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Dr. John
Franklin, Assistant Director of Bands/Director of Athletic
Bands
Dr. Franklin was most recently at the
University of West Georgia (Carrollton, GA) serving as the
assistant director of bands where he directed the athletic
bands and the symphonic band. Additional duties included
teaching courses in music education and applied
tuba/euphonium as well as assisting with the Atlanta Youth
Wind Symphony at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Prior to
his appointment at UWG, he served a year as the interim
director of bands and visiting assistant professor of music
education at the College of Wooster (Wooster, OH).
Dr. Franklin has been a part of the band
profession since 1998 when he served as the director of
bands at Frostproof Middle/Senior High School in Frostproof,
Florida. This was followed by a position as the director of
bands and choirs at Avon Park Middle School in Avon Park,
Florida. During his tenure as a public school director of
banda, his ensembles continued to develop comprehensive
musicianship and were hailed for their mature band sound.
While at Indiana University, he served as a
clinician at several area band programs, worked on the staff
of the Indiana University Marching Hundred, recipient of the
2007 Sudler Trophy, guest conducted the Concert Band,
Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble, conducted the All-Campus
Band, and coordinated the Young Winds music education
program.
Dr. Franklin’s scholarship interests include
the training of music teachers, particularly in the area of
undergraduate instrumental conducting education, and the
history and literature of the wind ensemble. His work has
been published in the Teaching Music Through Performance
in Band series and his transcriptions have been
performed by the bands at Indiana University, the College of
Wooster, and the University of West Georgia. As a
conductor, he has garnered the praise of composers such as
Donald Freund, Jack Gallagher, and Michael Gandolfi for the
thoughtful and musical preparation and interpretation of
their works.
Dr. Franklin completed his DM in Wind
Conducting from the Indiana University Jacobs School of
Music in Bloomington, Indiana. He holds a Master of Music
Education also from Indiana University and the Bachelor of
Music Education from Florida State University in
Tallahassee, Florida. Professional memberships include the
National Association for Music Education (MENC), the College
Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), the Georgia
Music Educators Association (GMEA), the World Association of
Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE), the College Music
Society (CMS), and the National Band Association (NBA).
Contact Information:
Dr. John Franklin, Director of Athletic Bands
School of Music
East Carolina University
252-328-6982 phone
252-328-6258 fax
franklinj@ecu.edu |
