Fine
Arts
Band -
Conductor |
2005 All-State Band Concert
Rapid City - March 31 - April 2, 2005
Guest
Conductor: John Locke
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Since 1982, Dr. John R. Locke has served on the
UNCG School of Music Faculty as Director of
Bands, Professor of Music and Conductor of the
University Wind Ensemble. He holds the Bachelor
and Master of Music degrees from West Virginia
University
and
the Doctor of Education degree from the
University
of
Illinois. Previously, Dr. Locke held teaching
positions in music at West Virginia
University,
Southeast
Missouri
State
University,
and the
University
of
Illinois. Dr. Locke has conducted band
performances throughout the country including
the National Conventions of the MENC,
ABA,
CBDNA, the
Kennedy
Center
in
Washington,
DC
and
Lincoln
Center
in
New
York City. In addition, he has guest conducted
the U.S. Air Force Band, U.S. Army Field Band,
U.S. Navy Band and the Dallas Wind Symphony, as
well as numerous university bands. He has
published articles on band literature in The
Journal of Band Research and Winds
Quarterly and is the former Editor of The
North
Carolina
Music Educator. In 1989, Dr. Locke was
selected for membership in the prestigious
American Bandmasters Association. He has
received the Phi Mu Alpha Orpheus Award
and has been a recipient of the National Band
Association Citation of Excellence on
three occasions. He is a National Arts
Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota. In 1994, Dr.
Locke received the Phi Beta Mu International
Fraternity Outstanding Bandmaster of the Year
Award, presented at the Midwest Clinic in
Chicago. He is Past-President of the North
Carolina Music Educators Association, an
affiliate of MENC. In 1999, Dr. Locke became
President of the Southern Division of the
College Band Directors National Association and
a member of the Board of Directors of the
American Bandmasters Association. In 2002, Dr.
Locke was nominated for the O. Max Gardner
Award, the highest award in the 16-campus
UNC System. Dr. Locke was awarded the
Outstanding Teacher Award in the School
of
Music
in
April 2003. In 2004, he was elected
President-Elect of the American Bandmasters
Association. Dr. Locke maintains an active
schedule of guest conducting and adjudicating
bands throughout the United States and
Canada. Dr. Locke is the founding director of
the UNCG Summer Music Camp, the largest and most
popular music camp in
America
enrolling 1,730 students annually. Since 1977,
he has administered summer music camps for more
than 43,000 students.
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