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Reed Ulery
Graduate Assistant, Department of Bands
Ball State University, School of Music 

​Reed Ulery has just completed a Master of Music in Wind Conducting at Ball State University’s School of Music where he served as a Graduate Associate for the Department of Bands. In this role, he assisted with the Campus Band, Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble, the Pride of Mid-America Marching Band, and the Cardinal Pride Basketball Band. Reed has studied conducting with Dr. Thomas Caneva, Dr. Jeremy Harmon, Dr. LaToya Webb, and horn with Professor Gene Berger. Beyond the band department, Reed has conducted the Ball State Brass Ensemble under the musical direction of Dr. Stephen Campbell and the Tuba Euphonium Ensemble under the musical direction of Professor Matthew Lyon.
 
Before his studies at Ball State, Reed was the Director of Bands at North Decatur Junior-Senior High School in Greensburg, IN, where he taught students in grades 5-12, directed jazz and pep bands, and led the Decatur County Greensburg Marching Band to three consecutive State Fair Band Day Finals performances. Reed is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music Education with a concentration in Horn and the Hutton Honors Notation in 2021. While at IU, Reed studied conducting with Dr. Eric Smedley, Dr. Jason Nam, and Dr. Rodney Dorsey, and horn with Professor Jeff Nelsen. 

Recognized as an IMEA Outstanding Future Music Educator, an IAEN Excellent Arts Educator, and by the Music Achievement Council’s “Choose to Teach” program at the 2022 Midwest Clinic, Reed has served as a guest conductor for the Indiana Wind Symphony, the Southeast Indiana Honor Band, and as a sectional coach for several middle and high school honor ensembles. Reed also performs as the principal hornist in the Ball State Wind Ensemble and plays regularly with the Indiana Wind Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphonic Band, and a brass quintet. Reed is an alumni brother of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. 

Outside of professional commitments, Reed enjoys cooking, outer space, live music, and spending time with friends, family, and their Boston terrier, Millie. 

Reed began studying classical piano at age 8 and began studying horn as a member of his sixth grade band in Nashville, TN. While in high school, Reed was the principal horn for the Mt. Lebanon High School Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra. He was a featured senior soloist in the 2016 Mt. Lebanon String Festival, and performed as the principal first horn for the 2017 PMEA All-State Wind Ensemble. Reed was the drum major of his high school marching band for two years, and he held the role of student director of the chamber choir for his junior and senior years of high school as well.

During his time at Indiana University, Reed performed with the Jacobs School of Music Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, All-Campus Band, All-Campus Chorus, and as a part of several recitals. Reed presented his ​Senior Recital on Horn on October 19, 2020. Off the stage, Reed also performed with the Marching Hundred, Big Red Basketball Band, and Crabb Band as a member of the mellophone section. Reed served as a member of the Marching Hundred Undergraduate Staff for two years and as an officer for several student organizations including President and Treasurer for NAfME @ IU, Vice President for the Marching Hundred Student Organization, and as an Active Brother in the Alpha Zeta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary band service fraternity. 

Reed accepts the IMEA Outstanding Future Music Educator Award at the 2021 IMEA Professional Development Convention (Virtual)