Will Gay Bottje

Biography

Born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Gay Bottje (1925-2018) was a graduate of the Juilliard School (Bachelor of Music in flute performance and Master of Music in composition) where he studied composition with Vittorio Giannini. He went on to pursue studies at the Eastman School of Music where he was a pupil of Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. From Eastman he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, the second such degree to be awarded to a student from any institution. He also studied composition privately with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and was a pupil of Henk Badings at the University of Utrecht's electronic music studio.

From 1957–1981 Bottje taught on the music faculty at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. There he founded and directed SIU's electronic music studio.

 

ACE Publications

231 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Will Gay Bottje String Quartet Nr. 7 violin, viola, cello, double bass
Will Gay Bottje String Quartet Nr. 8 2 violins, 2 violas
Will Gay Bottje String Quartet Nr. 9 2 violins, viola, cello
Will Gay Bottje Suite for Concert Band concert band
Will Gay Bottje SUITE FOR DANCING keybd synth OR tunable synth
Will Gay Bottje SUITE FOR SIX VIOLINS 6 vlns
Will Gay Bottje Suite for Solo Guitar Guitar
Will Gay Bottje SUITE FOR SYNTHESIZER (19ET tuning) 4 hands
Will Gay Bottje Sunsets and Star-rise(S|ATB, keyb) SATB and piano
Will Gay Bottje SYMBIOSIS fl, a fl, cl in A, vc
Will Gay Bottje SYMPHONY FOR CELLO & PF-4HANDS
vcl, pf4-hands
Will Gay Bottje Symphony in One Movement orchestra
Will Gay Bottje SYMPHONY NO.4 for Band band:2/picc-2/ehn-3(erc
Will Gay Bottje SYMPHONY NO. 5
Will Gay Bottje SYMPHONY NO.6( for Organ, Brass, Perc) brass:x2min)-2, 2alsax,tensax,barsax,4-3-4-1,2barhns,p4-4-4-1,3timp,organ, baritone horn,3perc(misc)
Will Gay Bottje THEME & VARIATIONS(for band) band:/picc-2/ehn- 3/al cl/bs cl-2, 2alsax ten,bar,sax,3cor,4hn,bar,4tbn,tuba,perc
Will Gay Bottje THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A RAINBOW synth(tuneable)
Will Gay Bottje THREE BY FIVE|(Wind Quintet Nr. 1) wwqnt:fl,ob,cl,hn,bsn
Will Gay Bottje THREE DIMENSIONS (for 5 Celli) 5vcl
Will Gay Bottje THREE ETUDES for Wind Quintet and Tape WW quintet, tape
Will Gay Bottje Three Flared Bells - trumpet, horn, trombone trumpet in C, horn, trombone
Will Gay Bottje Three in Three Quarters piano four hands
Will Gay Bottje THREE MINIATURES for Flute & Piano fl,pf
Will Gay Bottje THREE OF A KIND 3 tpt, pf

Additional Works

Published by NEW UNICORN MUSIC COMPANY

  • HEXADS for Organ
  • CONTRASTS for Band

Published by MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION INC

  • MALLETS

Published by ROBERT KING MUSIC CO

  • SYMPHONIC ALLEGRO