Howard L. Quilling

Howard L. Quilling
Howard L. Quilling
Born	Howard Lee Quilling; December 16, 1935
Died	February 26, 2016 (aged 80); Bakersfield, California, US
Occupations	Composer and music teacher

Howard Lee Quilling (December 16, 1935 – February 26, 2016) was an American composer and music teacher.

Life

Quilling completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and at California State University. His professors included composers like Ingolf Dahl. While attending the University of Southern California, he met his wife, Joyce Quilling. In 1984, he graduated with his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

In 1971, Quilling became a lecturer at California State University in Bakersfield. He retired in 1996 with the rank of professor.

As a composer, Quilling wrote over 250 pieces of music across multiple genres.

Quilling died on February 26, 2016, aged 80, in Bakersfield, California.

1958 · Two songs of Rupert Brooke, for voice and piano.
1967 · That holy thing, for voice and accordion.
1980 · What will you do on Tuesday, love?, for voice and piano.
1987 · Two love songs, for soprano, flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and double bass.
1993 · The Earth Remembers, vocal cycle for soprano, mixed choir and piano (or orchestra).
1. The Earth Remembers.
2. Prayer for the Departed Flower Woman.
3. Western October.
4. Afterglow.
Equepoise, for voice and piano.
Remembrance, for soprano and orchestra.
September Love, for soprano, clarinet, and piano.

1974 · Trio, for violin, cello, and piano.
1980 · Sonatina, for flute and guitar.
1981 · Interplay, for flute, marimba and percussion.
1981 · Octet in three movements, for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet.
1982 · Fantasy, for clarinet and piano.
1982 · Trio, for flute, viola and guitar.
1986 · Interplay II, for flute and harp.
1988 · Three for Three.
1992 · Sonate, for clarinet (in the key of A) and piano.
2003 · Trio, for violin, viola and cello (won 1st prize at the "William Lincer Foundation Chamber Music Competition" in 2003).
2003 · Wind Quartet, for wind quartet.
2006 · Quintet for Winds, for wind quartet.
2008 · Wind Quintet, for wind quartet.
2009 · Wind Quintet No. 2, for qind quartet.
No Date · Four Pieces for Five Brass, for wind quartet.
No Date · Sonate, for clarinet and piano.

An Analysis of Olivier Messiaen's "Couleurs de la cite celeste", Thesis (Ph.D.) University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984. 40 p.

1 2 Self, Jennifer (September 12, 2016). "Bakersfield composer with national reputation dies". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
↑ "Howard Quilling". USC News. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
↑ Press, Jaques Cattell (1983). Who's who in American music : classical. New York City: R. R. Bowker. p. 1000. ISBN 978-0-835-21725-5.
↑ Londeix, Jean-Marie (1985). Music for saxophone, volume II: general repertoire of works and teaching materials for the saxophone. Cherry Hill, NJ: Roncorp Publications.
↑ Suppan, Wolfgang; Suppan, Armin (1994). The New Encyclopedia of Wind Music (4th ed.). Blasmusikverl. Schulz. ISBN 3-923058-07-1.
↑ Bierly, Paul E.; Rehrig, William H. (1991). The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music. Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press. ISBN 0-918048-08-7.
↑ Composium: annual index of contemporary compositions. Los Angeles: Crystal Record. 1983.

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Howard L. Quilling
Born	Howard Lee Quilling (1935-12-16)December 16, 1935
Died	February 26, 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 80) Bakersfield, California, US
Occupations	Composer and music teacher