Frederick Lowe, D.M.
	Title:	Wind Ensemble Director
	Office:	Mundelein 1202
	Phone:	773-508-8319
	E-mail:	flowe@luc.edu

Personal Information

D.M. in Conducting, Northwestern University
M.M. in Conducting, Northwestern University
B.M. in Music Education, University of Michigan
 
Dr. Frederick Lowe conducts the Wind Ensemble at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches a course introducing the art of music listening, an independent study in instrumental conducting, and also directs the basketball pep band, the Band of Wolves.
 
Dr. Lowe earned his bachelor of music degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He then served as the assistant band director at Lake Zurich (IL) High School, where he directed the concert, symphonic and marching bands and taught music theory and electronic music composition. Upon leaving Lake Zurich, he earned his master and doctor of music degrees in conducting at Northwestern University while studying with primary teacher Dr. Mallory Thompson. At Northwestern, in addition to conducting six chamber music recitals, Dr. Lowe guest conducted the Contemporary Music Ensemble, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He also assisted with the "Wildcat" Marching Band and the men's basketball pep band.
 
Dr. Lowe has traveled to Singapore, where he spent three weeks working as a music clinician in five public schools and appeared as a guest conductor with the Singapore Festival Winds. He served as a guest conductor with the McHenry County (IL) Youth Orchestras, and has judged several music festivals in the Chicago area. His work has been published in the GIA Publications series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, in Volume VI, the revision of Volume I, and the recently released volume of solos with wind ensemble accompaniment.
 
Dr. Lowe holds memberships in the College Music Society, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.