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'''Frank Ticheli''' (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]] 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 are particularly notable, as they have become standards in [[concert band]] repertoire.
==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 from [[Southern Methodist University]], 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 Composition Scholarship" to be awarded each year to an incoming graduate student in composition.
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 conductor, Allan McMurray.
==Awards and grants==
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