Bernard Howard Gilmore (November 19, 1937 – April 17, 2013) was an American composer, conductor, French horn player, and Professor Emeritus of music at the University of California, Irvine.
Gilmore was in numerous honor groups, including the California Junior Symphony Orchestra directed by Peter Merenblum.
Shortly after, Gilmore moved to teach at Oregon State University where he continued to compose music such as Three Little Madrigals (1969) and Symphonic Movement for orchestra (1971).
In 1982, Gilmore accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at UCI, where he spent the remainder of his educational career.
Three Miniatures for Violin and Piano was written for faculty members Haroutune Bedelian and Lorna Griffitt in 1992 and subsequently recorded by this duo.
[4] At that same concert Pianojazz (1990), a large-scale jazz-influenced work for solo piano, was performed by UCI faculty jazz pianist Kei Akagi.
[4] Gilmore's compositions influenced the work of other composers including Mark Riley, Jason Barabba, Timothy Melbinger, Kendra d’Ercole, Maxim Vladimiroff, and Darren Wilsey.
His earlier works, notably the Five Folk Songs for soprano and wind band, are historically themed and utilize a strong sense of melodic foundation.
His later works are genuinely innovative in the scheme of modern music, exploring the vast realm of harmonic chromaticism and atonality.