RUSSEL C. MIKKELSON

Russel C. Mikkelson serves as Director of University Bands and Professor of Music (Conducting) at The Ohio State University, where he conducts the Wind Symphony, guides the graduate wind conducting program, and oversees all aspects of the university’s band program. A staunch advocate for the creation of new works, Mikkelson serves on the American Bandmasters Association Commissioning Committee and has instituted a program of regular commissioning projects at Ohio State. He has received praise from composers of the highest international distinction for his musical realization of their compositions. He is Past President of the Big Ten Band Directors Association, a member of the College Band Directors National Association, MENC, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Beta Mu, and is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association. Mikkelson was the recipient of the 2005 Ohio State University School of Music Distinguished Scholar Award and has published articles in The Instrumentalist and The Journal of the Conductor’s Guild. As a composer/arranger, he is published through C. Alan and Daehn Publications. An enthusiastic advocate of public school music education, Dr Mikkelson has conducted All-State Bands, Festivals, and Honor Bands across the United States and internationally.

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