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in Massachusetts; the naming dedication of the 1,800 seat Fine Arts Center concert hall at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as the Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall; and finally after restrictions were lifted as the pandemic eased, a major memorial celebration was able to be held on February 20, 2022, produced by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Music and Dance. Performers included current music department faculty and students, former faculty and alumni of the music department, and many friends who collaborated with Dr. Tillis over the years. Additionally, music composed by Frederick Tillis continues to reach new audiences with even more performances, recordings, and recognition.
282:, and he and his family moved to Massachusetts. Joining the faculty as an associate professor of music, Tillis eventually held many faculty and administrative positions during his tenure at the University of Massachusetts. He retired in 1997, but still held the title of Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music and Dance. Tillis served as Director Emeritus of the University Fine Arts Center and Director of the Jazz in July Workshops in Improvisation at the 331:
the mid-2000s. In later life, Tillis suffered from dementia and had multiple people who would care for him in his old age. Despite his health challenges, he remained interested in life and continued to support and be engaged with various arts activates in the surrounding Western Massachusetts community.
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During his retirement years, Dr. Tillis remained active as a composer, poet, touring performer, lecturer, and arts advocate. He maintained his dedicated service as director emeritus of the Fine Arts Center and professor emeritus at the UMass Amherst music department and Jazz in July program well into
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His first musical experiences were courtesy of his mother, who played piano and sang to him as a child. Later, at George Washington Carver Elementary School, Tillis decided to join the school's drum and bugle corps. As he became more proficient on trumpet, Tillis found his first professional job as
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on a music scholarship, and thus became the first person in his family to receive a college education. He graduated from Wiley in 1949 with a B.A. in music, accepting the position of college band director there almost immediately. He also married fellow Wiley music major Edna Louise Dillon at this
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The outpouring of admiration and acknowledgements for Dr. Tillis and his accomplishments is steadfast. Notable honors include proclamations from both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives for his 50 years of cultural contributions to music education and arts advocacy
499:(1985) – Orchestra and mixed chorus. Contents: 1. Life; 2. Every Time I Feel the Spirit. Duration: 20 minutes. Commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Dedicated to Robert Shaw and the Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Text: "Life" by 758: 682:(1978) – Soprano and orchestra. Text by Robert Hayden. Contents: 1. On Lookout Mountain; 2. Lord Riot; 3. And All the Atoms Cry Aloud. Duration: 15 minutes. Commissioned by the Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts. Score: CBMR 582:(1975) – Chamber orchestra. In two parts. Duration: 13 minutes. Commissioned by the Hartford (Connecticut) Chamber Symphony Orchestra. Publisher: New York, Composer Facsimile Edition. Premiere: July 1975; 289:
Tillis wrote music since the age of twenty, and was influenced by Schoenberg, Bach, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, African-American composers, and world music. Some of Tillis' more notable compositions include
463:(1976) – Contents: 1. I'm Gonna Sing; 2. The Urgency; 3. Salve Savage in the Spin; 4. All About Are the Cold Places; 5. The Time. Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Text by Gwendolyn Brooks. Commissioned by the 1407: 1412: 738:(1978) – Orchestra. Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds. Contents: 1. We Shall Overcome; 2. Deep River; 3. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Commissioned by Columbia Records. Score: CBMR 1457: 1452: 615:; Marshall, Texas. NOTE: Short analysis in "Concert Band Music by Black-American Composers," The Black Perspective in Music 6.2 (Fall 1878):143–50, by Thomas Everett 688:(1980) For piccolo, trumpet, and piano – Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds. Commissioned by Fred Irby III, Washington. Publisher: New York, Composers Facsimile Edition 1432: 1422: 434:(1963) – Duration: No. 1 ca. 7 minutes; No. 2 ca. 5 minutes 30 seconds. Publisher: New York, Composer Facsimile Edition. Premiere: 1968; Atlanta, Georgia; 1437: 1427: 251: 100: 1387: 1382: 962: 1447: 545:(1964) – Duration: ca. 10 minutes 30 seconds. Publisher: New York, Composers Facsimile Edition. Premiere: 1965; Contemporary Composers Forum; 428:(1966) – Orchestra. Duration: 4 minutes 45 seconds. Publisher: New York, Composer Facsimile Edition. NOTE: Written for student orchestra. 209:
Tillis (1913–2004), his stepfather, General Gardner, and his maternal grandparents, Willie Tillis and Jessie Tillis-Hubbard (1893–1979).
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Biography Index: A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines; Volume 14, September 1984 – August 1986
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a musician in jazz bands when he was twelve years old, earning him the nickname "Baby Tillis". Tillis' band director at
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Central High School, the first black high school in Texas (founded 1885), merged with Ball High School in 1968
1352: 952: 611:(1961) – Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds. Publisher: New York, Composers Facsimile Edition. Premiere: 1962; 235: 841: 833: 825: 812: 804: 790: 782: 774: 766: 556: 243: 67: 1141: 438:. NOTE: Ph.D. Dissertation; abstract in Dissertation Abstracts XXIX, 6, 2513. Can be performed separately 583: 549:; Bloomington, Illinois; Leroy Humphrey, trombone; Abraham Plum, piano. NOTE: Written for Leroy Humphrey 514: 151: 418:(1980) – Flute, violoncello, piano, and orchestra. Duration: 21 minutes 7 seconds. Commissioned by the 1042:"Randolph W. Bromery, Champion of Diversity, Du Bois and Jazz as UMass Amherst Chancellor, Dead at 87" 1377: 1372: 1283: 1275: 1265: 1218: 1197: 1186: 500: 666:(Variations for Modern Dance/Ballet) (1976) – Jazz orchestra. Duration: 10 minutes. Premiere: 1976; 560: 453:(1975) – Jazz orchestra. Duration: 10 minutes. Premiere: 4 November 1975; Amherst, Massachusetts; 957: 371: 231: 156: 95: 853:
Jazz Theory and Improvisation: A Manual of Keyboard, Instrumental (or vocal), and Aural Practice
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Jazz Workshop; Amherst, MA. NOTE: Written for a jazz workshop at the University of Massachusetts
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Choral. Publisher: New York, Composers Facsimile Edition. Premiere (Nos. 1, 3, 5): Summer 1976;
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Composium Directory of New Music: Annual index of contemporary compositions, 1982/83 edition
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on January 5, 1930, Frederick Tillis was raised by his mother, Zelma Bernice Gardner,
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Completing his PhD in 1963, Tillis then held a succession of academic positions at
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for graduate music studies. At this time, he also decided to volunteer in the
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Contemporary American Composers Based at American Colleges and Universities
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Contemporary American Composers, A biographical dictionary, Second edition
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Contemporary American Composers, A biographical dictionary, First edition
598:(1971) – Jazz ensemble. Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds. Premiere: 1971; 1331: 1305: 247: 205: 1113:"Dr. Frederick Charles Tillis Obituary (2020) Daily Hampshire Gazette" 897:
Spiritual Fantasy No. 12: Crucifixian (He Never Said a Mumbelin' Word)
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University of Massachusetts Dr. Frederick C. Tillis Memorial Campaign
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time. They moved from Texas in 1951 so that Tillis could attend the
640:(1962) – Duration: 10 minutes. Publisher: New York, General Music Co 569:(1974) – Jazz orchestra. Duration: ca. 6 minutes. Premiere: 1974; 217:, Fleming S. Huff, suggested that he start playing the saxophone. 529:(1972) – Jazz ensemble. Duration: ca. 5 minutes. Premiere: 1972; 170: 953:"Frederick C. Tillis, Composer Who Straddled Genres, Dies at 90" 706:(1986) – for soprano solo, SATB, and brass quintet – Duration: 700:(1982) for trumpet and symphony orchestra – Duration: 9 minutes 1302:
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Spiritual Fantasy No. 12: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
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and commissioned by The Hartford Chorale, Inc. (1999);
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Fantasy on a Theme by Julian Adderley (A Little Taste)
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Ring Shout Concerto for Percussionist And Orchestra
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