Don Bowyer

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 50 pieces of music.  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.

Bowyer and his wife are also certified foster parents, having provided a home to twelve foster children over the past five years.

More information:

• Composition

• Performance

• Music Technology

Listen to Don Bowyer's Composition
Recital from October 17, 2008:

Program:

Concerto for Bass Clarinet  (July 2008 - World Premiere)

I Adagio/Allegro
II Adagio
III Allegro

David Sampson, bass clarinet
Ad Hoc Chamber Strings - Dr. C. David Ragsdale, conductor

Silly Rhymes  (September 2008 - World Premiere)

I Merle the Squirrel
II Tony the Pony
III A Monkey in the Zoo (Cheryl Rose, soloist)
IV Donna the Iguana
V Claire the Bear
VI Laura Bell, the Gazelle

UAH Chamber Choir - Dr. Erin Colwitz, conductor

Neo Trio  (June 2007)

I Lento
II Allegro
III Moderato

Lisa Schneider, oboe
Mary Balch, saxophone
Ron Roberts, piano

The Road Not Taken  (July 2008 - World Premiere)

Text by Robert Frost (1915)

Karen Young, soprano
Don Bowyer, trombone

Five Preludes  (December 2007)

I Play-lude
II Pray-lude
III Pre-lewd
IV Prelude Solitude
V Pre-ludicrous

In-Sook Park, piano

Multiple Vision  (October 2008 - World Premiere)

I Rubato
II Vivace
III Rubato
IV Presto

Don Bowyer, trombone, piano, conga drum