John Prescott
Biography
John Prescott (b. 1959) is an American composer and educator.
Dr. Prescott holds degrees from Florida State University and the University of Kansas where he studied composition with John Pozdro, Edward Mattila, and James Barnes. An award-winning member of ASCAP, Dr. Prescott composes music for band, orchestra, chorus, chamber ensemble, and multi-media venues, and much of his music is published and distributed world-wide. He has been on the faculty at Missouri State University (Springfield) since 1986.
Several of his students have also experienced success as composers, having won competitions sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association, BMI, the American College Theatre Festival, and the Broadcast Education Association International Student Video Festival.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- The Legend of Greensleeves (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2020)
All Wind Works
- Alien Marching Machine (2016)
- The Aliens' Revenge (2019)
- Aliens Landing (In Your Back Yard) (2008)
- The Aliens Return (2020)
- American Hymn Tune Sketches (2007)
- Ancient Apparitions (2019)
- Ancient Hymn Tune Variants (2014)
- Boats Against the Current (2020)
- Book of Secrets (2020)
- Bright Shining as the Sun (2013)
- By Virtue of the Skies (2016)
- Chinese Dragon Dance (2010)
- Christmas on the Town Square (2010)
- Circles of Light (2009)
- Close Encounter at Loch Ness (2013)
- Cresting Calloway Peak (2005)
- Dreams of Flight (2010)
- East of the Sun (2005)
- Echoes of the Morning Trumpet (2016)
- Flight of the Vampire (2011)
- The Garden of Magical Sounds (2018)
- The Ghost Lights of Newton County (2016)
- Haunted House (2009)
- The Headless Horseman (2014)
- Heroes and Quests (2020)
- Highlander Fanfare (2005)
- Impulse From a Vernal Wood (1995)
- Infinity Fanfare (2019)
- Jammin' Old St. Nicholas (as arranger) (2017)
- Kickstart (2021)
- Leaves That Descend to No Drum (1993/2020)
- The Legend of Greensleeves (2011)
- The Legend of Greensleeves (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2020)
- Monster at the Drive-Thru Window (2018)
- Nova Stella (2017)
- Phoenix and Dragon (2011)
- Poltergeist (2011)
- Portals of Time (2016)
- Prelude and Dance (2019)
- Prelude and Toccata (2019)
- Secrets of Area 51 (2017)
- The Soaring Falcon (2011)
- Table Rock Festival (2020)
- Time Circles (2015)
- To the Colors (2018)
- Triumphant Celebration (2013)
- The Troll Bridge (2015)
- Tropes: Variants on an Ancient Kyrie (2015)
- Turbocharge (2021)
- A Vision Through the Pines (2001)
- Wide Horizon (2008)
- Wide Missouri (2019)
- Winterfest (2008)
- Zombies Knocking On Your Door (2013)
Resources
- John Prescott, Missouri State University
- John Prescott Music Accessed 3 October 2021
- John Prescott website Accessed 1 December 2019