James Ripley

  • Director, Instrumental Music Activities; Professor of Music
    Email Address:
    jripley@carthage.edu
    Office location:
    Johnson Arts Center 125
    Phone
    262-551-5854

    Professor James Ripley conducts the Carthage Wind Orchestra, Carthage Band, and the chamber winds group AMATI. He is the Immediate Past-President of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE). He is a music advisor for the Sakuyo Wind Orchestra at Sakuyo University in Kurashiki, Japan, where he was the music director from 2001-2011. Prof. Ripley was recognized for distinguished service in the field of instrumental music by Luther College with the Carlo A. Sperati Award in 2012. In 2018, he became Music Director of the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band.

    Prior to his appointment at Carthage, Prof. Ripley served as assistant professor of conducting and ensembles at the Eastman School of Music, where he was the associate conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra, and as conductor of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at the River Campus of the University of Rochester. He is an active arranger and editor of wind ensemble music. He has appeared as guest clinician and conductor throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan.

    Prof. Ripley joined the Carthage faculty in 2001. He earned his D.M.A. in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, his M.M. in wind conducting from Northwestern University, and his B.A. in Music Education from Luther College. In addition, Prof. Ripley taught for eleven years in the public schools of Minnesota and Iowa.

    • D.M.A. — Conducting, Eastman School of Music
    • M.M. — Wind Conducting, Northwestern University
    • B.A. — Music Education, Luther College
    • MUS 0050 Wind Orchestra
    • MUS 0051 Concert Band
    • MUS 0650 Private Conducting
    • MUS 2060 Brass Techniques in Schools
    • MUS 2070 Percussion Techniques in Schools
    • MUS 2710 Psychoacoustics of Music
    • MUS 3100 Instrumental Conducting and Techniques
    • MUS 400T History of the Wind Band
    • MUS 4200 Instrumental Music Methods
    • American Music from the 1930’s-40’s “Golden Era”
    • Native American Music
    • Psychology of Music

    Wind Orchestra/Concert Band arrangements:

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    2022 World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles 19th International Conference (Prague, Czech Republic) - President and Conference Organizer Guest Conductor - United States Marine Band - Wallenstein Gardens, Prague - July 20, 2022