William E. Novak

Helping you, your students, and I create and realize a better world through music

My Compositions and Arrangements

William Novak · The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy for Wind Ensemble and Baritone Voice

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy is a flexible suite for wind ensemble and baritone vocalist based on the 1997 Tim Burton book, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Short Stories.

This orchestral arrangement of Florence + the Machine’s “Shake it Out” was written and conducted for the album The Ship of Theseus, a 2017 album of orchestral arrangements by contemporary ensemble Metamorphestra.
William Novak · String Quartet No. 3 (“Obsessed”)
William Novak · Symphony No. 1 (“the Barthes Symphony)
William Novak · Matinee for Soprano Saxophone and Piano

String Quartet No. 3 (“Obsessed”), Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra (the Barthes Symphony), and Matinee for Soprano Saxophone and Piano were written as part of the fulfillment of my Masters of Music Composition degree at Louisiana State University, under the direction and professorship of the late Dino Constantinides.