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WASBE World, the international wind band journal, featured the career and baton selection process of Professor James Ripley in their most recent issue.  

Prof. James Ripley conducting an orchestra in dim lighting. Credit: WASBE WorldThe series of conductor-focused articles are curated by Joop Booerstoel from the Netherlands. Highlighted in the article are influential teachers and specific batons used by Prof. Ripley for such events as the Carthage Band’s 150th Anniversary Concert, President Gregory Woodward’s inauguration, and the conducting of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Prague.

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