John Falskow

Music Director and Conductor

Dr. John Falskow is the Director of Instrumental Music at Tacoma Community College (TCC), where he conducts the TCC Orchestra, TCC Symphonic Band, and has taught a variety of classes across the music curriculum. In addition to duties at TCC, John is the Music Director and Conductor of the Puget Sound Youth Wind Ensemble – a select, high school musician ensemble. In the fall of 2018, Falskow founded Brass Band Tacoma, a South Sound based British brass band. Falskow is an active conductor, music educator, and trumpeter throughout the Northwest region.

As a guest conductor, John has made numerous appearances including: Tacoma Concert Band, Washington Wind Symphony, Northwest Brass Festival, Northwest Mahler Festival Orchestra, Bremerton Symphony, Tacoma Young Artist Orchestra, Tallahassee Youth Symphony, the Big Bend Community Orchestra, the Evergreen Music Festival, and Brass Unlimited. He has conducted regional honor bands, and also the 2015 Washington Jr. All-State Band. John has worked with countless school ensembles throughout the Southeast and the Pacific Northwest. For nine years, he was the conductor of PugetBrass – a Seattle based British brass band.  John also was the conductor of the Bremerton Symphony Youth Orchestra.  Prior to these activities, John served as an Assistant Professor of Music at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina. Falskow was also the band director at Mason Middle School, in Tacoma.

John completed his Ph.D. in Music Education at Florida State University, where he also conducted many of the university's instrumental ensembles. John’s education also includes degrees from Washington State University and the University of Puget Sound. 

John lives in University Place with his wife, clarinetist Dr. Cindy Renander. They have a happy and busy house with three children: Karl, Danny, and Erin.