Irish-born American composer and trombonist
Works for Brass Ensemble
- Are you Washed (1987) for brass ensemble
- Five for Five (1994) for brass quintet
- Between Friends (2003) for brass quintet
- Another World (2009) for brass quintet
- Hope (2013) for brass ensemble
- A Christmas Fanfare (2016) for brass ensemble
- State of Mind (2017) for brass ensemble
- Breathe (2018) for brass quintet
- A Sea Suite (2020) for brass quintet
Biography
Dorothy Gates was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Like her fellow countryman, George Bernard Shaw, she believes in the power of art to see your soul and transform the world. Dorothy received her Bachelor of Music degree in Composition and Trombone Performance from Queens University Belfast, Master of Music degree in Trombone Performance from the University of Michigan and her PhD in Composition from the University of Salford. Her principal composition teachers were Kevin Volans, George Wilson, Joseph Turrin and Peter Graham.
Dorothy has produced works in many genres. Brandywine Brass commissioned and premiered the brass quintet A Sea Suite in Delaware in February 2020; the New York Philharmonic Brass & Percussion premiered the Brass Ensemble version of The Holly & the Ivy with trombone soloist Wycliffe Gordon in December 2019; the US Army Band “Pershings Own,” recently premiered the Concert Band version of Servant of Peace – Concerto for Trombone, with Soloist Dr. Natalie Mannix (Professor University North Texas) at the American Trombone Workshop in Arlington, Virginia in March 2018.