He was also a composer/arranger of works for band, brass band, orchestra and small ensembles. His published texts include The Brass Instruments: A Reference Manual. He served regularly as an adjudicator and clinician for band, orchestra and choral festivals. He was the founding conductor of the Golden State British Brass Band and has served as guest conductor of a variety of instrumental ensembles in Southern California and elsewhere. He performed with the Los Angeles Gregorian Schola, the Pasadena Pro Musica and as a freelance instrumentalist, having performed with ensembles such as the California Brass Ensemble and Rising Winds Chamber Ensemble. Swain performed as a professional musician both as a low brass specialist and as a singer. As chair of the University Music Administrators of California and as chair of the California Council on Music Education, he was a leader in setting agendas to examine issues in music education in California and developing programs that serve the needs of teachers and students in music education. Swain served as chair of the Department of Music and served as associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters. Swain taught music for 27 years, starting in public schools in South Dakota, and at Olivet College, in Michigan where he served as director of bands and later as chair of the Department of Performing Arts.ĭuring his nineteen year tenure at California State University L.A., Dr. in Music at Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, in 1986. In 1977, he completed a MM at the University of South Dakota and then a Ph.D. The same year, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Army and served in Ft. He grew up in Tyndall, SD, and graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1972 with a BFA in Music. Swain was born on August 12, 1950, in Yankton, South Dakota. This constantly expanding list is still maintained by his devoted successors and updated monthly for every new York instrument that is found. Swain also assembled a catalog of each instrument that was known to exist in an extensive log that resides here. In addition to chronicling the history of the York company, Dr. Martin Band Instruments Martin Saxophones Olds/Reynolds Powell Selmer (Paris) Clarinets Selmer (Paris) Saxophone The SML Saxophone V.Bach Trombones V.No website researching the history of the York Band Instrument Company would be complete without mention of the research of the late Dr.

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