James Latimer is professor Emeritus in the School of Music at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is also the music director of the Capitol City band and a founding member of the Madison Marimba Quartet.
Mr. Latimer was born in Oklahoma and studied piano and marimba at the Latimer School of Music in Tulsa. He was a percussionist with the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler from 1963 to 1974 and has performed with dozens of ochestras and ensembles throughout the United States.