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| James Swearingen | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 29 2004, 04:10 AM (237 Views) | |
| BanDPeRcS | Dec 29 2004, 04:10 AM Post #1 |
 
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JAMES SWEARINGEN James Swearingen's talents as a performer, composer/arranger and educator include a background of extensive training and experience. He has earned degrees from Bowling Green State University and The Ohio State University. Mr. Swearingen is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education and one of several resident composers at Capital University located in Columbus, Ohio. He also serves as a staff arranger for the famed Ohio State University Marching Band. Prior to his appointment at Capital in 1987, he spent eighteen years teaching instrumental music in the public schools of central Ohio. His first teaching assignment took him to the community of Sunbury, Ohio. He then spent fourteen years as Director of Instrumental Music at Grove City High School where his marching, concert and jazz bands all received acclaim for their high standards of performing excellence. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Swearingen manages to be very active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and educational clinician. Appearances have included trips throughout the United States, as well as Japan, Australia, Europe, Canada and The Republic of China. Mr. Swearingen's numerous compositions for band have been enthusiastically received by school directors, student performers and audiences worldwide. With nearly 400 published compositions, he has written band works that reflect a variety of musical forms and styles. Many of his pieces, including 70 commissioned works, have been chosen for contest and festival lists. He is a recipient of several ASCAP awards for published compositions and in 1992 was selected as an Accomplished Graduate of the Fine and Performing Arts from Bowling Green State University. Most recently, Mr. Swearingen received the 2002 Community Music Educator Award given annually by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations including OMEA, MENC, ASBDA, Phi Beta Mu and Pi Kappa Lambda. In March of 2000, he was invited to join The American Bandmasters Association, considered to be the most prestigious bandmaster organization in the world. Many of Mr. Swearingen's most popular band compositions have been recorded by the prestigious Washington Winds and are available on Walking Frog Records compact discs: His recordings include "IN ALL ITS GLORY," "EXALTATION," "CELEBRATION FOR WINDS AND PERCUSSION" and the newest release "THE LIGHT OF DAWN, The Young Band Music of James Swearingen." |
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