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ConductorFrank Tk TicheliDrFrankTicheli was borninMonroeLouisianaHe graduatedfromLVBerknerHighSchoolinRichardsonTexasandearnedaBachelorofMusicinCompositionfromSouthernMethodistUniversityHe wentontoreceivehismaster’sanddoctoraldegreesincompositionfromtheUniversityofMichigan wherehestudied with William AlbrightLeslieBassettGeorge Wilsonand WilliamBolcomSubsequentlyTicheli wasan AssistantProfessorofMusicatTrinityUniversityinSanAntonioTexasThereheservedonthe boardofdirectorsoftheTexasComposersForumand wasamemberoftheadvisorycommitteefortheSan AntonioSymphony’s“Musicofthe Americas”projectFrom1991to1998Ticheli wascomposer-in-residence withthePacificSymphonyOrchestrainOrangeCountyCaliforniaSince1991hehas beenaProfessorofCompositionattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia’sThorntonSchoolofMusicIn2011heendowedthe“FrankTicheliCompositionScholarship”to beawardedeach yeartoanincoming graduatestudentincompositionGrantsandcommissionsforTicheli’s workshavecomefromChamberMusic Americathe AmericanMusicCenterPacificSymphonyPacificChorale WorldwideConcurrentPremieresIncPrinceGeorge’sPhilharmonicOrchestra AdrianSymphonyCityofSan AntonioStephenF AustinStateUniversityUniversityofMichiganTrinityUniversitytheIndianaBandmasters AssociationandmanyothersTonightmarkshisthirdappearanceatthe AmericanBandCollegeConductorLorasSchisselLoras JohnSchissel hasservedasconductoroftheBlossomFestivalBandsince1998HealsoregularlyconductstheBlossomFestivalOrchestraMrSchissel hastravelledthroughouttheUnitedStatesEuropeand Asiaconductingorchestras bandsandchoralensemblesina broadrangeofmusicalstylesand varied programs Anativeof NewHamptonIowaLoras JohnSchisselstudiedbrassinstrumentsandconducting withCarltonStewartFrederickFennelland JohnPaynterInthe yearsfollowing hisstudiesattheUniversityof NorthernIowaMrSchissel hasdistinguished himselfasa prominentconductororchestratorandmusicologistHe has justcompleted his20thseasonasfoundingmusicdirectorofthe Arlington-based VirginiaGrandMilitaryBandanensemblecomprisedofcurrentandformermembersofthefourmajorUSservice bandsIn2005MrSchissel waselectedtomembershipinthe prestigious AmericanBandmasters AssociationAsacomposerandorchestratorMrSchissel hascreatedanextensivecatalogueofover500 worksfororchestrasymphonic windbandand jazzensemble publishedexclusively byLudwig/MastersMusicLorasisaseniormusicologistattheLibraryofCongressandaleadingauthorityonthemusicofPercy AldridgeGrainger AaronCoplandLeonardBernsteinandBostonSymphonyOrchestraconductorSergeKoussevitzkySchisseland JohnPhilipSousaIV(great-grandsonofthecomposer)recentlyco-authoreda booktitledTheStarsandStripesForeverinconjunction withtheSousa-Schissel bookMrSchisseliscurrently writingastudyofthefamedimpresarioSergeiDiaghilevHe hasappearedasconductorof All-Statemusicfestivalsandoffestival bandsandorchestrasinmorethanthirtystatesHeregularly visitsBaldwin WallaceUniversityasconductoroftheSummerBandCampthereHefrequentlyappears withthePatriotBandof AvonLakeStrongsvilleCommunityBandLakewoodHometownBandandthePackardBandof WarrenOhioIn July2008MrSchisselmade hisdebut with“Pershing’sOwn”theUnitedStates ArmyBandonthestepsoftheUSCapitol