Biography Of Donald Grantham 's Music And Doctor Of Musical Arts

Williams connection with this orchestra stems from his position as their conductor from 1980-1993 (although he still acts as the Laureate Conductor with the organisation). Along with the orchestra, he recorded numerous tracks for Sony and Phillips' classical labels, including award-winning albums, along with entertaining audiences live with classic and contemporary commissioned pieces. Some of the most memorable performances were

(Williams 53).Grant was born in point pleasant, Ohio, on April 27 ,1822, the son os Hannah

St. Louis in 1880’s. The first time he was known for his music was 1891. In 1893, while

David Dickau is a man whose true passion and love is music. Composing and Conducting music is what he truly loves. An Honored Conductor, Composer, and Clinician, He has Composed many Pieces such as the popular “If Music be the Food of Love”, “Dresden Canticles”, and “Stars I Shall Find”.

When Still graduated from high school, he attended medical school at Wilberforce University, in Ohio. He conducted the university band, learned to play many types of instruments, and started to compose and to do orchestrations. He was awarded a scholarship to

Roller was part of the ensemble for only two years but in those two years he was able to record with the Mercury label, Alan Hovhaness’ Symphony No. 3. The recording was praised as one of the top ten recordings of the year. Donald Hunsberger is Eastman’s third conductor and one of the four conductors that projected the name of Eastman Wind Ensemble internationally. Hunsberger was born in southern Pennsylvania on August 2, 1932. Hunsberger was able to internationally tour with the ensemble and premiere hundreds of compositions. He was also important in stabilizing the instrumentation of the wind ensemble. Donald Hunsberger was also a great arranger of orchestral music transcriptions. He is well-known for his orchestral transcriptions of Shostakovich's Festive Overture; Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon Overture, Grafulla's Echoes of the 1860's, Khachaturian's Ballet Suite from Spartacus, and John Williams' Star Wars Trilogy. Hunsberger is the editor of the Remington warmups, and he also the co author of the Art of Conducting. Mark Scatterday is fourth and the current conductor of Eastman Wind Ensemble. Mark Scatterday is the professor of conducting and the chair of the conducting and the ensembles department. Dr. Scatterday received his Doctoral in Musical Arts in Conducting from the Rochester University, Eastman School of Music. Dr. Scatterday has studied conducting with Donald Hunsberger, David Effron, Sidney

Stephen Foster is considered “the father of American music”. Foster lived during the romantic musical era during 1815-1910. Foster was born on July 4, 1826 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. Foster’s parents were William Barclay Foster and Eliza Clayland Tomlinson. His father worked as merchant in Pittsburgh. Foster was the second youngest out of ten children, but the last child died as an infant leaving Foster being the youngest out of the bunch. Foster’s family came from Scottish and Irish emigrants from both his mother and father. His grandfather, James Foster, served in the Revolutionary war, while his father was a quartermaster and commissioner for the United States during the War of 1812.

Grant Wood is a famous philosopher who was born in February in the year 1891 in Anamosa, Iowa. Wood was born to Quaker parents on a small farm. This experience would be the basis of his iconic images of small-town plain folk and verdant Midwestern vistas. He later moved to Cedar Rapids after the death of his father in 1901. He first studied at the Minneapolis School of

Grant Wood was born February 13, 1891, near Anamosa, Iowa, and spent much of his lifetime working and teaching in his home state. During his years there, he taught in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, public schools and, later, was a Professor of Fine Arts at the

Dr. Howard Hanson enjoyed a celebrated international music career including becoming the first composer to enter the American Academy in Rome in 1921, an appointment as director of the Eastman School of Music in 1924, and winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his Symphony No. 4. Chorale and Alleluia was Dr. Hanson's first of five works for wind band, commissioned in 1954 by Edwin Franko Goldman for the American Bandmasters Association.

“ He continued his music lessons after high school graduation, in 1921 he went to France to study at the American Conservatory in

John Williams was born on February 8, 1932 in Floral Park, New York.He is an american conductor, painter, and composer. He is the son of Esther and Johnny Williams. He moved to Los Angeles and graduated High School in 1950. He then graduated from the University of California. In 1952, Williams served in the air force . Afterwards, Williams moved to New York and attended The Juilliard School. He has two brothers who both work in Los Angeles.

Jazz Musician. He was born Charlie J. Allen in Jackson, Mississippi, but was raised in Chicago. He graduated from high school and began playing music during the early 1920s. His musical instrument of choice was the trumpet and he soon became a session trumpet player for such jazz greats as Hugh Swift, Billy Butler, Don Pasquall, Dave Peyton, Doc Cook, Clifford "Klarinet" King and the extensive ensemble of Johnny Long. He joined Earl Hine's band in 1931 and would go onto play with him until 1934. With Hines' he played on some of his classic recordings such as "Mad House", "Darkness", and "Cavernism", among many others. He also played a stint with the Duke Ellington Orchestra beginning in 1935, but never recorded any solos with Duke's orchestra.

Dennis DeYoung was a member of Styx specializing in keyboarding and vocalizing. He is currently 71 years old and still living the dream. He started his career as a vocalist in 1961 by teaming up with his neighbors in a 3 piece combo. He stayed in Styx from 1970 until middle of 1999. He alone has a net worth of $25 million as an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Although he was a part of Styx, he longed to have a solo career of his own and started as early as 1984, producing 4 albums. These 4 albums were Desert Moon, Back to the World, Boomchild, and the fourth produced after disbanding, 10 on Broadway. 10 on Broadway highlighted influences in his life such as George and Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Andrew Lloyd

Composers rely heavily on ritornello form. More freedom in the form although a sinfonia proper is later developed.