Lloyd Conley
Biography
Lloyd Edgar Conley (b. 8 March 1924, Rogers City, Mich. - 2 November 2019, Rogers City, Mich.) was an American composer and band director.
Conley played trombone in the Rogers City High School Band and the local community band. He earned degrees from Central Michigan University and Michigan State University. He played professionally while still in high school and served with the 440th U.S.A.A.F. Band during World War II.
Between 1950 and 1979, Conley taught in the Michigan towns of Harbor Springs, Greenville, and finally at Clare, where he taught for 25 years. He became associated with Kendor Music Company as an editor in 1963 and devoted full time to composing music for school groups.
His publications totaled over 600. Lloyd became a member of ASCAP in 1971 and received 14 awards from that organization. His talents also included piano tuning.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Bobsled Run (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (2021)
All Wind Works
- The 3-Minute Nutcracker (as arranger) (1891/2010)
- Alabama Jubilee (as arranger) (1915/1990)
- Avignon
- Azure Mist (1958)
- Bashana Haba 'ah (as arranger) (1971/1999)
- Blow Ye Winds
- Bobsled Run (2009)
- Bobsled Run (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Barber) (2021)
- Bashana Haba 'ah (as arranger) (1970/1995)
- Botany Bay
- Carillon (as arranger) (1995)
- Cathedral (2000)
- Coventry Carol (as arranger) (1966)
- Free Spirit March
- Fughetta (as transcriber) (1986)
- Grand Marais March
- Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus and Miserere (as arranger) (2001)
- In the Hall of the Mountain King (as arranger)
- An Irish Tribute (as arranger) (1984)
- Kitchen Koncerto
- Little Child, A (2012)
- Poland at Christmas (as arranger)
- The Sleep of the Infant (as arranger) (2009)
- Three Courtly Dances (2010)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Lloyd Conley." Accessed 22 December 2014.
- "Lloyd Conley." Beck Funeral Home. Web. Accessed 13 May 2021