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Ann Arborite Jim Nissen

Conductor, composer, and teacher

by Shelley Daily

posted 1/12/2013

Jim Nissen cranks up the stereo until the sound of the Ann Arbor Concert Band fills his two-story living room. He nods along to the music, waves an imaginary baton, and shakes his fists with each staccato burst. Nissen, the AACB's director, composed this four-minute piece, called "Run!" Clean-cut and handsome in glasses, a crewneck sweater, and dress pants,

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