bio
Composer Troy Wayne graduated from the New England Conservatory, earning his Bachelors, Masters and Graduate Diploma while studying with mentor Malcolm Peyton. After spending a year studying with Lukas Foss in Boston, Mr. Wayne moved to Houston in 2001 where he continues in the DMA program at the Shepherd School of Music with composer Anthony Brandt. His catalogue includes two multimedia works for orchestra with narration and visual art, three percussion concertos, choruses, art songs, and numerous chamber works. His music has been performed by the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and Contemporary Ensemble, the Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble, the Woodlands Symphony and has written for actress Rachel Buchman; Heather Kellgreen, principle harp of the Tulsa Symphony; and Samuel Getchell, principle trombone of the Pittsburgh Opera. The past few months have been extremely busy for Mr. Wayne. In addition to studying and teaching at the Shepherd School, his Refractions of a Song by Lukas Foss was premiered by the Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble and the Novus trombone quartet in April. Also premiered by the Shepherd School Percussion Ensemble was Mr. Wayne's arrangement of the Fugue from Samuel Barber's "Piano Sonata," prior to which he gave a pre-concert lecture entitled "The Percussion Writing of Samuel Barber." Last October Mr. Wayne produced a concert of his music in Houston which included performances of his Amphigorey for narrator and electronics, The Martian Chronicles, Four Songs and Antiphonal Fanfare.
curriculum vitae
Education
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition Brown Scholar,
anticipated May 2005 - Rice University, Houston, TX - Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition program,
September 2000 - May 2001 - Boston University, Boston, MA - Graduate Diploma in Composition,
2000 - New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA - Master of Music in Composition cum laude,
May 1999 - New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA - Bachelor of Music in Composition,
1997 - New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA - Bachelor of Music Composition program,
1989-94 - University of Houston School of Music
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Principal Teachers Lukas Foss (composition) Malcolm Peyton (composition) Charles Hausmann (voice, conducting) |
Seminars Maxim Shostakovitch John Corigliano • Philip Glass George Crumb • George Rochberg Klaus deVries • Samuel Adler |
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Teaching Experience
- Instructor, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston 2004 – present
MUSI 117 - Fundamentals of Music
- Faculty, Shepherd School of Music Preparatory Division, Rice University, Houston 2001 - present
Intermediate and Advanced Music Theory
Private Studios in composition, theory, voice and aural skills - Guest speaker at New England Conservatory of Music, Boston
1999 - colloquium on Mind Fields
co-sponsored by the Departments of Liberals Arts and Composition
2000 - Panel discussion "Is There A Gay Aesthetic in Music?"
Sponsored by the Departments of Liberals Arts and Composition - Adjunct faculty, New England Conservatory School of Continuing Education summer 2001
- Introduction to Music and Technology -
class focused on basic Mac operation and Finale software use
- Introduction to Music and Technology -
Principal Commissions
- The Martian Chronicles for harp and percussion
- Concerto Grosso no. 1 for trombone, percussion, piano and strings with harp
- Concerto for Percussion no. 2 for percussion solo and low strings
Current Works
- Stabat Mater for TBB chorus, mezzo soprano and orchestra
- Short Stories vol. 1 - "Ghost Stories" for cello and celesta
Principal Performances
- Shepherd School of Music Percussion Ensemble - Apr 2002
Stude Concert Hall, Houston, TX
Refractions of a Song by Lukas Foss - Woodlands Symphony Orchestra
The Woodlands, TX
"Dancing on a Limb" (Never Give All the Heart arr.) - Doctoral Recital, Feb. 2003
- Shepherd School of Music Percussion Ensemble - Apr 2002
Stude Concert Hall, Houston, TX
Neuroses op. 16a - New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra - May 2000
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Variations on a Song by Pete Townshend op. 15a - New England Conservatory Contemporary Ensemble
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Four Motets op. 4 - Honors Trombone Quartet Recital - Mar 1998
- Masters Recital of Orchestral Music - Feb 1999
New England Conservatory of Music, Brown Hall, Boston
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra no. 1 op. 11,
Concerto Grosso no. 1 op. 12, Mind Fields op. 5
(sponsored by the Office of the President of New England Conservatory of Music)
Vocal Performance Experience
- Shepherd School Chorale 2001 - present
- New England Conservatory Chorus 1994 - 1996
- Houston Symphony Chorus 1992-94
- University of Houston Chorus 1989-94
- Corpus Christi Symphony Festival Chorus, 1989
Principal Conductors
Robert Shaw • Christoph Eschenbach • Charles Hausmann • Newton Wayland • Tamara BrooksConducting Experience
- Saint Michael's Catholic Church, Houston December 2000
Mozart: Ave Verum
Warlock: Benedicimus Domine
Schütz: O Praise Our God - New England Conservatory, Boston December 1997
Barber: Mutations from Bach; Britten: Russian Funeral
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Pinkham: Sinfonia Sacra - New England Conservatory, Boston February 1997
Britten: Russian Funeral
- University of Houston New Music Ensemble, April 1989
Ives: The Unanswered Question
