Jerry Bilik
- Music Department
- Writer
- Composer
Composer, arranger and musician, educated at the University of Michigan
(BM, MM) (Stanley Medal, Phi Kappa Lambda citation). He studied with
Tibor Serly, Ross Lee Finney, and Leslie Bassett. He arranged for the
US Military Band at West Point, 1955-58, then the U. of Michigan
Marching Band. He joined ASCAP in 1959 and has written for radio and
TV, and films. He has been a musician with dance groups. His
compositions include: "Rhapsody on Russian Folk Songs (for the U. of
Michigan tour of the USSR and Far East in 1961), "Ogden Nash Suite",
"Forty Ninth Star", "American Civil War Fantasy", "Touchdown, USA"
(arr., 18 college marches), and "Block M March".
