Paul Niemistö
Music Department
CHM 117
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St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: 507-786-3186 // Fax: 507-786-3527
LINKS
St. Olaf Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra (30th Anniversary 2009)
Ameriikan Poijat (20th Anniversary 2010)
Vintage Band Music Festival 2006
Ingria Pilgrims : Lilly International Service Learning Project to St. Peterburg, Russia June 2005
Background
I am Paul Niemisto, Associate Professor of Music at St. Olaf. My degrees are : B.M., M.M., University of Michigan; PhD, University of Minnesota.
I am Director of the St. Olaf Norseman Band, Trombone Choir, and Tuba Euphonium Ensemble, teach low brass instruments and some classes.
In earlier years I was a member of the Scandinavia Symphony Orchestra of Detroit, Toledo (Ohio)Symphony, Flint (Michigan) Symphony, Las Palmas Opera Festival Orchestra (Spain), Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Canada). I studied bass trombone with Edward Kleinhammer of the Chicago Symphony and tuba with Abe Torchinsky at the Univertsity of Michigan. In recent years, I get around a bit as a clinician and soloist at festivals in U.S., Canada, and Scandinavia. In 1990 I founded the Ameriikan Poijat Finnish brass band, and earlier (1979) the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra. I still direct both. In Minnesota I have been bass trombonist with the Rochester Orchestra, and euphoniumist with the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band.
My current research interests, started in about 1990, are centered on historical brass bands,specifically, the brass bands of Finland's 19th Century military. These pursuits have been supported by being a Fulbright Senior Scholar and an American Scandinavian Foundation Scholar, allowing for research and travel in Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia.
I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and began my teaching and playing career in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada.
© 2007 by Paul Niemisto. Use of this material in other publications or forms is by permission only.
Research Resources:
J. F Anderst Brass Instruments