Honor Band Festival

Our Guest Conductor

Dr. Timothy Kaiser serves as director of instrumental activities and assistant professor of instrumental music education at Oklahoma Baptist University. In this capacity, he oversees all artistic, educational, and administrative aspects of the instrumental studies area, conducts the OBU Symphonic Winds and OBU/Shawnee Community Orchestra, teaches upper-division music education courses, and supervises student teachers.

Dr. Kaiser’s professional experience encompasses all ensemble types at all levels of instruction. He is a prominent clinician and adjudicator, and his presentations on curriculum, rehearsal pedagogy, and wind band history have been featured at conferences nationally and internationally. Recent research is slated for publication by the International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music and Oxford University Press.

Dr. Kaiser holds degrees from the University of Arizona, University of Texas at Arlington, and University of the Pacific. His professional affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, National Band Association, International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, and Society of Pi Kappa Lambda.

Our Host

Dr. Frank Perez serves as the director of bands at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, where he conducts the Baker Symphonic Winds, Jazz Ensemble, and Pep Band and teaches applied trombone, euphonium, and tuba lessons. Previous positions include director of bands at Graceland University, where he held the prestigious Vredenburg Endowed Chair, graduate teaching assistant at the University of Kansas, and director of bands at Ganesha High School in Pomona, California.