Jerry Bilik

{{short description|American classical composer}}

Jerry H. Bilik (born October 7, 1933 in New Rochelle, New York, United States){{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Norman |title=Band Music Notes |date=1979 |publisher=Kjos West |isbn=9780849754012 |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3wJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jerry+bilik%22+1933 |access-date=11 February 2021}} is an American composer, arranger,{{cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://alumni.umich.edu/notable-alumni/jerry-bilik/ |website=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan |publisher=The University of Michigan Alumni Association |access-date=11 February 2021}} songwriter,{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Ken |title=American Song: A-S |date=1996 |publisher=Schirmer Books |isbn=9780028645735 |page=983 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WF0RAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jerry+bilik%22 |access-date=12 February 2021}} conductor,{{cite book |title=Music at Michigan - Volumes 7-12 |date=1973 |publisher=The University of Michigan |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7nQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jerry+bilik%22+conductor&pg=RA13-PA12 |access-date=12 February 2021}} and director of stage productions.

Bilik studied with Tibor Serly who had been a student of Béla Bartók.{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Gayle |title=CONCERT REVIEW: A wild and invigorating night with the orchestra |url=http://ticket.heraldtribune.com/2015/12/05/concert-review-a-wild-and-invigorating-night-with-the-orchestra/ |access-date=12 February 2021 |agency=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=December 5, 2015}} He received a B.M.E. degree and a M.M. degree from the University of Michigan, which counts Bilik among its notable alumni.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Norman |title=Band Music Notes |date=1979 |publisher=Kjos West |isbn=9780849754012 |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3wJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jerry+bilik%22 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

Bilik composed Symphony for Band, in 1971, which he dedicated to Serly and published in 1972.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Norman |title=Program Notes for Band |date=2002 |publisher=GIA Publications |location=Chicago |isbn=9781579991470 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hBMKAQAAMAAJ&q=bilik+dedicated+this+major |access-date=12 February 2021}} He also composed the "M Fanfare."{{cite book |title=A Portrait of Tradition: One Hundred Years of the Michigan Marching Band |date=1998 |publisher=University of Michigan Marching Band |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |isbn=9780966718607 |page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nALiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22m+fanfare%22+bilik |access-date=15 February 2021}}

He has served as Vice President of creative development for Disney on Ice.{{cite news |last1=Matsumoto |first1=Jon |title=The Tricks of Taking 'Toy Story' Onto Ice |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-21-me-11038-story.html |access-date=12 February 2021 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=March 21, 2000}}