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REBER CLARK (b. 1955)

Reber Clark was born in 1955 in Des Moines, Iowa. He attained a B.A. Degree in Music Education under the direction of Gene Witherspoon, and studied composition under James Perry while attending Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Arkansas.  Reber taught in the public schools for several years before leaving that profession to pursue a career as freelance composer, arranger, and performer.

He has fulfilled numerous commissions for college, high school, and middle school bands. Reber has been a speaker at the national ASBDA convention speaking on procedures for commissioning a new work. He has arranged hundreds of talent charts and production numbers for state scholarship pageants, "gridiron," and other variety shows.

His performance experience includes many years on trumpet as a studio musician. He has performed in bands for internationally known performers such as Bob Hope, Mitzi Gaynor, the Four Tops, The Temptations, and others, including a road tour as lead trumpet for the New Sam and Dave Revue.

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WORKS

Concert Band
Alone the Sun Arises
Caccia
Circle, The
Dream of Mountains, A
Escape from Chronopolis
Flowers of the Forest
Fortress of the Rose
Hymn of St. James
Mixed Barley
Risk of Freedom, The (with narrator)
River of Four Reflections
Summerfield
Sunset at Quantico
Windy City

Percussion
Black Arches (percussion ensemble 11)