Conductor, clinician, and educator beyond compare, Howard Dunn had a giant impact on band music in Texas and around the world. Born on December 16, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee, Dunn grew up in Dallas and attended Woodrow Wilson High School where he was an outstanding student and musician. He received his bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University, and his master’s degree from the University of North Texas.

He began his teaching career at Lake Highlands High School, and over the course of his life worked at Richardson High School, Skyline Learning Center, Southern Methodist University, and, as an arts administrator, for the Dallas Independent School District.

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Dr. Frederick Fennell was one of the world’s most active and innovative maestros. The globe-trotting nonagenarian was principal guest conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony, principal conductor of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra in Japan, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Miami School of Music.

The internationally-acclaimed conductor was widely regarded as the leader of the wind ensemble movement in this country, one of America’s most recording living American classical conductors, and a pioneer in various methods of recording.