FACULTY
FACULTY/Staff
Mr. R. Todd Cranson, M.M.
Asst. Director of Co-curricular Music
Email: rcran2@uis.edu
Office: VPA 49
Phone: (217) 206-7549
Mr. Cranson's Education:
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Pg. Dip. Tuba Performance, Royal Northern College of Music
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M.M. Instrumental Conducting, University of Arkansas
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B.M.E. Music Education, Louisiana State University
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B.M. Music, Louisiana State University
More about Mr. Cranson:
Todd Cranson is Director of the UIS Band and Chamber Orchestra. As Assistant Director of Co-curricular Music, he also works in a number of other capacities to help build UIS' young music department. In addition to these duties, Todd is director of the 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Band, a civil war period brass band.
Todd Cranson received his bachelor of music and bachelor of music education degrees with honors in 1997 from Louisiana State University where he studied tuba with Larry Campbell. In 1999 he received his master of music degree in instrumental conducting from the University of Arkansas. In 2005, he received his Post Graduate Diploma with distinction in performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England where he was a student of Roger Bobo and James Gourlay. From 1999 to 2004 Todd worked as Director of Bands at Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, LA.
Todd has participated in a number of music festivals and courses. He has performed at the Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, AR, and he was selected to perform in Italy with the Rome Festival Orchestra. Additionally, he participated in courses held in Kalavrita, Greece and Le Domaine Forget, in Quebec, Canada. Todd also works as Co-Editor of the internationally successful web magazine, TubaNews.com.
