Bill Malambri is a native of Fairmont, North Carolina. He earned degrees from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (B.S), East Carolina University (M.M.), and the University of South Carolina (D.M.A.) where he was a student of William J. Moody. Additional conducting was with Frederick Fennell. He is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Winthrop University, a position he has held since 1978. In addition to conducting the wind ensemble, Dr. Malambri teaches applied conducting on both the undergraduate levels, and administers the annual Invitational Band Clinic. The inaugural clinic was held in 1981 and has employed notable clinician/conductors including Bruce Ammann, Alan Beck, Kenneth Bloomquist, John Bourgeois, James Croft, James Curnow, Frederick Fennell, Robert Jager, James Keene, Alan LaFave, Gary Lamb, Martin Mailman, Stanley Michalski, Brian Shelborne, Claude Smith, Fisher Tull, and Robert Winslow.

Conducting, clinician, adjudication, and consultation assignments have taken Dr. Malambri to 17 states, the District of Columbia, and the nations of Bahamas, Bermuda, Republic of Korea, Italy, Russia, Spain, and frequent trips to Norway since 1988. Included in these appearances are performances with the United States Army Band, the Army Field Band, the Continental Army Band, the Navy Band, the Air Force Band, service as clinician/conductor for the International Music Camp in 1999, three concerts at the South Carolina Music Educators Conference by the Winthrop Symphonic Band and the Wind Ensemble, a concert by the Wind Ensemble at the North Carolina Music Educators Conference, four concerts during September, 1999 with the Bergen District (Norway) Army Band, and a concert with the Russian Admiralty Navy Band at the Shostakovich Great Hall (Saint Petersburg) in March, 2004. Recent appearances include band festival adjudication in five states and clinician/conducting assignments for the North Carolina All-State Band, the North Dakota All-State Band, the North Region (South Dakota) Honor Band, the Augustana College (South Dakota) Honor Band, the Birmingham-Southern College (Alabama) Honor Band, and the Armstrong-Atlantic University (Georgia) Honor Band. He is scheduled to judge the Italian National Band Competition in Monza, Italy next July.

 Professional affiliations include membership in the American Bandmasters Association, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, South Carolina Music Educators Association, South Carolina Band Directors Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Dr. Malambri is also a conducting clinician for Conn-Selmer, Incorporated.

DR. LOWELL E. GRAHAM

A native of Greeley, Colorado, Lowell E. Graham enjoys a distinguished career conducting ensembles in many musical media, including the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony, the Spokane Symphony, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the American Promenade Orchestra, the Greeley Philharmonic, Chamber Music Palm Beach Chamber Orchestra, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Banda Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Orquestra de Sopros Brasileira, the National Symphonic Winds, the Avatar Brass Ensemble and the Denver Brass. Additionally, he is the founder and music director of the National Chamber Players. He has held numerous conducting positions including that of the Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force's premier musical organization in Washington, DC. While there he became the senior ranking musician in the Department of Defense.

He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education in 1970 and a Master of Arts degree in performance the following year. In 1977 he became the first person to be awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Graham is currently the Chairman of the Music Department at the University of Texas at El Paso and is the recipient the “Abraham Chavez” Professorship in Music.

Graham has initiated many important media projects for American Public Radio and other broadcasting organizations, as well as live telecast/web cast concerts and video productions on which his credits include those of conductor, writer and musical producer. He is a frequent guest on radio talk shows and performed on NBC’s “Today Show” for five consecutive years on Independence Day.

In March 1995, he was honored with membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, the professional association of master conductors and musicians. Membership is considered the highest honor achievable by American bandsmen; it recognized outstanding achievement in the field of concert bands. In February 1996, he was inducted into the University of Northern Colorado School of Music “Hall of Honor.” This distinction was bestowed on only 18 alumni and faculty who have achieved greatness as musician, educators and humanitarians in the school’s first 100 years. He received The Catholic University of America’s 1998 Alumni Achievement Award in the field of Music. This award, which is presented annually by the Board of Governors Alumni Association, recognized his accomplishments and honored him for his life’s work. In 1999 he received the University of Northern Colorado Alumni Association Honored Alumni Award in the category of “Contributions to Music.” In 2001, he was the recipient of the Award of Distinction for Contributions to Music Education from the Illinois Music Educators Association. The two previous recipients were Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Meryl J. Isaac. In December 2003 he was the recipient of the Phi Beta Mu International Outstanding Bandmaster Award.

In 2005 Graham was named as the “Supervising Editor” for Masters Music Publications, Inc., a division of Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc. Masters Music Publications that includes rare, out-of print, and foreign editions as well as offering one of the finest catalogs of original works and arrangements for concert band and wind ensemble available today.

Graham has released recordings on four labels -- Klavier, Telarc, Mark, and Wilson -- that have been recognized for both their artistic and sonic excellence. These recordings have been recognized in Stereophile’s “Records to Die-For” list, The Absolute Sound’s “The Super Disc List,” as well as one having won a Grammy.