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{{Short description|American composer (born 1958)}}
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{{autobiography|date=October 2017}}
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'''Frank Ticheli''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɪ|ˈ|k|ɛ|l|i}} {{respell|tih|KELL|lee}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Ticheli is a Professor of Composition at the USC Thornton School of Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9Raeqzm8s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Ga9Raeqzm8s |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=YouTube |access-date=19 August 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> born January 21, 1958) is an [[Americans|American]] composer of [[orchestra]]l, [[choir|choral]], [[chamber music|chamber]], and [[concert band]] works. He lives in [[Los Angeles, California]], where he is a [[Professor Emeritus]] of [[music composition|Composition]] at the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>[http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/ticheli.php Frank Ticheli] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827102520/http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/ticheli.php |date=2010-08-27 }} at USC Thornton School of Music Faculty.</ref> He was the [[Pacific Symphony]]'s composer-in-residence from 1991 to 1998, composing numerous works for that orchestra. A number of his works
==Biography==
Ticheli was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana]]. He graduated from L.V. Berkner High School in [[Richardson, Texas]] and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Music Education from [[Southern Methodist University]],<ref name=TCBB2008>{{cite web|last=The Community Band of Brevard|title=Program Notes for A Concert of International Folk Music|url=http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/~cbob/folk-97.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108102737/http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/~cbob/folk-97.html|archivedate=8 January 2008}}</ref> where he studied with [[Donald Erb]] and Jack Waldenmaier. He went on to receive his master's and doctoral degrees in composition from the [[University of Michigan]], where he studied with [[William Albright (musician)|William Albright]], [[Leslie Bassett]], [[George Balch Wilson|George Wilson]], and [[William Bolcom]].
Subsequently, Ticheli was an Assistant Professor of Music at [[Trinity University (Texas)|Trinity University]] in San Antonio, Texas. There, he served on the board of directors of the Texas Composers Forum and was a member of the advisory committee for the [[San Antonio Symphony]]'s "Music of the Americas" project. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was composer-in-residence with the [[Pacific Symphony Orchestra]] in Orange County, California. Since 1991, he has been a Professor of Composition at the [[University of Southern California]]'s Thornton School of Music. In 2011, he endowed the "Frank Ticheli
Recent works include ''The Shore'' (Symphony No. 3) a 35-minute work for chorus and orchestra, with its East Coast premiere given by New York Choral Society and Orchestra at New York's Carnegie Hall; three new concertos (for flute, clarinet, and alto saxophone); and ''Songs of Love and Life'', for soprano soloist and 18 players, composed for the conductor, Allan McMurray.
==Awards and grants==
Ticheli has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Arts and Letters Award, Goddard Lieberson Fellowship, and Charles Ives Scholarship, all from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards List|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_all.php|website=American Academy of Arts and Letters|
Grants and commissions for Ticheli's works have come from [[Chamber Music America]], the [[American Music Center]], [[Pacific Symphony]], [[Pacific Chorale]], Worldwide Concurrent Premieres, Inc., Prince George's Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Symphony, City of San Antonio, Stephen F. Austin State University, University of Michigan, Trinity University, and the Indiana Bandmasters Association, and many others. His work, ''Angels in the Architecture'', for concert band with soprano soloist, was commissioned by Kingsway International and received its premiere performance in July 2008 by a massed band of young musicians from Australia and the U.S. at the Sydney Opera House.
==Works==
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Ticheli's works are published by Manhattan Beach Music, Encore Music Publishers, and Hinshaw Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, [[Chandos Records|Chandos]], Clarion, Delos, Equilibrium, [[Klavier Music Productions|Klavier]], [[Koch International Classics]], Mark, Naxos, Reference, and others. They include the following:<ref>[http://www.manhattanbeachmusiconline.com/frank_ticheli/works.html "Complete Works List"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306035512/http://www.manhattanbeachmusiconline.com/frank_ticheli/works.html |date=2017-03-06 }}. "Manhattan Beach Music" Retrieved 2012-03-2.</ref>
===For orchestra===
* ''All the World's a Stage'', for audience and orchestra (2020)
* ''Rest'', for string orchestra (2012)
* ''Riffs for Steven'' (2010)
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===For chorus and orchestra===
* ''Sailing the Sky'' (2021)
* ''The Shore'', a [[choral symphony]] on four poems of [[David St. John]] (2013)
===For chorus===
* ''Listen to the Silence,'' (2024)
* ''Until Forever Fades Away,'' for chorus and strings (2020)
* ''Lux Aeterna'' (2018)
* ''Here Take this Lovely Flower'' (2012)
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* ''There Will Be Rest'' (2000)
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*''Over the Moon'' (2022)
*''BASH'' (2021)
*''Life-Stream'' (2021)
*''Sailing the Sky'' (2021)
*''Lux Perpetua'' (2020)– winner of the 2021 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest
*''Silver Lining'', Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble (2017)
*''Serenade for Kristin'', for solo oboe and small wind ensemble (2017)
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* ''Amazing Grace'' (1994)
* ''Cajun Folk Songs'' (1990)
* ''Fortress'' (
* ''Portrait of a Clown'' (
* Music for Winds & Percussion (1988)
* Concertino for Trombone and Band (1987)
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* Three Movements (1979)
* Trio for Brass (1978)
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== References ==
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*[http://www.frankticheli.com The Music of Frank Ticheli], Frank Ticheli's official website by Manhattan Beach Music
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100827102520/http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/private/faculty/ticheli.php Composition Faculty], USC Thornton School of Music's faculty biographies
*[http://www.windrep.org/Frank_Ticheli "Frank_Ticheli"], ''[[Wind Repertory Project]]''
*[https://www.amazon.com/Composers-Collection-Frank-Ticheli/dp/B000O75EY6 Composer's Collection: Frank Ticheli]
*[http://www.maestrosinminivans.com/season1/ Maestros in Minivans, Season 1, Episodes 5 and 6: Frank Ticheli]
*[https://www.amazon.com/Composers-Insight-Commentary-Contemporary-Masterpieces/dp/1574630482 A Composer's Insight, Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band], Edited by Tim Salzman: pp.199-269
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[[Category:Southern Methodist University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni]]
[[Category:USC Thornton School of Music faculty]]
[[Category:Distinguished Service to Music Medal recipients]]
[[Category:20th-century classical composers]]
[[Category:21st-century classical composers]]
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