James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Masters Degree from Ohio State University and a Bachelors Degree from Bowling Green State University and is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.
The music he writes is part of a small genre known throughout American high school band classes as Concert Literature, generally two to six-minute long pieces played for high school band concerts. He is a recipient of numerous ASCAP awards.
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