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Composers BureauDonald Reid WomackBiography The recipient of more than thirty grants and commissions, Mr. Womack was awarded a 1997 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, its highest honor. Recent premieres of commissioned works include Emerald Sparks by the Honolulu Symphony, On Fields of Frozen Fire, by the Honolulu Symphony, Out of the Blues, a concerto for marimba and chamber orchestra, by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Bruner's Grove, by the Kingsport (Tennessee) Symphony, Tennessee Crossroads, by the University of Miami Symphony, To Lie Silent and Weep, by the Galliard String Quartet, and O magnum mysterium by the Hawai'i Vocal Arts Ensemble. His Pentacle for orchestra is available on compact disc, recorded by the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra of Poland. Mr. Womack's interests lie in the continued development of traditional compositional means, with a focus on humanistic interaction. Combining a rich tonal language with an exploration of multiple perceptions of rhythm, his music primarily employs traditional media with the goal of communicating emotions and ideas. His works have used as subject matter themes from Hawaiian culture, from Blues and Jazz, and from the American South, with the intent of expressing a sense of place and purpose, the heart of what he believes music is "about". In 1996 the German periodical Neue Musikzeituna placed Mr. Womack among a group of young American composers who "justify hopes that America should be capable of providing stimulus for a new century". He was also the subject of an article in the May 1998 issue of the international periodical Islands Magazine, which described the creation and premiere of his orchestral work On Fields of Frozen Fire, and discussed its impact upon Hawaii. As an active supporter of contemporary music and chamber music nationally and in the Hawai'i community, he has directed numerous festivals and concerts of contemporary music, and serves as vice-president of the Honolulu Chamber Music Series. A faculty member at the University of Hawaii since 1994, Mr. Womack serves as associate professor and chair of music composition and theory. Score Samples
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Born in 1966, Donald Reid Womack holds Doctoral and Masters degrees
in composition from Northwestern University, Bachelors degrees in
philosophy and music theory from Furman University, and has participated
in such prestigious festivals as the Conservatoire Americain in
Fontainebleau, France, the June in Buffalo Festival, and the Aspen
Music Festival. His music has been performed throughout North America,
as well as in Europe, South America, Hawai'i, and Puerto Rico, and
has been published by