JDevor Music

James A. Devor — Composer – Sound Artist – Double Bass

J. A. Devor – Composer

James A. Devor

James A. Devor


Recent Updates

Kinnear Rising selected as the 47th FeNAM Call for Scores Winner and premiered by Metaphor Percussion on 1 November at Sac State

A short clip of the introduction to dear delighful hollow square, premiered by myself and @paige.abr at the Georgia Music Teachers Association conference on Friday! Official duo pic after our premiere on Friday in Georgia! Incredibly honored to have been selected as the commissioned composer for the 2024 Georgia Music Teachers Association Conference the past few days! We had such a fun time premiering dear delightful hollow square, a new chamber piece for clarinet, bass, and electronics inspired by the practice of shape note singing. Thank you to both GMTA and @mtnaorg for commissioning this work and to @perimetercollege for hosting the conference! So excited for the premiere of Kinnear Rising by @metaphorpercussion at @sacstatemusic tonight! Check out the livestream, it’ll be a great concert! #FeNAM Finally got around to posting some pictures, but had an amazing time at Opera from Scratch last week! Great people, music, and adventures for my first ever trip to Canada. @nodividekc Come As Your Are CAYA concert tonight! Excited to be sharing my music with @nodividekc and @kcopera tonight!!! Excited for the 2024 WAC New Music Festival this weekend at @uwomusic! The second concert includes @drew.saxophone performing my work for solo alto saxophone, Scenes past a window pane. The watch fest for @newmusicmosaic Timbre Vol. 3 starts tonight at 7pm CT (8pm ET)! Join and enjoy some new solo works, including @jade.deatherage premiering my new work for solo saxophone.

selected as the 2024 GMTA Commissioned Composer and will write a new chamber work to be premiered November 7-9 at Georgia State University