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Information on Herbert M. Midgley II.
B.Mus., Music Theory and Composition, cum laude, Stephen F. Austin State University
M.M., Music Theory and Composition, Stephen F. Austin State University
Background
Herbert Midgley has performed as a guitarist in jazz and popular idioms in both California and
Texas. He has studied with Jim Turner, Leo Cavanagh and Dr. Richard Savino. In addition to
performing, Herbert has been active as a teacher of guitar, as well as a composer of guitar
literature.
As a composer, Herbert has written numerous instrumental works, including one symphony and
nine original works for band. He has also written a large number of chamber works, including
quartets for wind instruments, solo piano works, and solo works for many other instruments. His
composition teachers include Californian composers Delbert Bump and Dr. Mac Cooks, and Dr.
Dan Beaty, who serves on the SFA Music Faculty.
For more than five years, Mr. Midgley has been working closely with MIDI technology, serving as
a Graduate Assistant at SFA in the MIDI Lab, and also at Solano Community College in California.
He is an expert on Macintosh computers and music software, and has tutored many students in the
use of computer technology in music, including both music notation and sequencing software. In
addition to working with college students, Herbert has served as a music technology coordinator
and instructor for younger children in the SFA Music Preparatory Division.
In addition to his primary instrument, , Mr. Midgley has also studied the piano, violin,
and trumpet.
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