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John Franklin

Visiting Instructor in Music

John Franklin, Interim Director of Bands, music education. Visiting Professor of Music. Appointed 2007. B. Mus. Ed., Florida State University (Tallahassee), M.Mus. Ed., Indiana University, D.M., Indiana University. 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, 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. 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. He holds professional memberships in MENC, CBDNA, OMEA, WASBE, CMS, and NBA.