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ROGER CICHY (b. 1956)

Roger Cichy has a diverse background as both a composer/arranger and a music educator.  Roger holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts in Music Education degrees from the Ohio State University.  Although both are in the area of music education, he has studied composition and arranging as a second area of concentration during both programs.  As a music educator, Cichy has had a successful career as a band director at levels ranging from elementary school to college.  In 1995, he resigned his position at Iowa State University to devote full-time to composing and arranging.  As a freelance composer and arranger, Cichy writes for high school and college bands, professional orchestras, and the commercial music industry.  He has over 275 compositions and arrangements accredited to his name.  Included in those works are several published by C. Alan, along with Kendor Music, Psyclone Music, Heritage Music, Great Works Publishing, Band Music Press, Daehn Publications, Wingert-Jones Music, MSB Publishing, and Permus Publications.  His composition mentors include Edward Montgomery, Marshall Barnes, and Joseph Levey.  Cichy has received numerous composition awards from The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers for serious music.  His works range from small ensemble literature to compositions and arrangements for marching band, concert band, and symphony orchestra.  He is widely sought as a composer for commissions, and frequently appears as a composer-in-residence and guest conductor.

Website: http://www.geocities.com/cichymusic/

WORKS

Concert Band
and make a joyous sound
Breakthrough
Bugs
Festival!
Interpretations
Maestro! NEW!
New Millennium, Different World, New Beginnings
Pandemonium NEW!
Silhouette (with solo flute)
Sounds, Sketches, & Ideas
We Walked with Heads Held High (with narrator)

Orchestra
and make a joyous sound