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John Barnes Chance ( November 20, 1932 – August 16, 1972 ) was a composer, born in Beaumont, Texas.

Chance studied composition with Clifton Williams at the University of Texas, Austin, and is best known for his concert band works, which include Variations on a Korean Folk Song, Incantation and Dance, and Blue Lake Overture.

Many of his works are written for young musicians, particularly those written between 1960 and 1962, when he was composer-in-residence in the Greensboro, North Carolina public school system — specifically at Greensboro Senior High School ( now Grimsley Senior High School ) under the supervision of Herbert Hazelman — as part of the Ford Foundation Young Composers Project.