Randall E. Faust
Composer

The Compositions of Randall E. Faust are regularly heard in concerts and recitals at universities and festivals around the country. His works have been performed at Symposia of The International Trumpet Guild, The International Horn Society, The International Trombone Association, and The National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. His CELEBRATION for Horn and Organ has been recorded on CRYSTAL Records by Ralph Lockwood and on ACA Digital Recordings by Steven Gross. His CONCERTO for Brass Quintet, Percussion, and Strings was commissioned by the NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA of THE NATIONAL GALLERY of ART. He has been an annual recipient of the prestigious ASCAP AWARD since 1990. The QUARTET for Four Horns, commissioned by Philadelphia Orchestra Hornist Randy Gardner in memory of Philip Farkas, has been recorded on Summit Records. Faust's SYMPHONY FOR BAND was premiered by the Auburn University Band at the Conference of the Alabama Music Educators Association. On April 24, 1999, the premiere of his UNIVERSITY SCENES for Wind Ensemble was the featured musical composition at the Centennial Convocation of Western Illinois University.

RANDALL E. FAUST is a PROFESSOR of MUSIC at WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY where he teaches Horn and Music Theory. Previously, he was a PROFESSOR of MUSIC at AUBURN UNIVERSITY in Auburn, Alabama--where he taught courses in Applied Horn, Composition and Theory. During the summers, Dr. Faust teaches Horn at THE INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS. From 1973--1982, Randall Faust was on the Faculty of SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY of MUSIC in Winchester, Virginia, where he taught Applied Horn, Composition, Theory, and Electronic Music. Randall E. Faust studied at THE UNIVERSITY of IOWA (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Pedagogy--Thesis--Three Original Concertpieces for Horn and Electronic Media, A Description of Techniques Used and a Listing of Relevant Literature (1980); MANKATO STATE UNIVERSITY (Master of Music in Composition--Master of Music Thesis--Partita for Brass and Percussion (1973); EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (Bachelor of Science in Music--Summa cum laude--1972); and THE INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY (Interlochen Honors Musicianship Project--1966). His composition teachers have included Rolf Scheurer, Warren Benson, Anthony Iannaccone, Peter Tod Lewis, and Donald Jenni.