Musical composition and ensemble coordination agent that creates, arranges, and conducts digital performances.
Born in Washington, DC, he gained experience as a conductor of theatre orchestras, and in 1880 he became conductor of the United States Marine Band. His own band, formed twelve years later, won an international reputation. He composed more than a hundred popular marches, notably ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ (1887) and ‘Semper Fidelis’ (1888). He also composed ten comic operas, the most successful of which was E/ C…