Kent S. Burchill
Biography
Kent S. Burchill (b. 1947, Philipsburg, Penn.) is an America composer and education administrator.
Mr. Burchill was educated at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (music education), Towson University and the University of Illinois, graduating in 1983 with a master's in music education and administration.
He served as the director of music education at Niskayuna (N.Y.) Central Schools from 1983 to 2005, then was employed as a student teaching supervisor at the SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music from 2006 to 2014.
Active in New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) activities, Mr. Burchill has been a NYSSMA certified brass adjudicator and chairperson for numerous solo-ensemble and major organization festivals. He has presented clinics and workshops for NYSSMA, the Illinois Music Educators Association, the New York State School Band Directors’ Association, BOCES, Capitol Area School Development Association, Vander Cook College, and The College of Saint Rose.
Mr. Burchill was involved in active-duty and reserve military bands of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army from 1970 until his military retirement in 2007.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Away in a Manger (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Christmas Celebration (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Deck the Halls & Jingle Bells
- Permutations (Flex instrumentation)
- Three Christmas Carols
All Wind Works
- American Folk Fantasy - Brass Quintet
- Away in a Manger (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Carnival of Venice - Trumpet Quartet
- Christmas Celebration (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Deck the Halls & Jingle Bells
- Dos Bailes - Brass Quintet
- Festival Prelude - Woodwind Quintet
- Hungarian Fantasy - Brass Choir
- La Molinara - SATB Sax Quartet
- La Pachanga - Woodwind Quintet
- Lone Star Medley No. 1 - Brass Quintet
- Lone Star Medley No. 2 - Brass Quintet
- Marche Hongroise - Woodwind Quintet
- Permutations
- Permutations (Flex instrumentation)
- Prelude and Fugue No. 12 - Brass Quintet
- Rage Over a Lost Penny - Woodwind Quintet
- Rondo Alla Turca - Flute Quintet
- Rondo Alla Turca - Woodwind Quintet
- Sonata in C Major, K 545 - Clarinet Quartet
- Theme, Fuguette and Variations - Brass Quintet
- Three Christmas Carols
- Trumpeter's Prayer - Brass Choir
- Were You There - Brass Choir
Resources
- "Kent Burchill." Facebook. Web. Accessed 17 September 2020
- Kent Burchill, personal correspondence, September 2020
- "Kent S. Burchill." The Crane Symposium on Music Teacher Education. Web. Accessed 17 September 2020