Eddie Bass Biography
Eddie Bass is Professor emeritus in the School of Music at UNCG. He earned the A.B., M.M., and Ph. D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Until 1992 he was chair of the Composition/History/Theory division of the School of Music at UNCG. From 1992 until his retirement in 2003 he served as coordinator of composition. He has composed for a variety of media, including orchestra, wind ensemble, chorus, vocal soloists, and chamber ensembles. His music has been performed throughout the U.S., in Canada, Britain, Russia, and the Far East. His Pas de Quatre for Trombone Quartet was awarded first prize in the 1989 composition contest of the International Trombone Association. Bass has received numerous commissions, most recently from the Bel Canto Ensemble for Appalachian Echoes, premiered in April 2008.. His music is published by Seesaw (New York), BVD Press (Connecticut), C. Alan Publications, and Warwick (England). From 1968 to 1985 he was principal trumpet of the Greensboro Symphony, and until 2000 a member of the Market Street Brass. He has published articles on the music of Debussy, Berlioz, and Mahler.
Email: Ebass2@guilford.edu
Phone: 336-316-2422