Short Bio:
Don Bowyer is Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he teaches Jazz and Music Technology. With a Doctor of Arts 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 has published more than 60 pieces of music. With an active 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.
Bowyer and his wife are also certified foster parents, having provided a home to eighteen foster children since 2003.
