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Clinician: DON OWENS
Don Owens, Associate
Professor of Conducting, Coordinator of the Jazz Studies and Pedagogy
Program, Director, Contemporary Music Ensemble, and the National High
School Music Institute at Northwestern University, began his tenure at
Northwestern University in 1979. Owens received the Bachelor of Music
Education degree from North Texas State University, where he also studied
composition and Jazz. His Master of Musical Arts degree is from the
University of Illinois, where he studied composition. He studied
composition with Morgan Powell, Merrill Ellis, Samuel Adler, and Salvatore
Martirano. He has won several grants and awards, and is under commission
for new works for the remaining year.
Mr. Owens currently
serves as Coordinator of the Jazz Studies and Pedagogy Program and is also
the Director and Conductor of the internationally acclaimed Contemporary
Music Ensemble. During the summers, Owens serves as Director of the
National High School Music Institute. Mr. Owens is an internationally
recognized clinician/conductor. He has served as an adjudicator and has
conducted Festival and All-State Concert and Jazz Bands in Arizona,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin,
Canada, Greece, Germany, and Norway. As a conductor, he has shared in the
art of music making with world famous figures from both the Jazz and
Contemporary Classical idioms. His compositions have been performed across
America, as well as in Canada, England, Greece, Germany, Japan, Norway,
and South America.
Mr. Owens is the
author of several articles dealing with contemporary music and composition
and has had many of his compositions published. He is a member of M.E.N.C,
Illinois Music Educators Association, International Association of Jazz
Educators (Past President for the Illinois State Unit), College Band
Directors National Association, Pi Kappa Lambda (Past President of Alpha
Chapter), and Phi Mu Alpha.
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