2024 Reynolds Conducting Institute Fellow

Meet John Mange

John Mange began pursuing the D.M.A. in Wind Band Conducting at the University of Michigan in Fall 2024 as a student of Jason Fettig. Previously he was the K-12 Director of Fine Arts and High School Director of Bands in Stoughton, MA. Over the course of 12 years in Stoughton he led a variety of instrumental ensembles, including the Marching Black Knights, SHS Symphonic Band and Concert Bands, Middle School Honor Wind Band, Tuesday and Wednesday Jazz Bands, and Jazz Combo. Off the podium, Mr. Mange enjoys both composing and arranging. He has been the wind arranger and show design lead for the SHS Marching Black Knights since 2016 and has contributed several “flex” band arrangements as part of the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources grant program (available for free on the Connecticut MEA website). In May 2024 his Sonatina for Trumpet and Organ was premiered by Drs. Steven Felix, trumpet (Williams College) and Jonathan Wessler, organ (First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA) on the International Trumpet Guild’s Virtual New Works Recital. Mr. Mange holds a B.M. in Trumpet Performance, Music Theory, and Music Education summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an M.M.Ed. with Composition Minor from the University of Hartford’s The Hartt School. His scholarly writing is published in the Journal of Band Research and MA Music Educators Journal, and he blogs semi-regularly about music and related topics at www.solamusica.net. He and his wife, Cassia, have three children.