Don Bowyer

	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 sink.
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.
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  His largest unpublished composition is a 35-minute wedding mass, composed for his own wedding, for chorus and 11-piece orchestra.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 full list of compositions is here.
	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.)