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 University of Colorado, and bachelor's degree from Butler University on a performance scholarship.
Thomas has been teaching K-collegiate, band, choir, and general music for the past 18 years at private, charter, and public schools.
Trombone is Thomas’s primary instrument, and he has been actively playing for more than 27 years. He 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
Adaptable Music
- Contrapunctus I The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger)(c. 1740/2022)
- Wonderflow (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
- Gymnopédie No. 1 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1888/c. 2020)
- Ursus, Lumbering (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Broken Sunlight (2019)
- Contrapunctus I The Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger)(c. 1740/2022)
- Fables of Trees (2020)
- Fire Blossom (2022)
- Gymnopédie No. 1 (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1888/c. 2020)
- Jump 20
- Kairos (2021)
- L'appel du Vide
- The Loon
- Marengo Caves
- Music for Tokyo (2020/2021)
- PHLOX (2022)
- Pikes Peak Promenade
- Rakastava (as arranger) (1888/c. 2020)
- The Rise of Diocles
- Six of One
- Stars at Happy Canyon (2022)
- Stink Face
- Stop Mark
- Stop Mark )
- Turquois Lady on the Llama Ranch (2022)
- until the very end (2022)
- Ursus, Lumbering (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Vasa, Reborn (2022)
- Vigeland
- Wheels of Diocles
- Whomp! (2021)
- Wonderflow (Flex instrumentation) (2022)
Resources
- Thomas Willmann, personal correspondence, February 2021
- Thomas Willmann website Accessed 24 November 2020