Frank Ticheli

• Birth Name — Frank Ticheli • Born — 21 January 1958 • Birthplace — Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. • Education — University of Michigan • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1978–present

Frank Ticheli was born on January 21, 1958 in Monroe, Louisiana. He graduated from Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Music Education 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, Leslie Bassett, George Wilson, and William Bolcom.

Subsequently, Ticheli became an Assistant Professor of Music at 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 Guest Artist Fund" to support visiting composers and/or ensembles who specialize in the performance of new music. Ticheli resides in Los Angeles, California.

Ticheli's works are published by Manhattan Beach Music, Encore Music Publishers, and Hinshaw Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Delos, Equilibrium, Klavier, Koch International Classics, Mark, Naxos, Reference, and others. They include the following:

• All the World's a Stage, for audience and orchestra (2020) • Rest, for string orchestra (2012) • Riffs for Steven (2010) • Angels in the Architecture (2009) • An American Elegy (2008) • Shooting Stars (2004) • Symphony No. 1 (2001) • Blue Shades (1997) • Radiant Voices (1993) • On Time's Stream (1995) • Postcard (1995) • Pacific Fanfare (1995) • Images of a Storm (1983)

• Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2011) • Symphony No. 1 (solo tenor or baritone in mvt. 4 only) (2001) • An American Dream (with solo soprano) (1998) • Playing With Fire (for seven-piece jazz band and orchestra) (1992) • Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1990)

• Sailing the Sky (2021) • The Shore, a choral symphony on four poems of David St. John (2013)

• Listen to the Silence, (2024) • Until Forever Fades Away, for chorus and strings (2020) • Lux Aeterna (2018) • Here Take this Lovely Flower (2012) • Constellation: Three Poems of Sara Teasdale (2010) • Earth Song (2007) • The Song Within (2004) • There Will Be Rest (2000)

• Fantastic Dreams (2024) • Over the Moon (2022) • BASH (2021) • Life-Stream (2021) • Sailing the Sky (existing in two versions, one including chorus and one not)(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) • Acadiana (2017) • Dancing on Water (2015) • December Snow (2015) • Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (2014) • Earth Song (2014) • Korean Folksongs from Jeju Island (2013) • First Light (2013) • Songs of Love and Life, for soprano and 18 players (2012) • Concerto for Clarinet and Concert Band (2011) • San Antonio Dances (2011) • Rest (2011) • Amen! (2009) • Angels in the Architecture (2009) • The Tyger (2008) • Symphony No. 1 (transcribed by Gary Green) • Wild Nights! (2007) • Nitro (2006) – commissioned by the Northshore Concert Band • Sanctuary (2006) • Abracadabra (2005) • Joy Revisited (2005) • Joy (2005) • Symphony No. 2 (2004) – winner of the 2006 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest • Ave Maria (2004) • A Shaker Gift Song (2004) • Pacific Fanfare (2003) • Loch Lomond (2002) • Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (2002) • An American Elegy (2000) • Vesuvius (1999) • Shenandoah (1999) • Blue Shades (1997) • Sun Dance (1997) • Cajun Folk Songs II (1997) • Postcard (1994) • Gaian Visions (1994) • Amazing Grace (1994) • Cajun Folk Songs (1990) • Fortress (1988) • Portrait of a Clown (1988) • Music for Winds & Percussion (1988) • Concertino for Trombone and Band (1987)

• "In C Dorian" (2020) • Serenade for Kristin (2014) • Concerto for Clarinet (2011) • Out of the Blue (2004) • Songs of Tagore (1992) • Back Burner (1989) • Here We Stand (1989) • Concertino for Trombone (1987) • The First Voice (1987) • String Quartet (1986) • Fantasy (1984) • Two Songs of Loss (1983) • Humouresque (1980) • Poltergeists (1980) • No Time (1980) • Three Movements (1979) • Trio for Brass (1978)