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Kevin Sedatole (East Lansing, MI) serves as Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the Michigan State University College of Music. At MSU, Sedatole serves as the administrator of the entire band program, totaling over 700 students He also guides the graduate wind conducting program, in addition to conducting the MSU Wind Symphony.
Prior to joining MSU, he was director of bands and associate professor of conducting at Baylor University. Previous to his appointment at Baylor, he served as associate director of bands at the University of Texas and director of the Longhorn Band, and as associate director of bands at the University of Michigan and Stephen F. Austin State University.
Sedatole has conducted performances for the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, as well as performances in Carnegie Hall. He has conducted across the United States and Europe. Most recently the MSU Wind Symphony, under the direction of Sedatole, has given featured performances at The Midwest Clinic and at the national conventions of the College Band Directors National Association held in Austin, Texas, and Kansas City, Missouri. Sedatole also serves on the summer faculty of the Interlochen Music Camp, Board of Directors for The Midwest Clinic, and as the president of the CBDNA North Central division. His international engagements include residencies at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Tokyo, Japan, and the Mid Europe Festival, Schladming, Austria