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
UPCOMING EVENTS
Lorain Community Orchestra, February 13, 2024 performing the Pandemic Suite for Orchestra – a Four
Movement Work of music composed during and reflecting upon the period of time between 2020 and
2023.
CATALOG OF WORKS
Band
America, Land of the Free
Christmas Prayer, The
Come to the Fair
In Memory - STS-51L
March of the Candy Canes
Medieval Reflections
Remember Me
Chamber Ensemble
Classical Gallery, A for Guitar Quartet
Conversations in a crowded Restaurant for Woodwind Quintet
Dirac Sea for Woodwind Quintet
Dreamland for Mixed Ensemble
Dance Suite for Flute Trio
Fanfare and Prelude on a Theme by Stravinsky
Fun at the Brass: Brass Quartet
Night Moods
Night Poem
Night Trains
Nova for Woodwind Trio
Three Miniatures for 2 Cellos and Harpsichord
Opera
Divine Comedy: Inferno Canto I
Chorus
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Here Comes the Sun
In Your Eyes
New Year’s Wish, A
Remember Me
Suspended Heroes
Orchestral
Adagio for Orchestra
Chaos Dreams
El Gitano
Family at Christmas (with Chorus)
Lost Clan, The
Pluto, Requiem for a Dead Planet
Reach Beyond Tomorrow, The – 4 movements
Timeless Moon, The
Watchers, The
Solo Instrument
Piano Solos
When Will We Be Normal Again
Trumpet Solos
Metamorphosis
Proclamation
Elegy
Fanfare
Fantasy for Trumpet
In the Mirror
Joke, The
Lament
Sadly, I Dance
Clarinet Solos
Cosmos I
Ingra Za
Flute Solos
Memories of Childhood Dreams
Solo Vocal
Two Poems of Pablo Neruda
Passion
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?
Instrumental Study Accompaniments
Charlier Charactersitic Studies for Trumpet
Jean-Jean Etudes for Clarinet
