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.

 

  • Percussion and Keyboards
  • ACE Publications

    6 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Will Gay Bottje ROOT, A COMIC OPERA IN TWO ACTS SAT,3bar(H,M,L), 1/picc-1/ehn-2-1,hn,perc,tape
    Will Gay Bottje SEXTET(organ, brs, perc) 2tpt,2tbn,perc,org
    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 TO CHARM THE CLOUDY CRYSTAL (multi-media) fl,cl,sax,euph,vln, perc,hpschd,2pf,2narrators,dancer,visual specialist
    Will Gay Bottje WAYWARD PILGRIM, A Musical Biography of Emily Dickinson Sop,cham choir,cham orch:2/picc-1-2/bcl-1,2-1-1-0, perc,pf,str:2-2-1-1-1

    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