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Wayne Oquin

Wayne Oquin (born December 9, 1977) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and wind band music. In 2020, the Nashville Symphony announced the premiere recording of Oquin's Resilience

Wayne Oquin (born December 9, 1977) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and wind band music. In 2020, the Nashville Symphony announced the premiere recording of Oquin’s Resilience on the Naxos Label. In the same year, the Pacific Symphony announced the world symphonic premiere of his Tower Ascending. In addition to his orchestral works, Oquin is also internationally recognized for his choral, chamber, and wind band music. He is a two-time winner of the National Band Association’s William D. Revelli Award. In 2008, Oquin joined the faculty of The Juilliard School where he teaches ear training (of which department he is the chair), music theory, and graduate studies. References

Era
21st Century
Lived
1977–present
From
United States
Born in
Houston
Known as
conductor, musicologist, pianist, composer
Instruments
piano

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.