Presenter(s)

Bio(s)

John Alan Carnahan is Professor Emeritus as Director Bands and Professor of Conducting at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach. As Director of Bands, his university ensembles gained widespread notoriety for distinctive performance quality and imaginative musical interpretation and was honored with invitations to perform throughout the Western United States, Europe, Japan and Korea. The Los Angeles Times has hailed the University Wind Symphony as, "…thoroughly disciplined and euphonious!"
Professor Carnahan is highly active internationally as a guest conductor, adjudicator, lecturer, and award-winning composer/arranger. His work entitled, I Hear Him! premiered at the 2011 World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference in Chiayi City, Taiwan. He has conducted ensembles at the Music Educators National Conference, the College Band Directors National Association National Conference, the American Bandmasters Association National Conference, and internationally in Europe, Australia, Japan, and Korea.
Professor Carnahan is a sought-after clinician and has presented numerous clinics and performance demonstrations for notable international, national and statewide music education organizations and conferences including the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Il. His innovative and thought-provoking sessions on ensemble rehearsal techniques and the "Wind Band Sound" are in demand and very well-received.