Director-Band of the Hour - Tom Keck - tkeck@miami.edu
Thomas Keck is Associate Director of Bands at the Frost School of Music in the University of Miami. In this capacity he conducts the Symphonic Winds, directs the Band of the Hour, and teaches courses in conducting and music education. He is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from Arizona State University and has earned music education degrees from the University of Illinois and the University of Iowa. Previously, Keck served as Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at The University of Georgia and the University of New Hampshire. Keck has presented clinics and lecture-recitals at all-state music conventions and the Eastern Division CBDNA Conference. He guest conducted district and regional bands, all-state chamber ensembles, and the 2003 MENC Eastern Division Conference. Recent research by Keck has been published in Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Volume 7 published by GIA. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, and a friend of the arts in Sigma Alpha Iota. As a percussionist, Keck has performed with the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, I-PAN Steel Groove, and numerous symphonic and improvisatory ensembles.