2024 All-State Senior Band

Guest Conductor: Dr. Lowell Graham

A native of Greeley, Colorado, Dr. Lowell Graham is currently the Music Director for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra since 2021. His distinguished career includes both wind bands and orchestras, and he has held numerous conducting positions, including serving as Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force’s premier musical organization in Washington, D.C. As a USAF Colonel, he became the senior ranking musician in the Department of Defense. Following his retirement from the military, Dr. Graham became the Director of Orchestral Activities, Professor of Conducting, and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has also conducted the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony, the Spokane Symphony, the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the Greely Philharmonic, and International appearances in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, and Paraguay. As a concert band conductor, Dr. Graham is an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.  He has also served as president of ABA, and in 2014 was named as President and CEO of the John Philip Sousa Foundation. in 2019 Dr. Graham was inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame. He serves as an Educational Clinician for the Conn-Selmer Education Division and was inducted into the Conn-Selmer Hall of Fame in 2021.

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