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James Syler
James Scott Syler (born April 7, 1961, from Hyde Park, New York) is an American composer fluent in many genres of music including Wind Ensemble, Choral, Orchestral, and Chamber Music.
A student of Alfred Reed, Karl Korte, and Michael Colgrass, Syler's music is known for its lyricism and drama. His compositional style his highly eclectic, melding techniques ranging from the Baroque and Renaissance to Minimalism. He was the winner of the 1993 National Band Association Composition Award, the 1993 Arnald Gabriel Composition Award, the 2002 American Composers Forum Commission, and received two grants from the American Music Center. He established his own publishing company, Ballerbach Music in 1998, that published the works of more than 20 composers for 15 years.
To date Syler has had over 400 performances of his compositions all over the world and has been in guest residence at more than 25 colleges and universities. He has been the subject of a doctoral dissertation ''Wind Ensemble Compositions of James Syler'' and discussed extensively in two others. He was featured in the book ''A Composer's Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band; Volume 1'' by Timothy Salzman. Syler is currently on faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio where he teaches composition, orchestration, and music history courses.
==Life==
Syler was born in Hyde Park, New York and spent time growing up in both New York and Florida. His musical training began at age nine when he joined his elementary school band as a percussionist and continued at age sixteen with piano lessons. He received his bachelor's degree in Music Education from Northern Illinois University in 1983.〔(Composer's Website )〕 His Master of Music Degree is in Studio Writing and Media Production from the University in Miami(FL), conferred in 1988.〔(Composer's Website )〕 During his time in Miami he met and studied with composer Alfred Reed, an important figure in the wind ensemble world. Though he met and studied with Reed, Syler was mostly interested in film score composing during his time at the University of Miami. In 1991 he continued graduate work at the University of Texas-Austin towards the DMA in Composition.〔(Composer's Website )〕 While at Texas Syler studied with Karl Korte. In 1992 Syler decided to leave school and struck out on his own to freelance as a composer. He reached out to Michael Colgrass and they worked together in the summer of 1993 and winter of 1994. From 1995-1998 he was on the faculty at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida which he left in 1998. He then was on faculty at Florida Atlantic University from 1998-2001. In 2001 he began his current position at the University of Texas-San Antonio.〔(Composer's Website )〕
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