NEIL SLATER received his B.S. from Mansfield State College in 1952 and his Master of Arts at Duquesne University in 1954. He has been a Professor of Music at North Texas University, Denton, Texas since 1981. Neal has many accomplishments to his credit. His composition for Flute, Clarinet, Piano and French Horn was selected for performance at the Columbia Symposium, Columbia University, in 1960; his Mamaroneck High School Jazz Ensemble was awarded first prize at the New England High School Stage Band Competition by the National Association of Jazz Educators and Berklee College of Music in 1970; he was presented the NAJE Award for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education at the 1985 Annual NAJE National Convention, and he is a member of the Board of Governors, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Dallas Chapter. As Director of the NTSU One O'Clock Lab Band Neil has played in many states and also Australia. Neil was nominated to receive a Grammy Award for "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1991 for arranging his own composition "Values." The piece was written in honor of the centennial of the University of North Texas and recorded by UNT's internationally acclaimed One-O-Clock Lab Band. He has also arranged "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Moody Blues material.