Kevin Ure, Composer

Composer and music theorist.

I write concert music, mostly for brass. The Las Vegas Brass Band has performed several of my works, including Fanfare for Uncommon Brass and Scrooge’s Last Dream, which they played twice in December 2023. I conducted Hornettes Nest myself.

I taught music theory and composition at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2016 through the end of Fall 2024, first as Adjunct Instructor and then as Visiting Assistant Professor. Counterpoint through fifth species, form and analysis, Schenkerian analysis, twentieth and twenty-first century techniques, and the ear training and musicianship sequence.

I also build music education programs and courses. My book The Musical Core, a theory and ear training text, was published by Kendall Hunt in 2018 and is used at UNLV and other institutions. Flawless Ear Training and the Audiation courses came out of the same teaching.

Recordings and performances are linked below. Full catalogue at kevinure.com.