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Howard Quilling
5+ albums
2jumagammarecus-contemporary
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Howard Quilling (b. 1935 - d. February 26, 2016) was born in Enid, Oklahoma and grew up in Napa CA. He received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from the University of Southern California and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He studied music composition with Ingolf Dahl, Robert Linn, David Raksin, Ernst Kanitz, Emma Lou Diemer, Edward Applebaum, and Peter Racine Fricker. In 1971 Quilling accepted a position at Bakersfield College to teach music theory and composition. In 1981 he was appointed Composer in Residence. Quilling retired from Bakersfield College in 1996, although he still taught part time until 2002. In 1988 he established the New Directions Concert Series under the auspices of the Bakersfield Symphony. The Bakersfield Symphony has premiered two of his overtures: Mountain Streams in 1996 and From Quiet Beginnings , commissioned by the Symphony for the Centennial Celebration of the City of Bakersfield in 1998. In 2000 From Quiet Beginnings was recorded by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra for the MMC label. He has received a number of other commissions and awards and has works published by, Fred Bock Music Company, North/South Editions, Small Rose Printing, and Howard Quilling Editions. Recordings of his music are on the Vienna Modern Masters label and on the North/South label. Max Lifchitz, director of North/South Consonance, has premiered five of Howard's compositions and has given over 20 performances of his works. For th
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Suite for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra: I. Prelude
32Sonata II for Violin and Piano "Shapiro": II. —
33Piano Sonata No. 3 (1975)
24Piano Sonata No. 2
25Diversion
26Sonata II for Violin and Piano "Shapiro": I. —
27Remembrance: I. Slow, Tentative - Slightly Faster
28Remembrance: II. Scherzo - Allegro
29Remembrance: III. Slow and Intense
210Suite for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra: II. Pastorale
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