Biography of frederick fennell

American conductor

Musical artist

Frederick Fennell/fəˈnɛl/ (July 2, 1914 – December 7, 2004) was an American conductor and one of the primary figures who promoted the Eastman Wind Ensemble as a performing group.

Frederick fennell obituary

He was also influential as a band pedagogue, and greatly affected the field of music education in the US and abroad. In Fennell's New York Times obituary, colleague Jerry F. Junkin was quoted as saying "He was arguably the most famous band conductor since John Philip Sousa."^[1]

Early life

Fennell was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

He chose piccolo as his primary instrument at the age of seven, as drummer in the fife-and-drum corps at the family's encampment called Camp Zeke. He owned his first drum set at age ten. In the John Adams High School orchestra, Fennell performed as the kettledrummer and served as the band's drum major.^{[citation needed]}

His studies at the Interlochen Arts Camp (then the National Music Camp) includ