Thomas Willmann
Biography
Thomas Willmann (b. 1983, Missouri) is an American music educator, conductor, composer, and trombonist.
Mr. Willmann is the visiting director of bands and music education at Texas Wesleyan University and serves as an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University. He holds a Ph.D. from Florida State University, a master's degree from the University of Colorado, and a bachelor's degree from Butler University on a performance scholarship.
Thomas has been teaching K-collegiate, band, choir, and general music since 2005 at private, charter, and public schools. He is an active clinician and guest speaker at middle and high schools in the DFW area.
The trombone is Thomas’s primary instrument, and he has been actively playing for more than 27 years. He is a guest conductor and plays first trombone with the Greater Fort Worth Community Band and was the first trombone for the Little London Winds in Colorado Springs for three years; he has been a guest musician with the Colorado State University Symphony Orchestra and with Soli Deo Gloria for Mass performances. He freelances with classical and contemporary groups.
Thomas is a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Florida Music Education Association (FMEA), Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA), Florida Bandmaster’s Association (FBA), International Society of Music Educators (ISME), College Band Director’s National Association (CBDNA), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Kappa Psi.
Works for Winds
All Wind Works
- PHLOX (2022)
- Stars at Happy Canyon (2022)
- Turquois Lady on the Llama Ranch (2022)
- until the very end (2022)
- Vasa, Reborn (2022)
- Wonderflow (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
- Fire Blossom (2022)
- Whomp! (2021) (Flex version available)
- Contrapunctus I The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c. 1745/2022)
- Gymnopédie No. 1 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1888/c. 2020)
- Rakastava (as arranger) (1888/c. 2020)
- Kairos (2021)
- Fables of Trees (2020)
- Music for Tokyo (2020/2021)
- Ursus, Lumbering (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Broken Sunlight (2019)
- Marengo Caves
- Pikes Peak Promenade
Adaptable Music
- Contrapunctus I The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c. 1745/2022)
- Wonderflow (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
- Gymnopédie No. 1 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1888/c. 2020)
- Ursus, Lumbering (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Whomp! (2021) (Flex instrumentation)
Chamber Works
- Wheels of Diocles (Percussion Quartet, Prepared Bass Drum)
- The Rise of Diocles (Percussion Quartet, Prepared Bass Drum)
- Stink Face (Trombone Quartet)
- Six of One (Trombone Quartet)
- Vigeland (Trombone Septet)
- Stop Mark (Percussion Sextet, 6 non-pitched instruments)
- L'appel du Vide (Pierrot Ensemble)
- Jump 20 (Percussion Sextet, 6 non-pitched instruments)
- The Loon (Reed Quintet)
Resources
- Thomas Willmann, personal correspondence, February 2021
- Thomas Willmann website Accessed 24 November 2020