Ralph Ford

Ralph Ford (b. 1963 in Panama City, Florida) is the Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Troy University.

Ralph Ford has served at Troy University on the faculty in many facets and in several areas of expertise since 1986. During his tenure, Ford has worked primarily as the assistant director of bands, arranger for the Sound of the South Marching Band and theory instructor. Ford has been the conductor of the Troy University Jazz Ensemble I, Symphony Band, Chamber Winds, and most recently as the director of the nationally renowned Sound of the South Marching Band. Ford has composed or arranged over 130 publications for concert, symphonic, and marching bands and they have been commissioned and performed by middle schools, high schools and collegiate bands around the world. In addition, he creates special arrangements and compositions for the Troy University band program. He works constantly in the United States and Canada as a arranger, composer, conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.