William F. Rayer
William F. Rayer is a composer, trumpet player, author, and painter. He is a member of the Cleveland Composers Guild, ASCAP, and the International Trumpet Guild. His undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Music Education from Kent State University. He has a Master of Arts degree in Music Composition from Cleveland State University. He has written many compositions which have been performed by area orchestras and bands including the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Lakeland Civic Band, Lakeland Civic Orchestra, Lorain Civic Orchestra as well as local high schools and junior high schools. In the spring of 2007 the Lakeland Civic Orchestra premiered his work “Pluto, Requiem For A Dead Planet” which was inspired by a Newsweek article of the same name. In 2008, the Lorain Civic Orchestra premiered his work The Reach Beyond Tomorrow, an orchestral background to his book by the same name. In 2012 he was commissioned to write a work called Celebration Overture for Symphony West Orchestra commemorating the Symphony’s 50th anniversary. In early 2015 he had a trumpet solo premiered in Paris, France. He performs regularly as the principle trumpet of the Lorain Civic Orchestra, the Broadale Brass Sextet and the Vermilion Civic Band. He has completed two novels called The Reach Beyond Tomorrow, The Legacy of Pnomos and The Lost Clan available at Lulu.com and Amazon.com.
Artist, Author, Arranger, Composer, Musician
https://wfrayer.wixsite.com/william-rayer
Member: Cleveland Composers Guild, ASCAP, ITG
EVENTS
Lorain Community Orchestra, October 13, 2018 performing the Lost Clan for Orchestra
CATALOG OF WORKS
Band
The Christmas Prayer
Come to the Fair
Medieval Reflections
Remember Me
America, Land of the Free
March of the Candy Canes
Chamber Ensemble
The Timeless Moon
Night Trains
Fanfare and Prelude on a Theme by Stravinsky
A Classical Gallery for Guitar Quartet
Fun at the Brass: Brass Quartet
Night Moods
Nova for Woodwind Trio
Dirac Sea for Woodwind Quintet
Dreamland for Mixed Ensemble
Dance Suite for Flute Trio
Conversations in a crowded Restaurant for Woodwind Quintet
Night Poem
Opera
Divine Comedy: Inferno Canto I
Chorus
Here Comes the Sun
In Your Eyes
New Year’s Wish, A
Remember Me
Suspended Heroes
Orchestral
Chaos Dreams
Reach Beyond Tomorrow, The – 4 movements
The Lost Clan
Pluto, Requiem for a Dead Planet
Solo Instrument
Trumpet Solos:
Metamorphosis
Proclamation
Elegy
Fanfare
Fantasy for Trumpet
In the Mirror
Joke, The
Lament
Sadly, I Dance
Clarinet Solos:
Cosmos I
Flute Solos:
Memories of Childhood Dreams
Solo Vocal
Two Poems of Pablo Neruda
Solo Vocal Pop Style
Baby Jesus
Busy Lives
Devils Own
Imagine
Softly
Treat One Another
Walking With God
Where Life Takes Me
Where the Sun Shines Bright
Why?
