Originally written for organ, Emma Lou Diemer's thoughtful and expressive Aria adapts perfectly for four-part flex band. This piece was written back in 2006 and then adapted for flexible ensemble amidst the COVID 19 Pandemic. 

 

Emma Lou played the piano and composed at a very early age and became organist in her church at age 13. Her great interest in composing music continued through College High School in Warrensburg, MO, and she majored in composition at the Yale Music School (BM, 1949; MM, 1950) and at the Eastman School of Music (Ph.D, 1960). She studied in Brussels, Belgium on a Fulbright Scholarship and spent two summers of composition study at the Berkshire Music Center.