Bio

Dillan Francis is an Oklahoma-based musician specializing in composition, conducting, and woodwind performance.

As a composer, Dillan has been recognized as a writer of complex, yet smooth melodies accompanied with attractive rhythms. His works often focus on combining the sounds of popular music with form and development of classical music. Dillan’s concerto for bass clarinet, The Traveling Bass Clarinetist, will premiere with the Oklahoma City University Wind Ensemble in February 2023 with Dillan as the soloist.

Dillan is currently completing a Masters of Music in Wind Conducting at Oklahoma City University and holds a Masters of Music in Clarinet Performance from Oklahoma City University as well as Bachelors of Music Education in Instrumental Music Education and Bachelors of Science in Clarinet Performance from Southern Nazarene University.