Numinous Owl was born in Washington DC January 1965, under the name Edgar M Wise. Music became an active part of his life in Junior High School and carried on into his adult life. Numinous Owl (Edgar Wise) became serious about writing music in 2001, when he began writing arrangements of popular songs for marching bands. An arrangement he'd written of Diana Ross's popular song The Boss was played during first Barack Obama's Inaugural Parade. Numinous Owl continued to experiment with music writing and creation, drawing on his love for a variety of genres ranging from Classical to Neo and New Age.