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Composers Bureau
Gay Holmes Spears
Biography
SAI Alumna Gay Holmes Spears holds degrees from University of Tennessee
at Martin, Arkansas State University, and the University of Memphis.
As the composer of numerous published and unpublished works for
various instruments and voices, she has earned several awards for
her compositions. These range from the "Tennessee Composer of the
Year Award," an Arkansas Arts Council Fellowship, and consecutive
ASCAP awards. Her works have been performed in many concerts throughout
the United States and Europe. Currently, Spears resides in Chesterfield,
Missouri, where she is a free-lance composer/keyboardist and full-time
mom.
Compositions
Additional works for symphonic band, piano,
and chamber ensembles may be found in SAI's Music
for Young People section.
- Instrumental Solos and Chamber Music
- Sun Dances for 8 trombones
- Intrada and Sun Dance for brass octet
- Music for the Delta, trio for alto saxophone/clarinet/bass
clarinet, flugelhorn/trumpet, and percussion
- Conversations for woodwind quintet
- Fables for brass quintet
- Decagon for two pianos
- Four Vignettes for violin and viola
- Lo que el viento vio for flute, piano and percussion
- Piano Sonata
- Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Shining River for 4 percussion and piano
- Tapestries for 13 winds, piano and 4 percussion
- Large Instrumental Groups
- Firehawk for orchestra
- Many works for symphonic band, found in the Young
Performers section.
- Vocal and Choral Music
- When the Wind is Southerly for tenor and piano
- Psalm 96: A New Song for SATB chorus and piano
- The Number of the Stars for SATB chorus and organ
- Psalm Settings for mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion
- The Bells for soprano and piano
- Past the Mirror for SSA Chorus and piano
- Past the Mirror for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Psalm 92 for SATB chorus, piano and percussion
Further Information
Contact Information
2304 Eagles Glen Ct.
Chesterfield, MO 63017
E-mail: jspears@primary.net
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