Jerry Brubaker is one of the most respected and widely performed composers and arrangers in the concert band world. Throughout a distinguished career spanning military service, composition, arranging, performance, education, and  leadership, he has helped shape the sound of concert bands across North America and beyond. His catalog of more than 300 published works for concert bands, orchestras, and chorus has made a lasting impact on musicians and audiences alike.

A native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Brubaker earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory degree from The Eastman School of Music, studying with famed horn professor Milan Yancich and Aldo Provenzano, arranger for “101 Strings.” He  then embarked on a remarkable 30-year career with The United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C., serving as a French Horn soloist, composer, and arranger, and obtained a Master of Music in Composition  degree from The Catholic University of America. In 1985, he was appointed Chief Arranger of the Navy Band, a position he held until his retirement in 1998.

Brubaker is a former member of the City of Fairfax (VA) Band and the Virginia Grand Military Band. He served as the President of the Association of Concert Bands from 2017 to 2019 and was inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 2022.

Brubaker is especially renowned for his masterful arrangements, which have introduced generations of musicians to some of the most beloved music ever written. His catalog includes acclaimed adaptations of “The Polar Express,” the “Harry Potter” films, “Hamilton,” “Star Wars,” Broadway favorites, patriotic classics, and orchestral masterworks. Praised for their authenticity, musical integrity, and exciting scoring, his arrangements have become staples of the modern concert band repertoire.

Brubaker has written two compositions for the Association of Concert Bands: “The American Road” for concert band which was commissioned by the ACB in 2007 and performed at the ACB 2010 Convention and “Piccolodia” for solo piccolo and concert band which was premiered at the ACB 2023 Convention.

A performer, clinician, and educator, Brubaker has been a tireless advocate for lifelong music-making and the community band movement. Today, from his home in Estes Park, Colorado, he continues to compose, arrange, perform, and mentor aspiring musicians through a legacy of creativity, service, and artistic excellence.

Frank Ticheli's 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). Ticheli is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, where he taught for 32 years (1991-2023). From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer-in-Residence of the Pacific Symphony and composed numerous works for that orchestra.

Ticheli's orchestral works have received considerable recognition in the United States and Europe. Orchestral performances have come from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, the radio orchestras of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Saarbrücken, and Austria, and many other orchestras around the world.

Ticheli is well 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, and in cities throughout the world, including Schladming (Austria), Beijing and Shanghai, London and Manchester, Singapore, Rome, Sydney, and numerous cities in Japan.

Ticheli is the recipient of a 2012 “Arts and Letters Award" from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, his third award from that prestigious organization. He is a two-time winner of the National Band Association/William D. Revelli Memorial Composition Contest and a recipient of the 2023 Academy of Wind and Percussive Arts Award from the National Band Association. In 2018, Ticheli received the University of Michigan Alumni Society’s highest honor, the Hall of Fame Award, in recognition of his career as a composer.

Ticheli’s works are published by Manhattan Beach, Southern, Hinshaw, and Encore Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Equilibrium, Klavier, Koch International, Mark, Naxos, and Reference. For more information, please visit the composer’s website: www.FrankTicheli.com