Composer James D. Norman's (b. 1980) music, which includes orchestral and chamber music, music for winds and percussion, as well as a chamber opera and music for film, has been performed throughout the United States.

Dr. Norman was recently a Lecturer in Music at Texas A&M University, and is the Composer-in-Residence with Austin-based new music concert series, Audio Inversions. Dr. Norman has received numerous awards and accreditations citing his achievements in music composition and academia. Recently, Norman participated at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music as part of the composer / conducting seminar, and saw the premiere of a new orchestral work, Regatta. He is winner of both the University of Southern California and University of Texas Symphony Orchestra Composition Competitions, a Fellow at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and winner of a BMI Student Composer Award in 2003.

A native of Salem, Oregon, Dr. Norman received his Bachelors of Music degree in composition in 2002 from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he studied with Donald Crockett, Frank Ticheli and Stephen Hartke. He received his DMA degree in composition at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has worked extensively in composition with prominent American composers, Kevin Puts, Dan Welcher, and Russell Pinkston. He currently resides in Austin, Texas.

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