| Graduation Year | Class of 1978 |
| Date of Passing | Feb 09, 2000 |
| About | NAME: Derrick Lynel Hamley - 1976 Graduate at Nampa High, Idaho. BIRTH DATE/LOCATION: October 29, 1957, Spokane, Washington DEATH DATE/LOCATION: February 9, 2000, Boulder, Colorado IDENTIFICATION AND BIO: Ballet Pianist and Composer Degrees in Music Theory and Composition/Piano University of Idaho University of Colorado Graduate School of Music. Derrick Lynel Hamley had a close association with dance throughout his career, writing hundreds of works for ballet. From 1983 until his death he performed, wrote for and accompanied ballet companies in Denver and Boulder including the Colorado Ballet, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater and the Denver and Boulder Ballet Arts Centers. Hamley toured internationally as an accompanist for more than 75 ballet seminars and workshops, and was a guest artist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1989. In the spring of 1999 he released 3 CDs: Solemn Graces, Aubade and The Unveiling, a set of original compositions for piano. Derrick Lynel Hamley died of complications in Boulder, Colorado at the age of 42 on February 9, 2000. Surviving Relatives: sister Bethany (Hamley) Hubler, sister Bettina (Hamley) Lee, sister Carol (Sims), sister Sandra (Sims), brother Joe (Sims), and Mother Lila Hamley. Father Lee Sims and sister Lisa Sims deceased. Derrick and his sister Bethany were inseparable all his living years. Prior to his death, he told Bethany, "You know sweetie we are 2 AS 1". Bethany was Derrick's personal life-support during his months with Hospice in Colorado. WORKS: 76 titles listed with BMI: Agitato I, Agitato II, Alone in a World of Moan, And Thou A Ghost Amid the..., Angst I, Angst II, Angst III, Aubade, agatelle, Berceuse, Bourree, By a Route Obscure and Lonely, Caprice, Chaconne, Circles, Drear Path Alas Where Grows No..., Ecossaise, Elegy, Farewell, Fervente, Flibbertigibbet, Giocoso, Gioviale, Habanera I, Habanera II, Habanera III, Homage to Shostakovitch, Hop Scotch, Imp, Lament, Leaping, Like Starlight on a Pall, Lullaby Memorial, Moonbeams, My Soul At Least A Solace Hath, Newly With Grass Over Grown, O Craving Heart For The Last..., Over Spirits on the Wing Over, Passacaglia, Pavanne, Perpetual Motion I, Perpetual Motion II, Piacevole, Piangendo, Piangevole, Piano Sonata in Four Movements, Portamento, Preponderance, Promenade, Resolve, Restless Stirring, Revelation, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Espana I, Rhapsody Espana II, Romanza, Saltarello, Sarabande, Scampering, Scattering, Seduction, Shrouded Forms that Start and..., Skipping Amidst Moon Tints of..., Soaring, Solemn Graces, Soulsong, Stagnate Tide, Sturmish, Sunbeams, Tango I, Tango II, Tears, Trifle, Unveiling, With Drowsy Head and Folded Wings. DISCOGRAPHY: Solemn Graces, Aubade and The Unveiling (1999). |
