H. OWEN REED American Composer Music Educator b-Odessa, Mo Lafayette County 17 June 1910 Reed link resources... Composers Bureau Bio H. Owen Reed: Works/Publishers Books authored Ballerback Publishers Interview H. Owen Reed, Music Michigan State University ConcertBand.com Brent Wetters page, MSU MSU Music Notes Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony MSU Notibles Reed at SHEETMUSIC + Read Reed, Scoring for Percussion About La Fiesta Mexicana

THE AWAKENING OF THE ENTS (1985) For Band. For winds and percussion. "As a J.R.R.Tolkien LORD OF THE RINGS fan, I chose to write a work based on this epic, a commission for Peter Loel Boonshaft and the Connecticut Valley Youth Wind Ensemble, The Awakening of the Ents, featuring Treebeard (or Fangorn in Sindarin) in the “March of the Ents." This march shows a definite jazz influence while featuring the percussion section and singing (in the language of Rohan) by men's voices." The Awakening of the Ents, premiered in Hartford, CN June 9, 1985, by Peter Loel Boonshaft and the Connecticut Valley Youth Wind Ensemble, was slightly revised and published by Ludwig Music in 1987. It was performed the same year by Harvey G. Bernstein with the Ohio State University Symphonic Band and later, 1992, at Ball State University with Joseph Scagnoli conducting. Return to Reed Compositions List