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William Owens
Biography
William Owens (b. 22 January 1963, Gary, Indiana) is an American composer, conductor, clinician and educator.
He is a 1985 graduate of VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. A seasoned music educator, Mr. Owens is active as a composer, conductor, and clinician throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr. Owens has written nearly 200 commissioned and published works for concert band and string orchestra. His music has been programmed at prestigious venues such as the Midwest Clinic and appears on required music lists both nationally and abroad. Principal commissions include those from the California Band Director’s Association, the Chicago Public School Bureau for Cultural Arts, the South Plains college Dept. of Fine arts and the Texas University Interscholastic League.
He is a consistent winner of the ASCAP1us award and a two-time recipient of the Forrest L. Buchtel Citation for Excellence in Composition. In 2014, he was recognized by the Texas Bandmasters Association as the featured composer, and he was named distinguished alumnus by his alma mater. Professional memberships include ASCAP, the American Composers Forum and the TMEA.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
All Wind Works
- Across the Great Plains (2017)
- After the Darkness (2021)
- Albany Fanfare (2011)
- All Things So Wondrous
- Antiphon (2011)
- Battle Command
- Big Bend (2023)
- The Blue Orchid (2005)
- Blue Sky (2002)
- But Joy Comes... (2010)
- Captain Dane (2003)
- Carnegie Anthem (2012)
- Carpathia (2007)
- Carpathia (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
- Caverns of Sonora (2019)
- Chisholm
- Congolese (2017)
- Corps of Discovery (2010)
- Country Day Dances (2004)
- Courtlandt County Festival (2004)
- Credo (2012)
- Curtain Up!
- Dances Americanesque (2008)
- Declaration and Dance (2010)
- Destined to Fly (2018)
- Egyptique (2010)
- The Eighth Day (2022)
- El Pato Loco (2010)
- El Vaquero! (2017)
- Every Day New (2018)
- Excelsior! (2008)
- Exhaltations! (2006)
- Fandango Caliente (2017)
- Fantasia on "Adeste Fidelis" (as arranger) (2007)
- Festive Proclamation (2015)
- Flourishes! (2019)
- Flourishes! (Flex instrumentation) (2019/2021)
- Great Wall (2016)
- Hark! (A Holiday Celebration) (As arranger)
- Heavenwards (2015)
- Heroes Triumphant (2012)
- Hopak! (2014)
- In Autumn (2009)
- In Joyful Celebration (2003)
- Ironclads (The Monitor and the Merrimack) (2012)
- Journey of the Bonfire (2017)
- Jupiter (as arranger) (1916/2006)
- Kamehameha (2006)
- Kitty Hawk, 1903 (2010)
- Krakatoa (2008)
- Maesong (2004)
- Mars (as arranger) (1916/2009)
- The Mighty 97th (2008)
- New Horizons March (2016)
- Of Gentle Spirit
- Paintings (2011)
- Paradise Awaiting... (2017)
- Quicksilver (2018)
- Resplendence (2017)
- Silversides (2021)
- The Southern Dawn (1998/2002)
- Spit-Fire (2013)
- Summit Fanfare (2008)
- The Tahoka Galop (2004)
- Tangelridge (2009)
- Tambora! (2013)
- Tambora! (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Terracotta (2009)
- Three Scottish Vistas (2007)
- To Her Majesty's Delight (2020)
- Tudor Sketches (2013)
- Tundra (2018)
- Wedgwood March (2002)
- The Wings of Mercury
- With Valor and Brave Heart (2011)
- The World's Greatest Show! (2022)
- Yonaguska (2016)
- Zia (2014)
Resources
- The Horizon Leans Forward…, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 439.