This recording was funded in part by a grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc. and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Composer Biography
Frank Ticheli has received three awards from the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters, including a 2012 'Arts and Letters Award'.
Performer Biography
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, organized in 1962, is renowned for playing classic jazz and music by great American composers.
Performer Biography
Jerry F. Junkin, the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony, also holds the title of University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Performer Biography
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band is the only classic jazz group in America that performs five nights a week on a regular basis.
Composer Biography
Frank Ticheli, the composer, has been a Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music since 1991.
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