James Curnow (born 17 April 1943) is a composer of music for concert bands, brass bands, vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Curnow has also written arrangements of music pieces such as
Trumpet Voluntary. He has taught at both public schools and on college and university levels.
Early life and career
James Curnow was born in
Port Huron, Michigan and raised in
Royal Oak, Michigan
Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Royal Oak is about north of Detroit's city limits. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 57,236.
Royal Oak is located along t ...
, where he received his initial musical training in the public schools and The Salvation Army Instrumental Programs in these cities. He currently lives in
Nicholasville, Kentucky where he is president, composer, and educational consultant for Curnow Music Press, Inc. He also serves as Composer-in-residence (emeritus) on the faculty of
Asbury University
Asbury University is a private Christian university in Wilmore, Kentucky. Although it is a non-denominational school, the college is aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. The school offers 50-plus majors across 17 departments. In the fal ...
in
Wilmore, Kentucky
Wilmore is a home rule-class city in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,686 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the United States Census Burea ...
.
Selected compositions
*1977, ''Symphonic Triptych''
*1979, ''Collage for Band''
*1980, ''Mutanza''
*1983, ''American Triptych''
*1984, ''Symphonic Variants for Euphonium and Symphonic Band''
*1985, ''Australian Variants Suite''
*1986, ''Legend and Sundance''
*1986, ''Appalachian Mountain Folk Song Suite''
*1987, ''Rejouissance Fantasia on Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott av Martin Luther''
*1988, ''Welsh Variants''
*1992, ''Silver Celebration''
*1994, ''Lochinvar''
*''The Mortal World''
*''The Undersea World''
*''Fanfare and Flourishes''
*''Fanfare and Jubiloso''
*''Fanfare for Spartacus''
*''Fanfare Prelude "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"''
*''Four Colonial Country Dances''
*''Introduction and the Humor of Boston''
*''Lord Mayor's Delight''
*''Colonial Jig''
*''Devil's Dream''
*''Freedom Road''
*''Infinity''
*''Introduction and Capriccio (for Clarinet and Band)''
*''Ode and Epinicion''
*''Odyssey''
*''Of Courage and Patriotism''
*''Olympic Fanfare and Theme''
*''Pershing's Own''
*"Prelude on a Hymn of Praise"
*"Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band"
*''Symphonic Poem for Winds and Percussion''
*''The Eagle's Flight''
*''The Music - Makers''
*''The Old Man of the Mountain''
*''The Shepherd's Farewell''
*''The Sky World''
*''Canterbury Tales ''
*''The Spirit Soars''
*''To Bind the Nations Wounds''
*''Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew''
*''Nathan Hale Trilogy''
References
External links
Curnow Music Press Presents James Curnow
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1943 births
Living people
American male composers
21st-century American composers
People from Royal Oak, Michigan
Asbury University faculty
21st-century American male musicians