Joseph Missal is celebrating his 34^th year as Director of Bands and Professor of Conducting at Oklahoma State University.  In this capacity, he conducts the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds and guides all aspects of the OSU Band Program.  Dr. Missal also directs the graduate conducting program, teaches undergraduate conducting, and serves as Coordinator for Wind and Percussion Studies.  He holds a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education from Michigan State University, a Master of Music in Wind Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of Colorado.  His ensembles have performed for conventions of the Japan Band Clinic (Hamamatsu City, Japan, 2013, 2006), British Association of Symphonic Band and Wind Ensembles (Manchester, England, 2003), World Association for Symphonic Bands (San Luis Obispo, California, 1999, Schladming, Austria 1997), the College Band Directors National Association (National Convention,Kansas City, Missouri, Austin, Texas 2009, Denton, Texas 2001, Boulder, Colorado 1995), National Band Association, the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Sonneck Society, Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma, Oklahoma Music Educators Association, the Percussive Arts Society, and the Western States Collegiate Wind Band Festival. He has received praise from composers David Maslanka, Karel Husa, Cindy McTee, David Gillingham, Joel Puckett, Paul Dooley, Steven Bryant, Scott McAllister, Michael Daugherty, Frank Ticheli, Shafer Mahoney, Kathryn Salfelder, James Kazik, Roshanne Etezady, Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, John Mackey, Michael Martin, Zhou Tian, Dana Wilson, and others for his expressive interpretations of their music. Dr. Missal has collaborated with performing artists Chris Martin, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic, Leona Mitchell, Metropolitan Opera, the Canadian Brass, and many others. Former conducting students now hold high school, college, and professional conducting positions throughout the United States. A member of CBDNA, WASBE, NAfME, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Beta Mu, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, he has appeared as a guest conductor throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Israel.  His writing has been published in the CBDNA Journal, the Canadian Band Journal, and the GIA Teaching Music through Performance in Band.  Dr. Missal has served as Co-Chairman of the International Wind Band Education Committee for WASBE and is a past President of the Southwest Division of the College Band Directors National Association and the Big Twelve Band Directors Association. He has received the Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts at Oklahoma State University and was selected as a Distinguished Music Professor.  Dr. Missal has also served as a guest conductor for the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the International Trombone Association, and the United States Army Field Band. He is an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. The National Council of Kappa Kappa Psi has awarded him the Distinguished Service to Music Medal for Concert Band and the Bohumil Makovsky Memorial Award.