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John G. Patterson |
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Music Director |
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John Patterson received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University
of Missouri-Columbia. He was Director of Bands at Hickman High School from
1966 to 2000, and held the position of Director of Music for the Columbia Public
Schools from 1975 to 2000. During the 2001-2002 year Mr. Patterson served
as Visiting Associate Director of Bands at the University of Missouri. |
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| Mr. Patterson served as president of both the Missouri Bandmasters Association and the
Missouri Music Educators Association. Since 1999 he has served as the
Assistant Director for The Columbia Community Band. He was
appointed Music Director for the Columbia Community Band
upon the retirement of Music Director Keith House.
He is active as a clinician,
adjudicator and conductor. His professional memberships include The
Music Educators National Conference, The National Band Association, The
Missouri Music Educators Association, The Missouri Bandmasters Association
and the International Clarinet Association.
In 1981 Mr. Patterson received the Citation of Merit from the MU Alumni
Association, and in 1991 he was honored by the Missouri State High School
Activities Association as the Outstanding Missouri Music
Educator. He has been inducted into the Missouri Bandmaster's Hall
of Fame, the MMEA Hall of Fame, and the Marching Mizzou Hall of Fame.
Mr. Patterson was named a recipient of the Missouri Arts Award in 2001 by
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Larry L. Bennett |
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Assistant Director |
| Larry Bennett received
his Bachelor's degree in music education from Central
Methodist University in 1969 and a Master's degree
in music from Truman State University in 1974.
He was the High School Band Director for the Macon
(Missouri) Public Schools from 1974 to 2001. During
the 2001-2002 school year, he served as the Visiting
Associate Director of Bands at the University of Missouri
in Columbia.
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| Since 2002, Larry Bennett has served
as Adjunct Professor of Music and Low Brass Instruments at Central
Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri. In the fall of
2005, he was selected to serve as an Assistant Director for the
Columbia Community Band.
During Bennett's tenure at Macon, the Concert
Band was selected to perform for the Missouri Music Educators
Convention on five separate occasions. The Marching Band and
the Jazz Ensemble also received many awards for their excellence.
Mr. Bennett maintains memberships in the Music
Educators Association, the Missouri Bandmasters Association, Phi
Beta Mu, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He was inducted into
the Missouri Bandmasters Association "Hall of Fame" in
2002, and received the Charles Emmons Band Director of the Year
Award from the Lambda Chapter of Phi Beta Mu in 1995. Mr. Bennett maintains a busy schedule as a guest conductor, clinician,
and adjudicator. |
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Thomas O'Neal |
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Assistant Director |
| Dr.
Thomas O’Neal is the Director of Bands at the
University of Missouri.
He conducts the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, teaches
graduate conducting courses, and guides all aspects of the
MU band program, which includes seven performing
ensembles.
Dr. O'Neal was selected to serve as an Assistant
Director for the Columbia Community Band in October, 2005.
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| A native Iowan, Dr. O’Neal
received a bachelor of music education degree from Iowa State
University in Ames, the master of music degree from the University
of South Dakota in Vermillion, and the doctor of musical arts
degree in conducting from the University of Arizona in Tucson.
His professional memberships include The Missouri Educators
Association, The Missouri Band Masters Association, The College
Band Directors National Association, and The World Association of
Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.
Ensembles under Dr. O’Neal’s direction have
been featured at state, regional, and national music conferences.
In 2006, The University of Missouri Symphonic Wind Ensemble
will be featured at the Missouri Music Educators Association
Conference and the College Band Directors National Association
Conference. Additionally,
Dr. O’Neal maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and
clinician, having appeared with bands and orchestras throughout
the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. |
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John Everett Cheetham |
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Composer in Residence |
| Dr. John E. Cheetham, Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and
Composition at the University of Missouri-Columbia, was born in Taos, New Mexico
in 1939. He received his Bachelor
and Masters degrees from the University of New Mexico in 1962 and 1965, and a
Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from the University of Washington in 1969.
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During his tenure at Missouri from 1969 to 2000, he has written
compositions for virtually all media and his works have been widely performed in
the United States and abroad. Much
of his music has been published commercially and most recently through his newly
established publishing firm, BoonesLick
Press.
Recordings of many of his works are available on Crystal, Concord,
Pro-Arte, Summit and NPR Classic labels.
In addition, Dr. Cheetham has been granted numerous commissions including
those from the Kentucky Derby Museum, Texas Tech University, Atlanta Symphony
Brass Quintet, Central Oklahoma Directors Association, Springfield (MO)
Symphony, Summit Brass and the Air Force Band of the Midwest, as well as from
several individual soloists.
Dr. Cheetham is a member of ASCAP and has received ASCAP Special Awards
from 1988 through the present. In
1992 he won the Abraham Frost Prize in Composition and has also been the
recipient of a Centennial Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of New
Mexico.
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