Stephen Heinemann is Associate Professor of Music at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He teaches composition, music theory and clarinet and directs the new music ensemble Peoria Lunaire.  He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from San Francisco State University and his doctorate from the University of Washington. His published theoretical works have dealt with aspects of the music of Pierre Boulez and Elliott Carter and with the clarinet music of Paul Hindemith. He is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research and an editor of its journal.

 

Dr. Heinemann is a currently a clarinetist with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and alto saxophonist with the Central Illinois Jazz Orchestra and the Todd Kelly Quintet, for which he has written a number of pieces.  He has also recently performed at the jazz festivals of Vienne (France), Montreux and Brienz (Switzerland), and Umbria and Tuscany (Italy).