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Russell McCutcheon is Director of Bands and Interim Area Head of Music Education in the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. At Gettysburg he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, the Sunderman Chamber Winds and directs the Bullets Marching Band. In addition, he teaches conducting, music education courses, supervises student teachers in the field, and serves as the advisor of the Gettysburg College Chapter of the Collegiate Music Education Association.

Dr. McCutcheon received his Ph.D. in Music Education with a concentration in Wind Conducting from the University of Florida in Gainesville where he served as Assistant Conductor of the Wind Symphony. He was in the conducting studio of Dr. David Waybright and his music education advisors were Drs. Russell Robinson and Charles Hoffer. Additionally, he has studied conducting with Rodney Winther, Anthony Maiello, and Tom Lee. He received his Master of Science in Music Education from Troy State University in Troy, Alabama.

Prior to his appointment in the Sunderman Conservatory, Dr. McCutcheon served for three years as Associate Director of Band, Wind and Percussion Activities at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio and has eight years of high school teaching experience in the public schools. Bands under his direction have performed in England, Scotland, Italy, and Switzerland and he has been a guest conductor at the WASBE 2005 International Conference in Singapore.

Dr. McCutcheon is an active performer, clinician and guest conductor. He has been the featured clinician/conductor for many county and district honor bands, was invited to be the winds and percussion clinician for the Ohio All-State Orchestra, travels regularly to music camps nationally, and adjudicates band festivals in Ohio, Florida, Mexico and the Bahamas. As a percussionist, he most recently served as principal timpanist of the Westerville Symphony (Ohio) and is currently experimenting with electronic percussion controllers, MIDI mallet keyboard instruments and the integration of pre-recorded sound with live performance.

Dr. McCutcheon is the publisher of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Quarterly Newsletter and is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Band Association, MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Fraternity for College Bandmembers.