Frank Ticheli

Frank Ticheli (born Jan 21, 1958 in Monroe, Louisiana) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where he is a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California. A number of his works are particularly notable, as they have become standards in concert band repertoire.

Biography

Ticheli graduated from L.V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Southern Methodist University. He went on to receive his master's and doctoral degrees in composition from the University of Michigan, where he studied under the tutelage of William Albright, Leslie Bassett, George Wilson, and William Bolcom.

Subsequently, Ticheli was an Assistant Professor of Music at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. There, he served on the board of directors of the Texas Composers Forum and was a member of the advisory committee for the San Antonio Symphony's "Music of the Americas" project. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was composer-in-residence with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Orange County, California. Currently, he is a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.

He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Charles Ives Scholarship, the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, National Band Association/Revelli Memorial Prize, and First Prize in the Texas Sesquicentennial Orchestral Composition Competition, the Britten-on-the-Bay Choral Composition Contest, and the Virginia CBDNA Symposium for New Band Music.

Grants and commissions include his selection as a recipient of a Chamber Music America Grant to compose a work for the Philadelphia-based saxophone quartet Prism. He has also received commissions and grants from the American Music Center, Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale, Worldwide Concurrent Premieres, Inc., Prince George's Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Symphony, City of San Antonio, Stephen F. Austin State University, University of Michigan, Trinity University, and the Indiana Bandmasters Association.

Works

Ticheli's works are published by Manhattan Beach Music, Encore Music Publishers, Helicon Music, and PP Music Publishers and are recorded by Koch International Classics, Klavier, Albany, and Mark Records. They include the following.

For orchestra

Angels in the Architecture,

Shooting Stars,

Symphony No. 1,

Blue Shades,

Radiant Voices,

On Time's Stream,

Postcard,

Pacific Fanfare,

Images of a Storm,

Sanctuary,

An American Elegy

For solo with orchestra

Symphony No. 1,

An American Dream,

Playing With Fire,

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

For chorus

Earth Song,

The Song Within,

There Will Be Rest

For concert band/wind ensemble

Angels in the Architecture,

Symphony No.1,

Cajun Folk Songs II,

Wild Nights,

Nitro,

Sanctuary,

Abracadabra,

Joy Revisited,

Joy,

Symphony No. 2,

Ave Maria,

A Shaker Gift Song,

Pacific Fanfare,

Loch Lomond,

Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs,

An American Elegy,

Vesuvius,

Shenandoah,

Blue Shades,

Sun Dance,

Cajun Folk Songs II,

Postcard,

Gaian Visions,

Amazing Grace,

Cajun Folk Songs,

Fortress,

Portrait of a Clown,

Music for Winds & Percussion, and

Concertino for Trombone and Band

For chamber

Out of the Blue,

Songs of Tagore,

Back Burner,

Here We Stand,

Concertino for Trombone,

The First Voice,

String Quartet,

Fantasy,

Two Songs of Loss,

Humouresque,

Poltergeists,

No Time,

Three Movements, and

Trio for Brass

External links

* [http://www.frankticheli.com The Music of Frank Ticheli] Frank Ticheli's official website by Manhattan Beach Music
* [http://www.usc.edu/music/faculty/faccomp.html Composition Faculty] The Thornton School of Music's faculty biographies