PASADENA, Calif.- Frank Ticheli will be the featured composer and conductor at a free concert performed by the Caltech-Occidental College Concert Band. "The Music of Frank Ticheli" will begin at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 in Ramo Auditorium on the Caltech campus in Pasadena.
Ticheli, a resident of Pasadena, is one of the leading composers for band and orchestra. His music has been described as being "optimistic and thoughtful" (Los Angeles Times), "lean and muscular" (New York Times), "brilliantly effective" (Miami Herald) and "powerful, deeply felt . . . crafted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors" (South Florida Sun-Sentinel).
He is professor of composition at USC's Thornton School of Music. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was composer in residence with the Pacific Symphony, and still enjoys a close working relationship with that orchestra.
Ticheli's orchestral works have received considerable recognition in the United States and Europe and have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, the radio orchestras of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Saarbruecken, and Austria, and the orchestras of Austin, Bridgeport, Charlotte, Colorado, Haddonfield, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, Jacksonville, Lansing, Long Island, Louisville, Lubbock, Memphis, Nashville, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Antonio, San Jose, and others.
Ticheli is known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, he has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world, including Schladming, Austria, at the Mid-Europe Music Festival; London and Manchester, England, with the Meadows Wind Ensemble; Singapore, with the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band; and numerous cities in Japan with the Bands of America National Honor Band.
Tickets for the concert are not required.
For more information, contact Caltech Public Events at 1 (888) 2CALTECH, (626) 395-4652, or [email protected], or visit www.events.caltech.edu. Individuals with a disability can call (626) 395-4688 (voice) or (626) 395-3700 (TDD).
