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Bowlby, Timothy J. (b. December 23, 1958, Wolfville, Nova Scotia). Canadian composer, now resident in the USA, of mostly chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in North America and elsewhere; he is also active as a scholar.

Mr. Bowlby studied composition with Owen Stephens at Acadia University in Wolfville from 1981–84, where he earned his BA in music. He then studied composition with William Brooks, Morgan Powell and Paul Martin Zonn at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1984–98 and there earned MMus degrees in composition and music theory and musicology, as well as his DMA in composition and music theory with the thesis Webern's Strongest Readers.

His music has been performed in Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA.

As a scholar, he has written essays on Johann Sebastian Bach and Dmitry Shostakovich, René Leibowitz, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, and Anton Webern for ex tempore and other publications.

Mr. Bowlby is also active in other positions. He has been active as a performer of solo choral and vocal music from all periods of musical history since the mid-1980s and has worked with the Halifax Chamber Choir, Kenny Rogers, the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, Toby Twining, and the University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Singers and Graduate Chorale, among other ensembles and soloists. He has served as a bass section leader, rehearsal conductor and soloist of the Chancel Choir of the Union Church of Hinsdale since 2004 and of the Lewis University Choir since 2006.

He worked as online composer-in-residence for the NETCOMM Telementoring Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2002–04 and as a composition mentor for the Vermont MIDI Project from 2002–05. He taught music appreciation and music theory at Columbia College in Chicago in 2004 and composition and solfège at St. Xavier University from 2004–06. He has taught music theory and solfège at Lewis University since 2004, where he also designed and taught a new course for film-studies minors in 2008.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: bowlbyti@lewisu.edu

Street address (university): Mr. Timothy J. Bowlby, Dept. of Music, Lewis University, 1 University Pkwy., Romeoville, IL 60446, USA

Telephone (university): 630 967 4386

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE: Only, emotion's a way... (dance music, choreography by Jodi Youmans), clarinet, B-flat trumpet, double bass, vibraphone, 1990

ORCHESTRAL: Shadow Studies, small orchestra, 1995

CHAMBER MUSIC: Chorale Prelude in D minor (with accompaniment figures from Johann Sebastian Bach), clarinet, bass clarinet/bassoon, French horn, trumpet, c. 1982; Three Different Winds, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1983; Toast 'n' Jam, alto saxophone, bass guitar, synthesizer/Hammond organ/electronic keyboard, drumkit, percussion, c. 1983–84; Fugue in B minor, string quartet, 1984; Septet, flute, clarinet, French horn, tuba, violin, cello, vibraphone, 1987; Duo in C, trumpet, piano, 1989; Cross'd, soprano saxophone, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 1989; None(xemp)t, any 8 diverse instruments/voices, piano, 1990; Five Canons, violin, cello, 1990; 4: by 2, string quartet, 1990; Waltz in G major, clarinet, 4 French horns, violin, double bass, c. 1990; According to Hoyle, flute, 1991; E.D.G.E., tuba, 1991; Music for Solo Violin, 1991; Another Season's Promised, viola, piano, 1991; Aftermaths (Reflections on Shelley's 'Ozymandias'), trumpet, 1991; Chime Tune No. 1 in D major, handbells, c. 1991; Trio in C major, 3 flutes, c. 1991 (version of organ work); 4 Tr. R.'s (for T.R.R.'s), flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, percussion, 1992; A View of You, flute (+ piccolo), trumpet, 1992; Homonyms, cello, 1992; Elegy, baritone saxophone, 1992; Bluenosed, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1992; True North, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1992; Eventual Memories, flute, guitar, 1992; Just One More, oboe, 1992; In Probabilities, bass clarinet, 1993, revised 1995; Circumstances, alto flute, harp, 1993; Persuasions, viola, 1993; Concentricities, tuba, piano, percussion, 1994; Meditation: Upon Olde Coynes, 4 saxophones, 1994; Canzona: Aequaleities, 2 alto trombones, 8 trombones, 2 bass trombones, 1994; Fugue in E minor, 2 clarinets, French horn, tuba, c. 1994; Permutations of a Theme by Johannes Brahms, flute, piano, 1995; Soliloquy: Grey Matters, bassoon, 1995; Quartetto profundo, 4 double basses, 1995; Passacaglia in C, 2 violins, handbells, c. 1995; Polacca, vibraphone, 1996; Not Just North, flute, violin, 1996; for There, a Rose Patterns, trumpet, tenor trombone, violin, double bass, vibraphone, 1996; Duo Concitato, bass trombone, timpani, 1997; String Quartet No. 3, 1997; Sentence and Doubles, double bass, vibraphone, 1997; Given to Younger Angels, 2 harps, 1997; Imprints, piccolo (+ flute), flute (+ alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), piano, percussion, 1998; Sonatina, trumpet, tuba, 1998; TEAR (...of Two Minds), alto saxophone, timpani, vibraphone, 1998; Preliminaries, trombone, 1998; In Memoriam Harry Somers, flute, 1999; Rondo, 2 clarinets, 1999; Trio, violin, cello, piano, 1999; Seconds and Endings, flute, oboe, 2000; Anterior Landscapes, oboe, bassoon, piano, 2000; Ghosts in the Early Frost, flute, violin, double bass, vibraphone, 2000; Rondo Capriccioso, alto saxophone, piano, 2000–01 (also version for A-clarinet, piano, 2000–01); Traces for Solo Horn, French horn, 2001; Cross Purposes, double bass (with scordatura), 2001 (also version for cello [with scordatura], 2001); Saltarello, oboe, violin, cello, accordion, 2001; A Joyful Noise, handbells, 2001; Beware the People Weeping, 10 B-flat trumpets, 2001; Trio in F minor, flute, oboe, organ, 2001; Sonata in Three Movements, trombone, piano, 2002; Trio for Trumpet, Trombone and Piano, 2002; Elegy, viola, cello, 2002; Dream Sequence Tango, euphonium, violin, accordion, 2002; Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano, 2003; Trio for Oboe, Bass Clarinet and Vibraphone, 2003; Impressions for Solo Flute, 2004; Lyric Duo for Trumpet and Piano, 2004; Sonata in Five Movements, bass clarinet, piano, 2004; Sonatina for Flute and Harp, 2006; Mined Sets, flute, clarinet, piano, 2009; Toccata for Unaccompanied Marimba, 2009; Beguine in C, flute, saxophone, double bass, Hammond organ; Chorale Tune in G major, 2 clarinets, French horn, tuba; Elaborate in Latin, trumpet, guitar, double bass, Hammond organ, percussion; Fanfare in G, 5 B-flat trumpets; Fugue in D major, flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello; Habanera in G minor, clarinet, 4 trumpets, bass guitar (also version for guitar, 2 violins, double bass, accordion/bandoneón); Minuet in A major, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello; Trio in A minor, 2 violins, cello; Champagne Flutes, 4 piccolos, 4 flutes, 2 alto flutes, 2 bass flutes, double bass; Canonic Variations on the Spiritual 'Go Tell it on the Mountain', flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon

CHORAL: Two Elizabethan Lyrics (texts by Robert Herrick, an anonymous source), 12/16 mixed voices, piano, 2 percussion, 1987; Stillborn Silence! (text by Richard Flecknoe), 8 mixed voices, 1994; Three Choral Introits on Psalm Fragments (texts from Psalms 96–97, 57), 4 mixed voices, 1998; Behold, How Good and How Pleasant it Is (text from Psalm 133), 4 mixed voices, 1999; Praise His Name! Sing Alleluia! (text by the composer), children's chorus, piano, 2000; A Pilgrim's Cantata (text by John Bunyan, arranged by the composer), alto, tenor, mixed chorus, French horn, piano, 1999–2004; With Silent Lips (texts by Emily Dickinson, Emma Lazarus), mixed chorus, small orchestra (clarinet, French horn, piano, violins, violas, celli), 2005; Two Sacred Settings (text by Rowland Watkyns), mixed chorus, 2008; Psalm XXIII, mixed chorus, trumpet, bass guitar, piano, 2008; Hymn and Descant Variations: 'Abide with Me', mixed chorus, violin

VOCAL: Three Shakespearean Sonnets, mezzo-soprano, violin, 1989; Four Songs on Poems by Thomas Hardy, mezzo-soprano, violin, viola, double bass, piano, 1990; Two Songs of Experience (text by William Blake), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1991; Two Songs on Texts by Robert Herrick, mezzo-soprano, piano, 1992; Two Songs on Poems by A.E. Housman, soprano, bassoon, piano, 1992; Out of an Old Poet (texts, translations by Barnabe Googe), soprano, piccolo (+ flute, alto flute), piano, 1993; The Africa We Knew (texts by Claude MacKay, William Plomer), soprano, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trumpet, piano, percussion, 1994; Three Songs of Shattering (text by Edna St. Vincent Millay), soprano, oboe, piano, 1994; Dickinson Song Set (text by Emily Dickinson), soprano, oboe, piano, 1994; Two Songs on Texts by Charles Tennyson Turner, soprano, A-clarinet, vibraphone, 1994; Three Songs on Sacred Texts (text by George Herbert), mezzo-soprano, viola, piano, 1996; Two Songs on Texts by A.E. Housman, mezzo-soprano, piano, 1997; Four Songs on Texts by Richard Crashaw, mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar, double bass, percussion, 1998; Three Songs on Shakespeare Texts, soprano, flute, French horn, cello, vibraphone, 1999; To Music Bent is my Retirèd Mind (text by Thomas Campion), baritone, piano, 1999; The Heavens Reward Thee Manifold (text by Anne Bradstreet), soprano, baritone, piano, 1999; The Cuckoo of a Worse July (text by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Freshwater), soprano, French horn, double bass, vibraphone, 2000; Two Imaginary Sonnets (text by Eugene Lee Hamilton), soprano, clarinet, piano, 2001; As the Wounded Hart, Embost (text by Francis Quarles), soprano, oboe, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), French horn, cello, piano, 2001; Three Songs on Texts by Charles Tennyson-Turner, soprano/tenor, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, vibraphone, 2002; A Lyre with Other Strings (text by William Cowper), soprano/tenor, 2007; Octaves of a Mystic Depth and Height (text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning), soprano, flute, bass clarinet, violin, double bass, vibraphone, 2007

PIANO: Invention in A major, 1983; 3 4 88, 2 pianos, 1989; Tested Metals, 1991; In Her Moods, 1992; Étude in C major, c. 1992; In, Sigh'd and Out, 2 pianos, 1994; Variations, c. 1990–95; Faust Sonata (Laffen und Pfaffen), 1995; Theme and Three Variations, c. 1997

ORGAN: Trio in C major, c. 1991–93 (also version for 3 flutes); Chorale Prelude in D minor, c. 1990–95; Three Movements, c. 1990–95; Vicissitudes, 1996

ARRANGEMENTS: Minuett und Trio in G-moll, K 516 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), handbells, c. 2003; Away in a Manger, oboe, handbells, c. 1997–2004; How Long, O Lord? (E.H. Thiman), handbells, c. 1997–2004; Musette II (Johann Sebastian Bach), handbells, c. 1997–2004; When in Our Music God is Glorified (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford), mixed chorus; Nearer, My God, to Thee (Lowell Mason), violin

(Last updated on July 31, 2009)