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My Take
Frank Ticheli is a name that makes anyone who played in a school band smile, and I am one of them. His works have become bedrock concert-band repertoire, and countless young musicians first felt the joy of ensemble playing through his melodies. Born in Monroe, Louisiana, trained at Michigan, and a Professor Emeritus at USC, he moved from trumpeter to composer to teacher of teachers. What I treasure is his refusal to hide behind difficulty; he wrote music that lights a fire in the player's heart. Embedding music in education is, to me, an achievement heavier than any flashy prize.
Overview
Frank Ticheli ( tih-KEL-ee; born January 21, 1958) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. Ticheli is a Professor Emeritus of Composition at the University of Southern California and was formerly the Pacific Symphony's composer-in-residence from 1991 to 1998, composing numerous works for that orchestra. A number of his works have become standards in concert band repertoire.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Frank Ticheli
- Name (Japanese)
- フランク・ティケリ
- Reading
- ふらんく・てぃけり
- Born
- January 21, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dog
- Origin
- Monroe, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- trumpeter / composer / musicologist / music educator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lloyd V. Berkner High School
- University
- University of Michigan
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.