William F. Rayer

WILLIAM F. RAYER is a composer, trumpet player, author, and painter. He is a member of the Cleveland Composers Guild, ASCAP, and the International Trumpet Guild. His undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Music Education from Kent State University. He has a Master of Arts degree in Music Composition from Cleveland State University. He has written many compositions which have been performed by area orchestras and bands including the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Lakeland Civic Band, Lakeland Civic Orchestra as well as local high schools and junior high schools. In the spring of 2007, the Lakeland Civic Orchestra premiered his work “Pluto, Requiem For A Dead Planet” which was inspired by a Newsweek article of the same name. In 2012 he was commissioned to write a work called Celebration Overture for Symphony West Orchestra commemorating the Symphony's 50th anniversary. In early 2015 he had a trumpet solo premiered in Paris, France. He performs regularly as the principle trumpet of the Lorain Civic Orchestra and also performs with the Broadale Brass Sextet. He has completed two novels called The Reach Beyond Tomorrow and The Legacy of Pnomos available at BarnesandNoble.com, Lulu.com, and Amazon.com.

I have written four novels and am currently working on a fifth novel. I am also a music composer and have written many instrumental solos, chamber music, and orchestral music some of which are available online for purchase.