School of Music
P.O. Box 26170
UNC Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336) 334-5789 OFFICE
(336) 334-5497 FAX

e-mail: music@uncg.edu

BAND AND ORCHESTRA FACULTY

DIRECTOR OF BANDS

John R. Locke has served on the UNCG School of Music Faculty as Director of Bands and Founding Director of Summer Music Camp since 1982. A Professor of Music, Locke is Conductor of the University Wind Ensemble and, until recently, Chaired the Instrumental Division. He holds the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from West Virginia University and the Doctor of Education degree from the University of Illinois. Previously, Dr. Locke held teaching positions in music at West Virginia University, Southeast Missouri State University, and the University of Illinois. Dr. Locke has conducted band performances throughout the country including the National Conventions of the MENC and CBDNA, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and Lincoln Center in New York City. In addition, he has guest conducted the U.S. Air Force Band, U.S. Army Field Band, U.S. Navy Band, and the Dallas Wind Symphony, as well as numerous university bands. He has published articles on band literature in The Journal of Band Research and Winds Quarterly, is the former Editor of The North Carolina Music Educator and was a member of the Research Publications Commmittee for CBDNA. In 1989, Dr. Locke was selected for membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, one of the youngest members of the modern era. He has received the Phi Mu Alpha Orpheus Award and has been a recipient of the National Band Association Citation of Excellence on three occasions. He is a National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota. In 1994, Dr. Locke received the Phi Beta Mu International Fraternity Outstanding Bandmaster of the Year Award, presented at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. With the UNCG Wind Ensemble, Locke has recorded eleven commercially available compact discs which have received critical acclaim from Bandworld Magazine and been aired frequently on PBS radio stations across the country. He is Past-President of the North Carolina Music Educators Association, an affiliate of MENC with some 2,200 members. In 1999, Dr. Locke became President of the Southern Division of the College Band Directors National Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bandmasters Association. In 2002, Dr. Locke was nominated for the O. Max Gardner Award, the highest award in the 16-campus UNC System. In 2003, Locke was elected Vice-President of the American Bandmasters Association and was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award in the School of Music in April. In 2004, Locke was elected President-Elect of the American Bandmasters Association. Dr. Locke maintains an active schedule of guest conducting and adjudicating bands throughout the United States and Canada. Since 1977, he has administered summer music camps for more than 43,000 students. 336-334-5299 or email: lockej@uncg.edu

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DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS

DR. KEVIN M. GERALDI is Associate Director of Bands and Director of Orchestral Activities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  In this capacity, he conducts the UNCG Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Casella Sinfonietta, and is associate conductor of the UNCG Wind Ensemble.  In addition, he teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting and directs the Wind Ensemble chamber music program. He coordinates the Carolina Band Festival and Conductors Conference and is associate director of the UNCG Summer Music Camp.  Previously, he served as Director of Bands at Lander University in Greenwood, SC, from 2000-2002, as director of bands for the Westchester Public Schools in Westchester, IL, from 1996-1998, and as assistant conductor of the Central Illinois and Michigan Youth Symphonies.

Dr. Geraldi appears regularly as a guest conductor and he maintains an active schedule as a clinician throughout the country.  He has presented clinics at the North Carolina and South Carolina Music Educators Association Conferences, and at National and Southern Division CBDNA Conventions.  With the UNCG Wind Ensemble, he has performed in the Music Center at Strathmore, at the national CBDNA convention in Austin, Texas, at the NCMEA conference, and on several commercially available compact discs.  As a member of the Franklin Park Brass Quintet, Dr. Geraldi has toured the Midwest, New England, and South Carolina, performing recitals and conducting brass and chamber music masterclasses.  A proponent of contemporary music and chamber music, he has commissioned and premiered numerous compositions and published articles in the Music Educators Journal, the Journal of Band Research,the Journal of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, andvolume 7 of Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.  His compact disc leading the Minerva Chamber Players, featuring nonets by Johannes Brahms and Louise Farrenc, is available on the Centaur Records label.

Dr. Geraldi holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in instrumental conducting from the University of Michigan where he studied with H. Robert Reynolds and Michael Haithcock.  He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Illinois Wesleyan University, where he studied conducting with Steven Eggleston.  As a trombonist, his principal teachers have been Thomas Streeter, H. Dennis Smith, David Jackson, and Edward Kleinhammer.  Dr. Geraldi is a recipient of the Thelma A. Robinson Award, an award given biennially by the Conductors Guild and the National Federation of Music Clubs.  He is a member of the Conductors Guild, the College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the International Trombone Association, and a National Arts Associate of Sigma Alpha Iota.