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CBDNA Oral History Project: Ray E. Cramer

CBDNA established the Oral History Project in 2021 as a way to catalog the stories from CBDNA leaders that have shaped the organization and the profession. The project is designed to provide those in the profession (as well as interested observers) with a historical look at the development of the organization, its leaders and key initiatives, how the organization came to be what it is today, and where it might be headed. Rodney Dorsey interviewed Ray Cramer in 2021 about his time as CBDNA President from 1991-1993. — Ray E. Cramer holds a BA in Education from Western Illinois University, an MFA from the University of Iowa, and he is the recipient of Honorary Doctorates from Western Illinois University and the Vandercook College of Music. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Professorship at the Musashino Academy of Music in Tokyo. Prior to his appointment at Indiana University, Prof. Cramer taught in the public schools of Bardolph, IL (1961-62), West Liberty, IA (1963-65), Harlan, IA (1965-68), and Parma, OH (1968-69). Cramer was a member of the Indiana University School of Music faculty from the fall of 1969 through May 2005 where he enjoyed a 36-year tenure with the final 24 years as Director of Bands. Under Cramer’s leadership, the Indiana University Wind Ensemble earned an international reputation for outstanding performance. Throughout his time at Indiana University, the IU Wind Ensemble was a featured ensemble at many prominent conferences and venues including multiple performances for the American Bandmasters Association (ABA), the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the Midwest Clinic: International Band and Orchestra Conference, the Japan Bandmasters Association, and numerous other regional and state conventions. The IU Wind Ensemble also toured Japan, performing in six cities and the Japan Band Clinic. Prof. Cramer maintains international prominence, in particular as a regular guest conductor for the Musashino Academia of Music in Tokyo. In addition to his administrative responsibilities as the Department of Bands/Wind Conducting Chair, he taught graduate courses in wind conducting, history, and literature. He also conducted the University Orchestra for seven years during the fall semester (1994-2001). Prof. Cramer enjoyed a 36-year tenure at Indiana University with the final 24 years as Director of Bands. Cramer’s affiliations include the ABA, CBDNA, the National Band Association (NBA), the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, MENC, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters’ Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and others. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the IU Student Alumni Council Senior Faculty Award (1983), the Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Award (1988), the CIDA Director of the Year Award (1988), the Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Bandmaster Award (1988), the Kappa Kappa Psi Bohumil Makovsky Memorial Award (1991), the Edwin Franko Goldman award (2002), The MENC Lowell Mason Fellow medallion (2003), the Midwest Clinic Medal of Honor (2005), the Bands of America Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) and induction into that organization’s Hall of Fame (2006). He has been awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Colorado Bandmasters Association (2007), Honorary Life Membership in the Iowa Bandmasters Association (2007), and he has received the 17th Japan Academic Society of Winds, Percussion, and Band Award (2007). In December of 2008, he was named the “The Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts” honoree by the National Band Association. In 2010, he was elected into the NBA “Hall of Fame of Distinguished Conductors.” He has served as President of the Indiana Bandmasters Association, the North Central Division of CBDNA, and the Big Ten Band Directors Association. He is an Emeritus member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest Clinic where he served for nineteen years—including thirteen years as President. He is a Past President of both the ABA and CBDNA, and he is the recipient of CBDNA’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award (2017). — Interview produced and edited by Joshua Kearney.