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Clarence Barber
Biography
Clarence Barber (b. 3 March 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American composer and educator.
Mr. Barber is a graduate of Kent State University, and has taken advanced studies at Kent State and the University of Akron. He studied percussion with James R. Adkins, Michael Rosen, and Dr. Larry Snider, and composition with Walter Watson and Ralph Turek.
Barber served as assistant director of bands at the Midview Local Schools in Grafton, Ohio, from 1985 to 2006, and is currently a composer and editor with Ludwig Music Publishing Company. A member of the American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers, the Percussive Arts Society, and a “composer-friend” to the International Tuba Euphonium Association, Barber is also an adjudicator for the Ohio Music Education Association and is a member of the Music Educators National Conference. He has received seven consecutive ASCAP Awards for his music. In addition to his music for band, Barber has written music for chamber ensembles.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- An American Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2013)
- Battaglia (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1967/2021)
- Bobsled Run (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
- Revenge of the Dust Bunnies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2021)
- Two Christmas Nights (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2013)
- Variation Overture (Flex instrumntation) (as arranger) (1962/2021)
- Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1983/1991/2021)
- Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1985/2021)
All Wind Works
- An American Ballad (2004)
- An American Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2004/2013)
- Aria: Without Words (2015)
- Bath Time (2011)
- Battaglia (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1967/2021)
- Beware the Captive Yoop (2013)
- Black River Bridge (1991)
- Bobsled Run (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2021)
- Brief Digressions from a Clifton Williams Theme (1996)
- Burned Land, The (2001)
- Celebrate! (2013)
- Chorale and Folk Dance (2002)
- Christmas Collage (2004)
- In Footsteps of Legends (2012)
- Island Rhythms (2015)
- Kingdom of Shadows (2014)
- Midnight Sun (2013)
- On the Dread Coast (2015)
- Revenge of the Dust Bunnies (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2006/2021)
- Two Christmas Nights (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2008/2013)
- Valedictory (2017)
- Variation Overture (Flex instrumntation) (as arranger) (1962/2021)
- Westridge Overture (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1983/1991/2021)
- Yorkshire Ballad (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1985/2021)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Clarence Barber." Accessed 7 May 2015.