Paul Lavender

Paul Lavender

Biography

Paul Lavender is an American composer, music businessman and arranger.

Lavender studied music theory and composition at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, where he obtained both his Bachelor of Music, 1973, and Master of Music degrees. At this institute he also taught music theory, sight singing and ear training. During this period, he also started his first arrangements for the Central Michigan University Marching Band, then led by Norman Dietz and Jack Saunders. In 1980 he became an arranger and collaborator at the music publishing house Jenson Publications, and in 1989 he joined the music publishing house Hal Leonard Corporation in the same position. He is currently [2021] vice president of instrumental publications.

In addition to numerous adaptations of classical music for wind orchestras, he also wrote his own compositions for this orchestral form, as well as chamber music and pedagogical works.

Works for Winds

Adaptable Music

• The Hey Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1972/2007)
• Mission: Impossible Theme (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1966/2006)
• Music from "Beauty and the Beast" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1991/2017)
• Raiders March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1981/2017)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2001/2006)

All Wind Works

• The Adventures of Han (arr. Lavender) (2018)
• The Adventures of Mutt (as arranger) (2008)
• Adventures on Earth (as transcriber) (1982/2007)
• America ... The Dream Goes On (as arranger, with Higgins) (1982/1985/1989)
• American Journey (Williams) (as arranger) (1999/2012)
• The Asteroid Field (as transcriber, with Nowlin) (1980/)
• Baroque Hoedown (as arranger) (1967/1991)
• Christmas Parade Sequence (as arranger)
• Colors of the Wind (as arranger) (1995)
• Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (as arranger) (1988/2016)
• Dance of the Witches (as arranger) (1987)
• Excerpts from "Far and Away" (as arranger) (1992/1996)
• Fanfare from E.T. The Extraterrestrial (as arranger) (1982)
• Flight to Neverland (as arranger) (1991/2016)
• Harry's Wondrous World (as arranger) (2006)
• Helena's Theme (as transcriber) (2022)
• The Hey Song (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1972/2007)
• Highlights from "Return of the Jedi" (as orchestrator) (1983)
• Hobbits Dance and Hymn (as arranger) (1987/2006)
• Holiday Favorites (as arranger)
• Home Alone 2, Lost in New York (as arranger)
• Home Alone Christmas, A (as arranger) (1990/2006
• A Hymn to New England (as arranger)
• Hymn to the Fallen (as arranger) (1998)
• Jedi Steps and Finale (as arranger) (2015)
• John Williams: The Symphonic Marches (as orchestrator; arr. Higgins) (1984)
• Joy to the World (as arranger) (1971/1984)
• Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights (as arranger) (1993)
• Latin Gold! (as arranger)
• Liberty Fanfare (as arranger) (1986/)
• The Lord of the Rings (as arranger) (1987/2001)
• Machine (from Symphony No. 5) (as arranger)
• March from "1941", The (as arranger)
• March of the Resistance (as arranger) (2015)
• Midway March (as arranger) (1976/2010)
• Mission: Impossible Theme (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1966/2006)
• The Mission Theme (as arranger) (1987)
• Music from "Beauty and the Beast" (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1991/2017)
• Nutcracker Suite (as arranger) (1891/1999)
• Overture from "Beauty and the Beast" (as arranger)
• The Patriot (as arranger) (2015)
• Pictures at an Exhibition (as transcriber) (1874/2011)
• The Polar Express (as arranger) (2004)
• Princess Leia's Theme (as transcriber, with Nowlin) (1977/)
• Prologue (as arranger) (1992/1994)
• Raiders March (as transcriber) (1981/2004)
• Raiders March (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1981/2017)
• Rattlesnake! (2005)
• Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves: Symphonic Suite (as arranger) (1991)
• Salute to America's Finest (as arranger)
• Scherzo for X-Wings (as arranger) (2016)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2001/2006)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Closing Credits) (as arranger) (2016)
• Suite from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (as arranger) (2015/2016)
• Summon the Heroes (as arranger) (1996)
• Superman March (as arranger) (1978/2008)
• Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" (as transcriber) (1967/2008)
• Symphonic Dances Op 45 No 3 (as arranger) (1940/2015)
• Symphonic Suite from "Far and Away" (as arranger) (1992/2013)
• Theme from "JFK" (as arranger) (1991)
• Three Dance Episodes from "On The Town" (as arranger) (1944/2016)
• Throne Room and Finale (as transcriber, with Nowlin) (1977/)
• Tribute to Film Composers (as arranger)
• Trumpet Concerto (as arranger) (1996/2016)
• Tuba Concerto (as arranger) (1985/2013)
• Viktor's Tale (as arranger) (2004/2008)
• With Malice Toward None (as arranger) (2012/2015)

Resources

• Paul Lavender, Wikipedia Accessed 11 July 2020