TUXEDO MUSIC PUBLISHING

Ted Lucas studied composition with the renowned teacher Mlle. Nadia Boulanger in Paris, France. After a year of private study with Boulanger, he returned to the USA to pursue his doctorate in composition at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.  Following receipt of his doctorate, he began his career in higher education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as an Instructor of Music. From there, he was Assistant Professor of Music at Beloit College, Associate Professor and Dean of Fine Arts at Southwestern University, Professor and Director of the School of Music and Dance at San Jose State University, ending his academic career as Founding Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. In retirement he lives in Ojai, California, with his wife Judy and their two dogs. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra in Ventura, Vice President and Treasurer of Friends of Fieldworkers, Inc., and is Director of Music at All Saints Episcopal Church in Oxnard.