Lembit Beecher is a composer (and occasional pianist, concertinist, and animator). He spent three years as composer-in-residence of Opera Philadelphia and three years as the composer-in-residence of the Saint Paul Chamber orchestra. Much of his work since then has focused on creating intimate and theatrical pieces, often with interdisciplinary or collaborative elements. He worked on a number of chamber music projects in addition to an opera, Sky on Swings, about the relationship of two women with Alzheimer’s disease.
Discipline:
Music Composition
Lembit Beecher
Discipline:
Music Composition
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell fellowships: 2015
More:
www.lembitbeecher.com
Studios
Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)
Lembit Beecher worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.
Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, this was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and flanking…