出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/07 17:45 UTC 版)
Ralph Ford (born 1963) is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Troy University. A native of Panama City, Florida, he has served on the university faculty in numerous areas of expertise since 1986, working mainly as the assistant director, arranger and theory instructor. Since 2001, Professor Ford has been the conductor of the Troy University Symphony Band and Chamber Winds, as well as the director of the nationally renowned Sound of the South Marching Band. His compositions and arrangements for band have been commissioned and performed by middle school, high school, collegiate, and professional bands worldwide. He currently serves as an exclusive composer-arranger for the Belwin division of Alfred Publications, a position he has enjoyed for over a decade. Currently, he has over 180 publications for concert band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, and marching band available worldwide. Professor Ford has served extensively in the United States and Canada as a composer, arranger, conductor, clinician, consultant, and adjudicator. Additionally, he works extensively in the music industry where he has composed, recorded, and produced music, jingles, and 3D graphic designs for radio, television, and video productions.