Music theory, poet, and later a conductor of her music. Her career as a composer began when few women composers earned recognition in Classical music in the 1970s. As shown in her list of known works, she has composed pieces for solo flute, mixed ensembles, chamber orchestra, choir, full orchestra, and many other combinations of instruments and voice. Some of her flute pieces incorporated Native American themes.
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| Born | Katherine Lacy Hoover 2 December 1937 Elkins, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | 21 September 2018 (aged 80) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cremated; ashes scattered in a place of family significance. |
| Alma mater | Eastman School of Music (Bachelor of Music in Music Theory) (Performer's Certificate in Flute) Manhattan School of Music (Master of Music in Music Theory) |
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| Years active | 1959–2018 |
| Title | Co-Founder of Papagena Press (1988) |
| Spouse(s) | Richard V. Goodwin (m. 1985-2018) John Christopher Schwab (m. 1964-1972) |
| Children | 1 (son) |
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| Website | katherinehoover |
Her work has received many honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts Composer's Fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in composition, and the National Flute Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, where she is remembered by as an "artist, flutist, teacher, entrepreneur, poet, and, most notably, a distinguished composer." Also, there are two works where she cowrote under the pseudonym Kathryn Scott.