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Garry Wickliffe - Composer

About Me

Garry Wickliffe's Film Scoring page can be found here .
Garry Wickliffe is a published composer of concert music, film music, and various other genres of music. He currently resides in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he is working towards his Master's Degree in Music Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University under the tutelage of Dr. Stephen Lias. Garry is also working as the Graduate Assistant for the Music Theory & Composition Department at SFA.
Garry has made it a goal in his studies to diversify himself in the area of music composition as much as possible. He has composed numerous compositions for the concert stage, ranging in style from art songs, to accompanied solo instrument works, to the more traditional ensembles, such as string quartets and trombone choirs. He received his first publication of concert music in 2006: "Trouble Brewing," for Brass Quintet, and "O'er the Deep Blue Sea," for 6 part Trombone Choir were published by BrassWorks 4 , and are available for sale. Garry is also the recipient of two consecutive ASCAPLUS Standard Awards, for his musical and compositional accomplishments from 2006 - 2008.
Garry has also included this diversification in his capabilities as a composer and musician.
He thoroughly enjoys arranging works of all types; in December of 2006 he was asked by Dr. Tim King, the A Capella Choir Director at SFASU, to arrange several traditional carols for choir, organ, percussion and brass ensemble to compliment John Rutter's "Gloria." The set of carols, entitled "Songs of the Angels" was published by BrassWorks 4 , and are available for sale. He has also arranged various pieces for friends and colleagues and is a capable transcriptionist.
He has also worked as an orchestrator. In the spring 2006 performance of Offenbach's "La Perichole," (In which he also starred as the baritone lead, Don Andres) he was asked to fill in two separate numbers for full orchestra from a piano transcription due to a score rental error.
Garry is also an accomplished film composer, having scored numerous films of varying styles and genres. His film accomplishments and examples of his work can be seen and heard at his film scoring page here .
A vocalist by nature, Garry has not given up his roots as a performer. He performed in four high school musicals during his schooling at Hudson High School, including such roles as Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls," and Charlie Brown in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown." He was also asked to return during his freshman semester of college to participate as various small roles in the performance of "Honk." He has also starred in three of SFASU's spring operas; in spring 2005's performance of Strauss' "Die Fledermaus," he performed in the chorus and the spoken dialogue character Frosch, and in spring 2006's performance of Offenbach's "La Perichole," he performed as the lead baritone Don Andres. In spring 2007's unabridged performance of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," he performed the baritone role of Count Almaviva.
Garry hopes to one day write music for either film or video games. He honestly admits at this point that he would write music for whatever venue that would allow him to, but hopes one day to make his place among the great Hollywood composers and/or among the modern day composers of video games. He hopes to find some work after the completion of his Master's Degree, but plans to start work on his Doctoral Degree should jobs in the music composition field become sparse.
"The Z Relationship" by Garry Wickliffe, dance performed by Elizabeth Dwoskin
Performed at the Galapagos Performing Space in New York City
Published Works
O'er the Deep Blue Sea - 4 tenor trombone, 2 bass trombone
Trouble Brewing - Traditional brass quintet.
An Angelic Procession - Arrangement, ensemble compliments John Rutter's "Gloria."
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Arrangement, ensemble compliments John Rutter's "Gloria."
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Arrangement, ensemble compliments John Rutter's "Gloria."
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - Arrangement, ensemble compliments John Rutter's "Gloria."
Featured Links
Check out the article about my second ASCAPlus Award in the SFASU newspaper "The Pine Log," here .
Check out my feature in SFA's new alumni magazine, "The SFA Vista," here .
Check out the article about my first ASCAPlus Award in the Nacogdoches Sentinel here , and in the SFASU newspaper "The Pine Log" here .
Check out my bio featured in the composers section of Brassworks 4's website here , and my catalog of works published by Brassworks 4 here .
Check out the interview with me, Dr. Lias, and the composition students of Stephen F. Austin State University here .
Check out the article in SFASU's school paper "The Pine Log" about our composition studio's aleatoric outdoor musical experience here .
If you were looking for my film scoring page, please click here .
If you were looking for my personal page, please click here .
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/gwfilmcomposer
Influences: Classical
Copland, Finzi, Vaughn Williams, Ives, Bach, Debussy, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi.
Film
Mark Isham, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, Danny Elfman.
Sounds Like: Post-minimalism, Americana, Late Romantic, Atonal and Polytonal.
The bulk of my works tend to focus on the importance of melody and thematic treatment, and harmony is adventurous without straying from a tonal center for too long. I have written some atonal and polytonal works, and will continue to do so, but the mainstay of my work focuses on a post-minimalistic cosmpolitan, optimistic sound.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

2nd Consecutive ASCAPlus Standard Award

What's better than winning award once, you might ask?  Winning it twice, of course!I am pleased to announce that I have been selected to be the recipient of a second consecutive ASCAPlus Standard Awar...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:13:00 GMT

60x60 Submission "The Z Relationship" Included in Two Mixes and Performed Everywhere!!!

This has been the first update in a while, thanks to school, and this particular achievement took place over the course of the entire fall semester.Around March I decided to write and submit a piece t...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:37:00 GMT

Video Game Music and Display at SMU Guildhall Exhibition

A few months ago I decided to randomly take a bold step.  I got in contact with the SMU Guildhall program in Dallas, which is a program at Southern Methodist University designed to teach students...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:14:00 GMT

Finalist for the "Texas Music Teahers Association Commissioned Composer 2009" Competiton!!!!

I just found out today that I was one of three finalists in the "Texas Music Teahers Association Commissioned Composer 2009" Competition!  That means that out of all the composers in Texas who we...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 01:03:00 GMT

"Texas Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer 2009" Nomination

Opportunities and awards continue to abound!This is just a little note to let everyone know I've been nominated for the "Texas Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer 2009" award. The nominat...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:51:00 GMT

"LOL WUT?" Aleatoric Music Concert

Last week on Sept. 27, the composition studio at Stephen F. Austin State University held what can only be described as an aleatorical music experience of variety.The concert, entitled "LOL WUT?" inclu...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:24:00 GMT

ASCAPLUS Standard Award

I am both proud and ecstatic to announce that I've been given an ASCAPLUS Standard Award for my compositional work from 2006 to 2007.I applied for the award last year based on my work during the 2006 ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:40:00 GMT

New Movie Trailer Music for "Innocent’s Way"

Hey Everyone, This is just a little blog to let everyone know that I got some new movie trailer music on the web.  You can view the trailer at the following address: http://www.derekwaynejohnso...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:02:00 GMT

My Senior Recital

Hey everyone, I just wanted to make a post to thank all of you that attended my senior recital this past Friday.  The turnout was more than I could have ever expected; I printed 100 programs, to...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:16:00 GMT

Interview for the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel and SFA Website

Hey guys,Just making a post about an exciting opportunity I got to take part in the past week.  Dr. Lias, myself, and the rest of the students from the SFA Composition Dept. were interviewed by M...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:29:00 GMT