James Swearingen

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James Swearingen

James Swearingen is an American

United States

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composer and arranger. He holds a Masters Degree from Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
and a Bachelors Degree from Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University is a public four-year institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States, about 20 miles south of Toledo, Ohio on I-75....
and is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education

Music education

Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. More than merely teaching notes and rhythms, music education seeks to develop the whole person....
at Capital University

Capital University

Capital University is a private liberal arts university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Bexley, Ohio, founded in 1830. The university offers an adult degree program in Columbus, Ohio....
, Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties....
.

The music he writes is part of a small genre known throughout American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
high school band classes as Concert Literature, generally five to six-minute long pieces played for high school

High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
band concerts. He is a recipient of numerous ASCAP awards.

s currently one of several resident composers at Capital University and also serves as a staff arranger for The Ohio State University Marching Band.

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James Swearingen is an American

United States

Ohio State University

Bowling Green State University

Music education

Capital University

Columbus, Ohio

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
high school band classes as Concert Literature, generally five to six-minute long pieces played for high school

High school

Biography

He is currently one of several resident composers at Capital University and also serves as a staff arranger for The Ohio State University Marching Band. Prior to his appointment at Capital in 1987, he spent eighteen years teaching instrumental music in the public schools of central Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
. His first teaching assignment took him to the community of Sunbury, Ohio

Sunbury, Ohio

Sunbury is a village #Ohio in Delaware County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,630 at the United States Census 2000. The village is centered around a New England-esque traditional town square with the historic village hall located in the center of a village green....
. He then spent fourteen years as Director of Instrumental Music at Grove City

Grove City, Ohio

Grove City, founded in 1852, is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,075 at the United States Census 2000....
High School, where his marching, concert

Concert band

A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, or wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family and percussion instrument family....
and jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
s all received acclaim for their high standards of performing excellence.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Swearingen manages to be very active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and educational clinician. Appearances have included trips throughout the United States, as well as Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
and The Republic of China.

Swearingen's numerous contributions for band have been enthusiastically received by school directors, student performers and audiences worldwide. With over 450 published works, he has written band compositions and arrangements that reflect a variety of musical forms and styles. Many of his pieces, including 81 commissioned works, have been chosen for contest and festival lists. He is a recipient of several ASCAP awards for published compositions and in 1992 was selected as an Accomplished Graduate of the Fine and Performing Arts from Bowling Green State University. Most recently, he received the 2002 Community Music Educator Award given annually by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra

Columbus Symphony Orchestra

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Columbus, Ohio....
. He is a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations including Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA), National Association for Music Education

National Association for Music Education

MENC: The National Association for Music Education, formerly called Music Educators National Conference , is an organization based out of Reston, Virginia which is focused on the advancement of music education, both as a profession and the assurance of music education as part of the core curriculum across the United States....
(MENC), American School Band Directors' Association (ASBDA), Phi Beta Mu , Pi Kappa Lambda

Pi Kappa Lambda

Pi Kappa Lambda is an United States honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of music. There are currently 205 active chapters and approximately 64,500 individual members....
, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a collegiate social fraternity for men with an interest in music. The fraternity is also referred to as Phi Mu Alpha or Sinfonia, and its members are known as Sinfonians....
. In March 2000, he was invited to join the American Bandmasters Association

American Bandmasters Association

The American Bandmasters Association was formed in 1929 by Edwin Franko Goldman to promote concert band music.The Association's Constitution states that the organization shall:...
, considered to be the most prestigious bandmaster organization in the world. never gruated in college

Recordings

Many of Swearingen's most popular band compositions have been recorded by The Washington Winds and are available on compact discs from Walking Frog Records. His recordings include In All Its Glory, Exaltation, Panther in the Sky, Celebration For Winds And Percussion, The Light Of Dawn, and the newest release, Flight of Valor.

Compositions

Title	Published	Grade	Length	Description
In All its Glory	1989	4	6:03
All Glory Told	2005	3.5	6:34
American Faces
And the Angels Called	2005	3	6:58
Ashton Overture
Aventura	1984	3	5:47
Baywood Overture	1991	1	3:24
Beautiful Savior	2003	3	2:47	A celebration through the singing of hymns.
Blue Ridge Saga	1990	3	6:27
Bring It On Home	1993	3
Big Brass Attack	1987	3
Boogie Down	1981	3
Breakthrough	1995	3
Brookpark Overture	1983	2.5	3:18
Bunker Hill Overture	1994	2	3:33
Carnival Del Soul	1991	3		Jazz piece accompanied with styles of Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe.... funk rock
Carolina Legend	1991	2	4:09
Celebration and Dance	1991	3.5	5:36
Celebration Overture	1995	1.5	3:22
Celebration for Winds and Percussion	1999	3	5:56
Centuria	1986	3	5:29
Children of the Shrine	2000	3	2:33
Clark County Celebration	2007	2	4:32	Describes the wondrous events and happenings in Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment.... in Clark County, Nevada Clark County, Nevada Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The county had a population of 1,375,765 at the United States Census, 2000, and a 2008 estimated population of 1,996,542, making it the most populous county in Nevada.... .
Color Of The Guard	1980	3
Comin’ Alive	1988	3
Covington Square	1985	3	5:06
Crosswinds march	2007	2	2:03
Crunch Time!	2007	2	1:58
Dawn of a New Day	1993	3.5	5:55
Denbridge Way	1979	3	4:54
Eiger (Journey to the Summit)	2007	3	5:37	When John Harlin III lost his father John Harlin from a tragic incident of falling down from the mountain Eiger Eiger The Eiger is a notable mountain in the Bernese Alps Swiss Alps, rising to an elevation of 3,970 m It is the easternmost peak of a ridge-crest that extends to the M?nch at 4,107 m , and across the Jungfraujoch to the Jungfrau at 4,158 m .... , Harlin III decides to accomplish his father's dream by climbing up the mountain himself 40 years later.
Entrance of the Tall Ships
Exaltation		3.5
Fired Up		3
Firenze		3
Flight of Valor Flight of Valor *Flight of Valor* is a musical piece written by James Swearingen as a memorial for the victims of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during the September 11, 2001, attacks....	2002	4		Written as a memorial for the victims of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Follow the River	2004	3	3:24	Based on the novel by James Alexander Thom James Alexander Thom James Alexander Thom is an United States author, most famous for his works in the Western genre. Born in Gosport, Indiana, Indiana, he graduated from Butler University and served in the United States Marine Corps.... , the young woman escapes from the Shawnee Indians and tries to find her way home by following the Ohio River Ohio River The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States.... .
Freedom’s Light
Get On Down		3
Go For It		3
Gotta Get Down		3
Grand Canyon Overture
Hip Stick		3
Hot Samba Nueva		3
How Firm Thy Friendship
Instant Concert
In the Wake of Spring
In Time of Triumph
Into the Joy of Spring	2001	4	6:14	Contains three movements, with the first movement in the fury of winter and transitioning into the second movement, spring. The third movement is celebrating the joys of Spring.
In Quest of Uluru
Invicta	1981	4	6:00	This is a very moving piece that has a great flow to it
Journey to the Summit
Jubilance		3
Just Do It!		3
La Fiesta Brava		3
Legacy
The Legend of the Nighthawk
The Light Eternal	1992	4	7:35	Depicts the Four Chaplains Four Chaplains The Four Chaplains were four United States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the USAT Dorchester during World War II.... who sacrificed their lives during the World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers.... on the sinking USAT Dorchester.
The Light of Dawn
Majestia		4
Majestia Excalibur
Make a Joyful Noise!
Montero		3
Northpointe Fantasy
Novena (Rhapsody for Band)		3.5
Ol' Glory March
Panther in the Sky	2004	2.5	3:35
Park Street Celebration
Prelude and Energico	Procession For A New Day
Proud Spirit	1990	3	3:16
Of Pride And Celebration			6:27
Seagate Overture		4	8:34
A Song of Hope	2002	2	2:35
In Times of Triumph
A Vision of Majesty
When Kings Go Forth
Where the River Flows

James Swearingen

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