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Trae Blanco (Indianapolis, IN) Dr. Trae Blanco serves as Director of Bands at Butler University, where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, and administers the band area. After completing his BME at New Mexico State University, Dr. Blanco served as Director of Bands at Las Cruces High School. Dr. Blanco holds a DMA in wind conducting from the Herberger Institute at Arizona State University and a MM in Wind Conducting from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Prior to coming to Butler, Dr. Blanco served as Director of Bands at Murray State University and at the University of Southern Maine. In July 2015, Dr. Blanco was a guest conductor with the United States Army “Pershing’s Own” Concert Band in Washington, D.C. and in both 2015 and 2016 Dr. Blanco was a finalist in the American Prize in Wind Conducting. Dr. Blanco has published articles with the NBA and WASBE journals and has been an invited presenter at the state conventions of West Virginia, Maine, Kentucky, Ohio, and New Mexico, The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, College Band Directors National Association Eastern Division and North Central Division, as well as the 2019 WASBE International Convention in Bunol, Spain, and the 2024 conference in Soul, Seoul, South Korea. Currently, Dr. Blanco resides in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife, Kelsey, and their two children, Ophelia and Ellis.