James Curnow

From Wind Repertory Project

Biography

James Curnow (born 1943 in Port Huron, Michigan) is an American composer. Curnow received his first musical instruction in the public schools of Michigan and The Salvation Army Instrumental Programs. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Wayne State University and a Master of Music from Michigan State University, where he studied conducting with Harry Begian and euphonium with Leonard Falcone. Curnow studied composition with F. Maxwell Wood, James Gibb, Jere Hutchinson, and Irwin Fischer. Currently he resides in Kentucky, and is the owner of Curnow Music Press, Inc. He also serves as Composer-in-Residence Emeritus for Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Works for Winds

• Fantasia di Falcone
• Freedom Road
• Moment in Time, A
• Mutanza
• Praetorius Variations
• Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band
• Symphonic Triptych
• Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Band
• Winds of Change

References

• Camphouse, Mark (ed.) (2004). Composers on composing for band, volume two. Chicago, IL: Gia Publications.