A
native of Atlanta, Georgia, holds the rank of Professor of Music
at, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, and has served that department
as an instructor, choral director, and Chair. She earned both the
Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Music Education from Andrews
University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, and the Doctor of Musical
Arts degree in composition from The University of Alabama, studying
with the late Harry Phillips.
Her
works are cited in “A Bibliography of Available Scores.”. Music
by Black Women Composers
CBRM Monographs, No. 5. 1995 by Helen Walker-Hill. Performance of
her works include Alabama Public Television, the Southern Chapter
College Music Society Conference, Women Composers Symposiums, the
Presidential Inauguration at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
(UAH), the UAH Composers Forum, Atlanta-Clark University, Fayetteville
State University and choral concerts in many parts of the United
States.
Her
vocal works are also featured in the doctoral dissertation of Dr.
Angelique Clay, University of Kentucky, 2006: INCORPORATING THE
TRADITIONS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSER WITHIN THE CONFINES
OF A WESTERN EUROPEAN-AMERICAN STRUCTURE: SELECTED SOLO VOCAL WORKS
OF EURYDICE OSTERMAN.
She
has conducted church music workshops and seminars throughout the
United States, Europe, South America, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and
Africa, and is the author of the book, What
God Says About Music.
Dr.
Osterman has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Turkey
during 2006.
Dr.
Osterman holds membership in several professional organizations
and is the recipient of numerous awards-- Outstanding Young Women
of America, Zapara Excellence in Teaching Award, Oakwood College
Outstanding Teacher Award, Phi Kappa Lambda, the Music City Song
Festival, and American Guild of Organists composition competitions,
to name a few. She is the former Dean of the Greater Huntsville
Chapter American Guild of Organists.
Eurydice
V. Osterman,
