Lynn job

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Lynn Renee Job (* 1959 in South Dakota ) is an American composer and poet.

Job studied music at California State University, Fullerton (until 1982) and at the University of North Texas , where she received her doctorate in 1998. In 1989 she took part in a research trip to Qumran ( Judean Desert Exploration and Excavation Project ), served as a reservist in the US Army Signal Corps during the Second Gulf War and worked for ten years in the field of radar technology for Texas Instruments . In 1999 she participated as Poet in Residence at the symposium The Muse and the Mirror at Tinity College in Dublin, and in 2002 she participated in the symposium Teaching Poetry in Santa Rosa. In 2004 she was nominated for the Texas State Poet Laureate .

In 1999 she founded Buckthorn Studios with the three departments Buckthorn Music Press , Buckthorn Books and Buckthorn Records , of which she is the director. From 2000 to 2007 she worked in the administration of the College of Music at the University of North Texas , from 2007-08 she taught at North Central Texas College

Her compositions include works for solo instruments and chamber music as well as great orchestral and vocal works. She often uses religious texts for her vocal compositions. She has received multiple awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In 2003 the University of Central Oklahoma held a four-day festival of their works.

Works

  • Inhabit for three-part mixed choir and piano, 2011
  • Woods Walker for marimba and soundtrack, 2002-10
  • Wild Olive , miniature for chamber orchestra, 2010
  • Sunesis falls , electroacoustic miniature, 2010
  • Six Wings North , electroacoustic miniature, 2009
  • Strange Fire , electroacoustic miniature, 2009
  • Two Sacred Motets in the style of the 16th century for choir, 1978, 2006, 2009
  • Kyrie eleison: trope on Titus 2:11 & 1 Kings 8:28 for mixed choir a cappella, 2000, 2009
  • The Sixth Night , lullaby for guitar, 2009
  • Malachi Messenger , electroacoustic miniature, 2009
  • House of Jatamansi for flute and organ, 2008
  • Carriage Baine , electroacoustic miniature, 2008
  • Blue Sand , electroacoustic miniature, 2007
  • Black Bridge for four soloists or mixed choir and cello, 2007
  • Bally Brew (an Irish Whimsy) for alto saxophone and bodhran, 2007
  • Graceland , Offertory for Trumpet and Organ, 2007
  • Meso-mirth , electroacoustic miniature, 2007
  • Lake House Letter , electroacoustic miniature, 2006
  • Anchored in Perath: an apocalypse for organ, 2006
  • Sour Swig Jig , Clarinet Duet, 1978, 2000, 2006
  • Theme and Variations for solo clarinet, 1978, 2000, 2006
  • Chariot , electroacoustic miniature, 2006
  • Chariot (Q1) , electroacoustic miniature, 2006
  • Chariot (Q2) , electroacoustic miniature, 2006
  • Blue Graves Rising for piano, 2005
  • River Ranch for wind instruments and percussion, 1982, 2005
  • Shadow's Pipe for solo clarinet, 2004
  • Moon Largo for solo clarinet, 2004
  • Lily , electroacoustic miniature, 2004
  • Victory, the Gold for Band, 2004
  • Yeshua, Our Dedication for mixed choir and soprano recorder, 2004
  • Yellowstone Blush - a Wedding Remembrance for alto and tenor saxophone, 2003
  • Duetto Maduro for two violins, 2003
  • Arcangelo Red for solo violin, 2003
  • By the Road to Ephrath for organ, 2003
  • Moon Largo for solo trumpet, 2003
  • Breathless - Joel's Fast for string quartet, 2003
  • 12-tone flute for flute and piano, 1978, 1988, 2000, 2003
  • Etude in 8 for solo flute, 1978, 1988, 2000, 2003
  • Raphael - intercession for solo trumpet, 2002
  • Runaway Bay: Hula Sunrise for cello quartet, 2002
  • Armiger's Gate for solo viola, 2002
  • Olympic Fanfare '86 for wind quintet, 1986, 2002
  • Serengeti Supper for alto saxophone and soundtrack, 2002
  • O vos omnes for five-part mixed choir and timpani, 2002
  • Toumai - Hope of Life for seven trumpets, 2002
  • Iron Horse Nocturne: "of salt and grapes..." For organ, 2002
  • Nehemiah's Dusk for solo trombone, 2002
  • Azimuth Dance: Where is North? for eight percussionists, 1982, 2002
  • Shadow's Pipe for solo flute, 2002
  • Systole: Book I (3 songs) for soprano and piano, 2001–02
  • Chalice Hill: Ascent & Elegy for shofar, flute, oboe, wind ensemble and ocean drum, 2001
  • Petition: an a cappella meditation for choir and soloists, 1988–2001
  • Boomerangst , musical based on Sara J. Romersberger , 2001
  • 2-part Invention in F-minor for organ, 2000
  • September Jade: a wedding divertimento for alto saxophone, trumpet and string quartet, 2000
  • YOU (Denton Community Theater's Bus Stop production) , old ballad, 2000
  • Prelude in E minor for cello, 1978, 2000
  • Eulogy for St. John for twelve trumpets, 1984, 2000
  • Mandingo Weather Report for prepared piano, 1978, 1999
  • Jesu for soprano, flute and piano, 1983, 1999
  • Matin for male choir, 1979, 1999
  • ELATIO: Praises and Prophecies for alto, tenor, two choirs and orchestra, 1998
  • Kidrish Fields for seven flutes, vibraphone and cello, 1984–85, 1988
  • Aviacon Columbia , score, 1985
  • Journey Into Oppression for three slide projectors and tape, 1983
  • Adagio for Synclavier , 1983
  • Bars for three double basses, narrator and light design, 1983
  • Naked in the Woods with Red Cross Shoes for electric piano, harpsichord and dance, 1980
  • My Pretty Animals (text by Kenneth Patchen ) for alto and piano, 1980
  • Scenes from Rembrandt - Four Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra , 1980
  • Original improvised piano stage music for Story Theater, Westminster Community Playhouse , 1977
  • The Parrots of Rio for alto and piano, 1977
  • The First Blues Song for alto, clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpet, piano and percussion, 1975
  • Introduction for female choir a cappella, 1975
  • Psalm 68 for solo voice and guitar, 1975
  • Rise of the Half Moon , piano sonata, 1974
  • Sheptala , piano sonata, 1974
  • Collection of Ballads for Solo Voice and Guitar , 1972–76

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personal data
SURNAME Job, lynn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Job, Lynn Renee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH South Dakota