Frederick Fennell was an American conductor and one of the primary figures which promoted the Eastman Wind Ensemble as a performing group. He was also influential as a band pedagogue,and greatly affected the field of music education in the US and abroad. In Fennell's New York Times obituary,colleague Jerry F. Junkin was quoted as saying "He was arguably the most famous band conductor since John Philip Sousa."
The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band is the official marching band of Texas A&M University. Composed of over 400 men and women from the school's Corps of Cadets,it is the largest military marching band in the world. The band's complex straight-line marching maneuvers are performed exclusively to traditional marches.
William Francis McBeth was an American composer,whose wind band works are highly respected. His primary musical influences included Clifton Williams,Bernard Rogers,and Howard Hanson. The popularity of his works in the United States during the last half of the twentieth century led to many invitations and appearances as a guest conductor,where he often conducted the premiere performances of some of his compositions,the majority of which were commissioned. His conducting activities took him to forty-eight states,three Canadian provinces,Japan,and Australia;and for a number of years he was principal conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra in the capital of Little Rock. At one time,his "Double Pyramid Balance System" was a widely used pedagogical tool in the concert band world.
Bob Barr was the conductor of the Jordan High School Band in Columbus,Georgia from 1946 to 1963. Under his direction,the band achieved the highest acclaim winning many state and national titles.
Timothy Mahr is an American composer and conductor. He previously conducted the St. Olaf Band for 29 years before his retirement in 2023.
Frank Ticheli is an American composer of orchestral,choral,chamber,and concert band works. He lives in Los Angeles,California,where he is a Professor Emeritus of Composition at the University of Southern California. He was the Pacific Symphony's composer-in-residence from 1991 to 1998,composing numerous works for that orchestra. A number of his works have become standards in concert band repertoire.
David Rex Holsinger is an American composer and conductor writing primarily for concert band. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin-Central High School in Hardin,Missouri,Central Methodist University,the University of Central Missouri,and the University of Kansas.
Colonel George Sallade Howard was commander and conductor of The United States Air Force Band between 1947 and 1963.
Harvey Gene Phillips,Sr. was an American tuba player. He served as the Distinguished Professor of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University,Bloomington and was dedicated advocate for the tuba becoming popularly known as Mr. Tuba.
Peter Mampreh Dombourian,was active in musical circles in New Orleans,Louisiana,as a music educator,conductor,and musician.
Mark Camphouse is an American composer and conductor who has written primarily for symphonic band,but whose output also includes works for orchestra,choir and chamber brass.
The Texas A&M Wind Symphony is a 63-member ensemble,representing "the finest wind and percussion players on the TAMU campus". The conductor of the Wind Symphony is Dr. Timothy Rhea and his assistant is Lt. Travis Almany. The band rehearses in the E.V. Adams Band Hall.
Joseph W. Hermann is a leading American wind band conductor and educator and is currently Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville,Tennessee. He is also the current President of the American Bandmasters Association.
Phi Beta Mu,International Bandmasters' Fraternity (ΦΒΜ),is an international honorary fraternity for band directors. It was founded in 1939 in Texas.
H. Robert Reynolds is an American musician,conductor and academic. He is currently the principal conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California,where he holds the H. Robert Reynolds Professorship in Wind Conducting.
Maurice Clark McAdow was an American conductor,trumpeter,and music educator who served as director of bands at the University of North Texas College of Music for 29 years,from fall 1945 to spring 1975. The concert bands under his direction were acclaimed for performing a wide repertoire that exhibited advanced levels of musicianship commensurate with a major music school. The marching bands under his direction were known for innovative and colorful halftime shows. Since the mid-1940s,the College of Music had been,and still is,among the nation's largest music schools. Due to the size of the music school,his marching bands were filled with an unusual number of music majors,sometimes exceeding 90%.
Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel is the former Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force Band,United States Air Force Symphony Orchestra,and Singing Sergeants from 1964 to 1985. In 1990,he was named the first Conductor Emeritus of the United States Air Force Band and the 29th DIV Band of the Virginia Army National Guard. Gabriel has four sons,one daughter,and thirteen grandchildren.
Ray E. Cramer is an American band conductor.
Jerry Junkin is an American conductor of wind bands and educator. Junkin serves on the faculty of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where he holds the Vincent R. and Jane D. DiNino Chair for the Director of Bands. He conducts the University of Texas Wind Ensemble and instructs graduate as well as undergraduate conducting courses. Additionally,Junkin has served as the conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony since 1993.
W. Dale Warren is an American-born conductor. He is the senior Wind band director at the University of Arkansas and the professor of Music.
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