John Worley
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John Worley was a college professor and acclaimed composer for classical saxophone, who died on February 16, 1999.
Mr. Worley taught at the University of Bridgeport, the State University of New York at Oneonta and the University of Maine in Orono before moving to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1996. He organized the Williamsburg Saxophone Quartet and was the group's soprano saxophonist.
He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts and graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and the Columbia Teachers College. He studied composition with Sir Lennox Berkeley in England and conduction with Pierre Monteux in Maine. John performed with the Saxophone Sinfonia at the Lincoln Center, NY, the Cape Cod Orchestra and was an active participant at several of Sigurd Raschèr's Saxophone Workshops, and Lee Patrick's Saxophone Institutes in Louisville, Kentucky.
After he retired from teaching, John focused on composing and arranging. His original compositions include Concerto for Saxophone, Penobscot Suite, and Owl's Head Sonatina.
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