ACB Member Composers

In June of 2025, the ACB Board approved a new membership category for Composers. This category of membership has the same dues and benefits of an Individual Membership with two additional benefits. First is to be listed on this page; second is to be able to submit one piece to be listed in the ACB Journal as space permits each year.

Composers just started adding this membership type on June 23, 2025, so come back often for updates.

Karl Bach
Website: www.jwpepper.com/myscore/KFBMUSIC
Publishers: MY SCORE: J.W. PEPPER
Brief description: Karl Bach is a retired Navy Musician (vocalist, percussionist and administrator) who served with The United States Navy Band, Washington, D.C. He was a founding member of the "Sea Chanters" and retired in 1974. He taught instrumental music in schools in Virginia and Oregon. Since his retirement to Port Townsend, Washington, he served as timpanist in the Port Townsend Community Orchestra, conducted the Port Townsend Summer Band for 17 years, and sang in RainShadow Chorale. He holds degrees from The American University, George Mason University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Bach began composing in 2000 and has written 12 marches, three suites for orchestra and band, a "Romance for solo violoncello and orchestra." four choral works, several pieces for band and has arranged music for con cert band, brass band, orchestra, and chorus, all of which have been performed in concert. There are 40 titles of his in the MY SCORE catalog in the website of J.W. Pepper.

Kelly Bennette
Publishers: Ludwig Masters, Keiser Southern, Grand Mesa, Twin Towers, Echelon Music Press, Brazilian Music Publications, TUX Peoples Music, Molenaar Edition, Safe Music UK, Hafabra, Bronsheim, Ayotte Music, Aamano Music, J.W. Pepper, TRN, Alfred
Facebook: @kelly.bennette.1
Brief description: I compose and arrange for concert band. I write from beginner level up through grade 5. Many of my pieces are programmatic works based on existing stories. Search my name on YouTube and you will find many examples of my works. I am available for commissions and would enjoy being at your concerts. You may contact me at [email protected] or [email protected].

Booker Charles Booker, Jr.
Website: www.charlesbooker.com
Publishers: Kendor, Alfred, Potenza, Wingert-Jones, Keiser Southern Music, Print Music Source, and Lecta Music
Brief description: editing for length

Brian Chance

Brian Chance
Website: www.bcmusicpublishing.com
Publishers: MyScore, ArrangeMe, Chris Sharp Publishing, Carl Fischer Publishing
Facebook: @brianc0429
Brief description: Brian Chance received his bachelor’s in music education from Western Carolina University in 1990. From there, he began his teaching career at Frostproof Middle/Senior High School in Frostproof, FL, where he remained for seven years. While there, the program achieved Excellent and Superior Ratings in the Florida Concert Band Festival, and the Marching Band achieved Excellent and Superior Ratings. In 1998, Mr. Chance became the Director of Bands at McLaughlin Middle School and Fine Arts Academy in Lake Wales, FL. While there, the Concert and Symphonic Bands received Excellent and Superior Ratings in the Florida Bandmaster’s Music Performance Assessment. The performing ensembles consistently performed at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando. In 2007, Mr. Chance left the Band room to pursue a career in Information Technology. He’s a Network Manager for the Polk County (FL) School District. From 2002 to 2015, Mr. Chance was the Music Director at First United Methodist Church in Lake Wales. While there, he conducted the Adult Chancel Choir, the Handbell Choir, and various instrumental ensembles. The Chancel Choir performed a major Christmas Cantata each year, accompanied by a full orchestra, choir, and soloists. Mr. Chance is a two-time recipient of the Teacher of the Year award, voted upon by his peers. He has performed with The Lakeland Symphony Orchestra, The Hollingsworth Winds, The Bartow Adult Concert Band, The Bach Society of Central Florida, and other groups throughout the Central Florida area. He continues to perform as well as remaining active in assisting band programs as much as possible. Mr. Chance is now in his 35th year of Teaching. He resides in Lake Wales, FL.

Brad Hartman
Website: www.bradhartmanmusic.com
Publishers: TUX People's Music, MyScore, Self-Published
Facebook: @brad.hartman.1127
Instagram: @bradhartmanmusic
Brief description: Bradley S. Hartman is an award-winning composer and music educator based in New York. His works have been performed internationally, including at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Midwest Clinic. With degrees in Music Education, Trombone Performance, Liberal Studies, and Wind Conducting, he is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition & Arranging at Five Towns College. His compositions—such as Chasing the Sunrise, A Smithtown Celebration, and Eagle's First Flight—are featured on state prescribed lists and national competitions, including The American Prize. Hartman serves as Associate Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Smithtown Community Band and brings over 15 years of public school teaching experience in Brentwood, NY. His music has been performed by ensembles including the Stony Brook University Wind Ensemble. He lives on Long Island’s north shore with his wife and two sons. Learn more at www.bradhartmanmusic.com.

Brenda Hascall
Website: www.smalltowncomposer.com
Publishers: As "Brenda Hascall" on J.W. Pepper, My Score, Sheet Music Plus and Sheet Music Direct.
Facebook: @brenda.hascall
Instagram: @brendahascall
Brief description: Brenda Hascall, born in 1965 in Granada Hills, California, is a rising American composer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music performance from California State University Northridge, and a Master of Arts degree in band conducting from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University. Brenda is a retired music educator with a career spanning 28 years, during which she taught band, strings, choir, and guitar classes at all grade levels on the central coast of California. Currently, she serves as the conductor of the Morro Bay White Caps Community Band and the Arroyo Grande Village Band. She also frequently appears as a guest conductor for other community bands in the region. You can nd more about her music at www.smalltowncomposer.com

Joshua Idio
Website: https://joshuaaidiomusic.squarespace.com
Publishers: Randall Standridge Music, LLCT.U.X. People's Music, Bandworks Publications, JWPepper, MyScore, ArrangeME, Joshua A. Idio Music
Facebook: @JoshuaAIdioMusic
Instagram: @josh.a.i
Brief description: Joshua A. Idio (b. 1995) is a Filipino-American composer, educator, conductor, and trumpeter from New Jersey. He holds a M.A in Music Composition from Montclair State University and a B.M in Music Education from William Paterson University. Idio continues to write exciting music for chamber groups, concert bands, and orchestras of all grade levels and his music continues to captivate audiences with thought-provoking and relative music in the programmatic and cinematic style. Idio’s works have been performed by several ensembles including the East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Montclair State University Symphonic Band, the Seattle Pacific University Symphony Orchestra and the United States Naval Academy Band. He is currently a member of the National Association for Music Education and the New Jersey Music Educators Association. He is also a registered member of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) as an active composer in the New York City/NJ area.

Lee Jackson
Website: https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com
Publishers: International Horn Society, Sheet Music Plus, Sheet Music Direct, My Score, ArrangeMe.com, ScoreExchange.com
Facebook: @leejacksonaudio
Instagram: : @leejacksonaudio
Brief description: Lee Jackson (born Austin, TX 1963) has written music professionally for over 30 years now, starting with a computer game company in Garland, Texas. He has amassed over 100 titles to his credit, mostly in the computer music realm, including the hit song, “Grabbag,” the theme song to the game “Duke Nukem 3D.” This song was covered by the heavy metal supergroup Megadeth, and has countless covers posted on YouTube. Recently, Lee has moved to write music for winds and percussion. His first non-selfpublished work was “Bohemian Galop,” a work for Horn Sextet, which is published by the International Horn Society. His other works are on My Score and ArrangeMe.com, and include solos, chamber music, and works for concert band, both original and arrangements. Lee is a member of ASCAP and a voting member of the Recording Academy (the Grammy organization). His home band is in Rockwall, TX, that being the Rockwall Community Band.

Earl (Buddy) Mattei
Website: www.matteimusicservices.com
Publishers: Mattei Music Services, Lovebird Music
Facebook: @profile.php?id=61575026332450
Instagram: @matteimusicservices
Brief description: Earl (Buddy) Mattei has been a respected concert band composer and arranger for many years. With pieces selected for the Texas UIL Prescribed Music List and program music from marches to Christmas music, his music has been performed by bands of all ages and experience. Notably, in May 2022, his band transcription of Lyndol Mitchell's "Kentucky Mountain Portraits" was featured by the Plano Community Band at the ACB Convention in Santa Fe, NM.

StevePaxton Steve Paxton
Website: www.creativespiritonline.com
Publishers: Alias Press, C. Alan Music Publications, Creative Spirit, MyScore, ArrangeMe, Swirly Music, SheetMusicMarketplace
Facebook: @creativespiritmusic
Instagram: @stevenpaxton2018
Brief description: Steven Paxton (b. 1951) is a composer and conductor based in Austin, Texas. He holds degrees in music composition from University of North Texas and Texas Tech University and has held teaching positions at West Texas State (now WTAMU), Texas Tech, College of Santa Fe, and Santa Fe University of Art and Design. In 2010 he founded Creative Spirit Music Publications to publish his original works, as well as new performance editions of public domain works (specializing in the choral works of Sweelilnck and various works by Satie, Gottschalk and Charles Ives).

Trenton Rhodes
Website: https://trentonrhodesmusic.com
Publishers: MyScore
Facebook: @trenton.rhodes.2025
Instagram: @trentonrhodesmusic
Brief description: Trenton Rhodes (b. 2002) is an award-winning composer and musician working in Arkansas. His music has been played by ensembles such as the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) Wind Ensemble, the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (UAFS) Wind Ensemble, the UCA Chamber Singers, the UCA Campus band, and so many other various groups. The primary goal of his music is to express our humanity – that is, to explore human emotions that are universal to everyone. Rhodes has a passion for sharing music with everybody, as every human being deserves a chance to discover its true beauty. Because of this, his music is carefully crafted and emotionally powerful, to convey music’s raw power as one of the great arts. He is currently finishing up his dual degrees in Music Education and Composition at the University of Central Arkansas, where he studies trumpet with Dr. Angela King and composition with Dr. Paul Dickinson.

Gordon Ring
Website: www.gordonringmusic.com
Publishers: GordonRingMusic.com, MyScore, WatertonBrassMusic.com
Facebook: @gordon.ring
Brief description: Dr. Gordon Ring is Professor of Music Emeritus from Longwood University, where he taught composition, music theory, and conducting, developed the music technology program, and conducted the Wind Symphony for 30 years. In the 2015-2016 school year he was named the university’s first Simpson Distinguished Professor. He also previously taught at Culver-Stockton College and the University of North Texas. He received his Bachelor's degrees in Music and Music Education from the University of Central Missouri. His master's and doctoral degrees, both in composition, were from the University of North Texas, where he studied composition with Martin Mailman and Larry Austin.Several of his works for various media have been winners in national and international composition contests, such as the National Band Association, National Opera Association, International Horn Society, and others. He has received the ASCAP MusicPlu$ Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers each year since 1991.

AlexShapiro

Alex Shapiro
Website: www.alexshapiro.org
Publishers: Activist Music LLC (www.activistmusic.com)
Facebook: @alexshapiro
Instagram: @alex_shapiro_composer
Brief description: Alex's extensive catalog for wind band is handled by her publishing company, Activist Music LLC.

Randall Standridge
Website: randallstandridge.com
Publishers:Randall Standridge Music, Alfred, MakeMusic, FJHWingert-Jones
Facebook: @randallstandridgemusic
Instagram: @randallstandridge
Brief description: Randall Standridge (b. 1976) is an internationally performed composer, arranger, and marching arts designer. He holds degrees in Music Education and Music Composition from Arkansas State University, where he studied under Dr. Tom O’Connor and Dr. Tim Crist. After over a decade teaching at Harrisburg High School (AR), he shifted to full-time composition in 2013. His works have been featured at the Midwest Clinic and included in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series. Major premieres include Art(isms) (CBDNA 2010), Stonewall: 1969 (LGBA 2019), and Symphony No. 1: A Ghost Story (2023). His unBroken Project explores mental health through music and has received national acclaim. Standridge is the owner of Randall Standridge Music, LLC and Grand Mesa Marching. He lives in Jonesboro, Arkansas with his husband, Steven, and their very spoiled pets.

JariVillanueva Jari Villanueva
Website: www.jvmusic.net
Publishers: JV Music, Ludwig Music, Musicians Publications, Music Express, ArrangeMe, Sheet Music Plus
Facebook: @TapsBugler
Instagram: @tapsbugler
Brief description: Villanueva has been working for over 35 years as an arranger for companies like Ludwig Music, Musicians Publications, Music Express, JV Music, and others. His many works for bands and ensembles can also be found at JV Music.net and Sheet Music Plus. Villanueva's arrangements have been performed by all the top military bands, major symphony orchestras, and community bands. He has guest-conducted numerous groups and delivered lectures on Civil War music, music of John Philip Sousa, history of bugle calls in the US, history of Taps, and African American bands during WWI. Every summer, he is a guest lecturer at the Chautauqua Institute