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JOHN BOYD (b. 1944)
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Boyd, considered to be one of the most dynamic wind
conductors in the country today, is equally at home with educational and
professional organizations. He has guest conducted The U.S. Army Band twice,
conducted/lectured at the Royal Northern College of Music at Manchester, UK, and
the 9th WASBE International Conference. He has also conducted at state and
regional CBDNA and MENC performances, the Western Collegiate Wind Festival,
Fresno, in addition to receiving invitations to appear at three National Music
Educators Conferences. Boyd has recorded two critically-acclaimed albums with
the Kent State University Wind Ensemble which was recently released on ELF as
John Boyd Conducts American. In 1995, he released, to rave reviews, the compact
disc Capriccio with the Indiana State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and
Faculty Winds. Three additional compact discs were released: Tapestries and Wind
Songs, featuring the ISU Faculty Winds, and Symphonic Moments, featuring the ISU
Symphonic Wind Ensemble. As an active arranger and composer of all forms of wind
ensemble music, he has published works in the catalogs of Ludwig, G. Schirmer,
Barnhouse, Cole, and Associated Music. Boyd is now working with Frederick
Fennell in a new sonic adventure for the ELF label in which they will record
wind band repertoire with the Philharmonia a Vent, a professional wind
orchestra. Recent reviews of cd releases in the American Record Guide and
Fanfare have described Boyd's conducting "... phrases are well articulated
and finely etched." The performance has a "keen sense of ensemble as
well as fine intonation. Sound is rich and clean, with the expected bite in the
brass." "The conducting is all authoritative, vigorous, and evokes
playing that is spirited and expressive."
Dr. Boyd is Director of Bands, professor of music, and
Coordinator of the Wind/Percussion Division at Indiana State University. He
received a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees from
Northwestern University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University
of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Boyd did advanced study in conducting with John
Paynter, Bernard Rubenstein, and Crawford Gates. Prior to joining the Indiana
State University faculty in 1989, Dr. Boyd taught at Northern Illinois
University, Wichita State University, Kent State University, and the University
of Arizona.
D.M.A. University of Missouri Kansas City; M.M. Northwestern;
B.M.E. Northwestern University.
Website: http://www.indstate.edu/music/faculty/boyd.html
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