Jay Bocook

Biography

Jay Bocook (b. 1953, Clearwater, Fla.) is a composer, conductor, arranger and educator.

Bocook is the director of athletic bands at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Furman University in 1975, and went on to receive a Master of Music degree from University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly Northeast Louisiana University).

Mr. Bocook began his composing and arranging career in graduate school, and began to write for Jenson Publications while serving as the band director at a small but well-known high school in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, leading them to become the South Carolina AAA state marching band champions in 1978. He served as the director of bands at Furman University from 1982 until 1989, where he continued his rise to fame as an arranger. His arrangements were featured at the 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2002 Olympic Games. He writes for a wide range of ensembles, from elementary bands to the United States Marine Band. He was recently inducted in the ABA (American Bandmasters Association), and in 2009 was inducted into the DCI (Drum Corps International) Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the South Carolina Band Directors Association (SCBDA) Hall of Fame.

In addition to serving as Furman's director of athletic bands, Mr. Bocook works as a staff composer/arranger for Hal Leonard. He is also the chief arranger for the ten-time DCI World Champion drum corps, the Cadets, and the eight-time DCA World Champion drum corps Reading Buccaneers. Mr. Bocook also conducts and composes for the Carolina Pops Orchestra.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

Aztec Fire (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
Gap Creek (Flex instrumentation) (2000)
The Liberty Bell (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1893/2011)
Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (as arranger) (1899/2011)
The North Face (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2021)
Shackelford Banks (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1889/2010)

All Wind Works

76 Trombones (arr. Anderson; as adapter) (1997)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (as arranger) (1967/2004)
America's Finest (1991)
As All the Heavens Were a Bell (2002)
At Dawn They Slept (2010)
Avatar Soundtrack Highlights (as arranger) (2009/2010)
Aztec Fire (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
Battle Cry of Freedom, The (as arranger) (1862/2001)
The Beatles: Love (as arranger) (2008)
Beauty and the Beast (as arranger) (1992/2017)
The Blues Brothers Revue (as arranger) (2004)
Bolero (as arranger) (1928/2003)
Boy's Dream, A (2007)
The British Are Coming! (as arranger) (2006)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (as arranger) (1994)
Carnival of the Animals, The (as arranger) (1886/2006)
Catch Me If You Can (as arranger) (2011)
Chariots of Fire (as arranger) (1983)
Concert Suite from "Dances with Wolves" (as arranger) (1991)
The Cowboys (as arranger) (Grade III) (1972)
The Cowboys (as arranger) (Grade V) (1972/2007)
Crown Imperial (as arranger) (1937/1998)
Danse Bacchanale (as arranger) (1877/2004)
Danzón (as arranger) (1944/1990)
Dartmoor, 1912 (as arranger) (2011)
Defying Gravity (as arranger) (2003/2010)
Dies Irae (as arranger) (1874/1998)
Down in the River (2017)
Dream On (as arranger) (1973/2011)
Fanfare and Hymn of Brotherhood (1982/2004)
Fanfare and Hymn: A Mighty Fortress (as arranger) (1529/1991)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (as arranger) (1910/2006)
Film Score Classics (as arranger) (1990)
Firebird Excerpts (as arranger) (1910/1995)
Freedom (as arranger) (2000/2002)
Game of Thrones (as arranger) (2018)
Gap Creek (Flex instrumentation) (2000)
Glee Showstoppers (as arranger) (2010)
Gloriana (2015)
Go the Distance (as arranger) (1997)
Granada (as arranger) (1932/1998)
Head Rush (2015)
Hey Jude (as arranger) (1968/1992)
Highlights from "Dreamgirls" (as arranger) (1981/2006/2007)
Hooray for Hollywood (as transcriber; arr. Williams)
Hunger Games (as arranger) (2012)
Into the Light (1996)
The Invincible Eagle (as arranger) (1901/2004)
Jekyll & Hyde (as arranger) (c. 1990/1998)
Jingle Bells - Jolly Old St Nick (as arranger) (1857/2002)
John Williams Swings (as arranger) (2011)
Juba Dance (as arranger) (1932/2022)
Kirkpatrick's Muse (2017)
Legacy of Honor (2013)
The Liberty Bell (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1893/2011)
Liberty Fanfare (as arranger) (1986/2010)
Lincoln (as arranger) (2013)
Liquid (2019)
Little Mermaid, The (as arranger) (1990)
Lost Mountain (2008)
Mars (as arranger) (1916/1998)
Maverick (2020)
Miss Saigon Selections (as arranger)
Music from "Mission: Impossible" (as arranger) (1996)
Music from "The Incredibles" (as arranger) (2004/2006)
Nessun Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2003)
Nimrod (Flex Instrumentation) (as arranger) (1899/2011)
The North Face (Flex instrumentation) (1999/2021)
O Waly, Waly (2011)
Olympic Spirit, The (as transcriber) (1988/1996)
Out of Sea and the Shark Cage Fugue (as arranger) (1975/2011)
Out of This World (as arranger) (1999)
Pearl Harbor Soundtrack Highlights (as arranger) (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (as arranger) (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (as arranger) (2007)
Prince of Egypt, The (as arranger, with Zimmer) (1998/1999)
Procession of the Nobles (as arranger) (1870/1992/2006)
Queen in Concert
The Rebellion Is Reborn (as arranger) (2017)
Ritual Fire Dance (as arranger) (2001)
Robin Hood (as arranger) (1991)
Roll Tide (as arranger)
Russian Easter Overture (as arranger) (1888/2000)
Sacred Harp (2013)
Scheherazade (as transcriber) (1888/2006)
Scherzo from "Symphony No. 9" (as arranger) (1824/2004)
Selections from "Moana" (as arranger) (2016/2017)
Selections from "Wicked" (as arranger) (2004)
Shackelford Banks (2003)
Shackelford Banks (Flex instrumentation) (2003)
Skyfall (as arranger) (2012/2013)
Somewhere from "West Side Story" (as arranger)
Soundtrack Highlights from Les Misérables (as arranger) (1980/2013)
Star Trek: The Inner Light (as arranger) (1995)
Sweet Georgia Brown (arr. Bocook) (1925)
Symphonic Suite from "Jurassic World" (as arranger) (2015/2017)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (as arranger) (1954/2011)
Symphonic Suite from "Star Trek" (as arranger) (2009)
Symphonic Suite from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (arr Bocook) (as arranger) (2016)
Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (as transcriber) (1937/2005)
Theme from "Blazing Saddles" (as arranger) (1983)
Thriller (as arranger) (1982/2009)
The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1889/2010)
Titan Spirit (as arranger) (2000/2009)
Trooper Salute (as arranger with Reese) (2015)
Uptown Funk! (as arranger) (2014)
Vallum Hadriani (2022)
Vaquero (as arranger) (1967)
Viper (2010)
The Washington Post (as arranger) (1889/2010)
West Side Story: Medley (as arranger) (1957/1991)
Who's That Masked Man? (as arranger) (2007)
Young Person's Guide to John Williams (as arranger) (1991)

Resources

Jay Bocook, Furman University Accessed 7 September 2018
Jay Bocook, Wikipedia Accessed 7 September 2018