Don Bowyer
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Don Bowyer is Chair of the
Department of Music at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he teaches
Jazz and
Music
Technology. Having received the Doctor of Arts in Trombone
Performance and Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado,
Bowyer has taught at every level from kindergarten through university in
the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Sweden. Active as a
composer, Bowyer is published by
Walrus Music
Publishing,
UNC Jazz Press, TAP Music Sales,
and Cimarron Music & Productions.
With a strong interest in computer-assisted instruction in music, he is
the creator of Dolphin
Don's Music School, an educational computer game that teaches
music reading and ear training for children. As a trombonist, Bowyer has
performed in more than 40 countries on five continents, including eleven
cruise ships in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the Gulf of
Alaska. The first ten didn't
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Music Technology
Bowyer's interests in music technology are focused on the field of
computer-assisted instruction in music, with a particular interest in
Internet delivery. He has given technology presentations at national
and international conferences of the College Music Society, the Association for
Technology in Music Instruction, the Technology Institute for Music Educators,
the International Association of Jazz Educators, and the ToolBook Users
Conference. He is the creator of
Dolphin Don's Music School,
an educational computer game that teaches music reading and ear training for
children.
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Composition
Active as a composer,
Bowyer has 37 compositions and arrangements
published by Walrus Music Publishing,
UNC Jazz Press, TAP Music Sales, and
Cimarron Music Press. He has recorded a big band jazz CD,
Itchin' In The Kitchen,
with nine original compositions and two arrangements. His largest
unpublished composition is a 35-minute
wedding mass,
composed for his own wedding, for chorus and 11-piece orchestra. A
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Performance
As a trombonist, Bowyer has performed in more than 40 countries on five continents,
having worked as a bandleader, a soloist, and an orchestra member with artists including Dave Brubeck, Betty Carter, Charo, the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, Phyllis Diller, the Fifth Dimension, the Four Freshmen, Jack Jones, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Al Martino, Bobby McFerrin, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, James Moody, Tommy Newsome, the Platters, Mavis Rivers, the Spinners, Fred Travalena, and the West Virginia Chorale.
He also spent five years playing trombone on eleven cruise ships in the
Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska. The first ten
didn't sink.
(See this link for an
account of the eleventh.) |
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