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

Personal Information

D.M. (ABD), Conducting, Northwestern University

M.M., Conducting, Northwestern University

B.M., Music Education, University of Michigan

Mr. Frederick Lowe is the Director of the Wind Ensemble at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches an Independent Study in instrumental conducting and also directs the basketball pep band, the Band of Wolves.

Mr. Lowe earned his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Michigan and after graduation was hired 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 began graduate conducting studies at Northwestern University with primary teacher, Dr. Mallory Thompson. At Northwestern, in addition to conducting numerous chamber music recitals, Mr. Lowe 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.

Mr. Lowe traveled to Singapore, where he spent three weeks working as a music clinician in the public schools and also appeared as a guest conductor with the Singapore Festival Winds. He has served as a guest conductor with the McHenry County (IL) Youth Orchestras, and has judged several music festivals in the Chicago area, and his work has been published in the GIA Publications series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, in Volume VI and the upcoming revision of Volume I.

Mr. Lowe holds memberships in the College Music Society, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.