9:00am recital/clinic: 9:00am recital: dennis askew...

Monday, June 26

12:00pm Prelude: Euphoniums UnlimitedOpening RemarksPerformance: Gene PokornyChat with the Legends: Gene Pokorny

3:00pm Clinic: Alan Baer & Tommy Johnson4:00pm Clinic Gabrieli: Carole Nowicke5:30pm Welcome Reception7:30pm Prelude: University of Texas at Austin8:00pm Concert: Modern Jazz Tuba Project10:00pm Lodge: J Manning, T Heasley, Trio Akimbo

Tuesday, June 27

8:00am Reading SessionDennis AsKew

9:00am Recital: Alan Baer & Jens Bjørn-Larsen9:00am Recital/Clinic:

Studios of Brian Bowman & Steven Mead10:00am Great Musicianship Perception:

Warren Deck & Marty Erickson11:00am Clinic Orchestral Careers:

Warren Deck & Jens Bjørn-Larsen11:00am Clinic Military Careers:

Roger Behrend, Jason Ham, Tom Powell12:00pm High School All-Star Rehearsal1:00pm Prelude: U of Missouri Tuba-Euph Ens

Chat with the Legends: Warren Deck3:00pm Clinic Teaching: W Deck & F Cooley7:00pm Concert: Red Rocks Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble7:30pm Concert: Ø Baadsvik, S Mead, The Denver Brass10:00pm Lodge: Jim Self, Jun Yamaoka, Joe Murphy

Wednesday, June 28

8:00am Rehearsal High School All-Star Ensemble9:00am Recital: M Cochran, J Ham, M Tropman9:00am Clinic Instrument Manufacturing

Gerhard Meinl & friends10:00am Great Musicianship Phrasing:

Øystein Baadsvik & Brian Bowman11:00am Recital: John Griffiths & Don Harry12:00pm Stage Fright: C Brantigan, W Deck, F Cooley12:00pm Rehearsal College School All-Stars1:00pm Prelude: Texas State University San Marcos

Lifetime Achievement Awards: Dennis AsKewConcert: Sotto Voce

3:00pm Master Class: Roger Bobo3:00pm Master Class: Roger Behrend4:00pm Clinic Careers: Hank Feldman & friends4:00pm Recital Young Stars: Velvet Brown &

J Bazsinka, N Gay, J Lipton, J McBride,B Miles, M Saito, A Tindall, L Veronie

5:15pm All participants: Group Photo7:00pm Prelude: Marine Band Tuba-Euphonium Qtet7:30pm Concert: USAF Academy Band with D Childs,

V Brown, S Mendoker, T Northcut, D Perantoni10:15pm Lodge: Sly Slipetsky, Marty Erickson12:25-2am Open Jam

Thursday, June 29

8:00am Rehearsal High School All-Star Ensemble8:00am Reading Session/Rehearsal for Red Rocks:

Dennis AsKew9:00am New Ideas in Ensemble Performance:

S Watson & L Young9:00am Clinic Creativity:

J Skillen, O Baadsvik, J Sass & J Self10:00am Great Musicianship Time:

John Griffiths & Dan Perantoni11:00am Recital:

Alessandro Fossi & Roland Szentpáli11:30am Rehearsal College All-Star Ensemble12:00pm Plaza Concert: Texas Tech University12:00pm Clinic Teachings of Arnold Jacobs:

Brian Frederiksen1:00pm Prelude: Ohio Univ Tuba-Euphonium Ens

Competition Recognition & Awards:Louis Young, Dennis AsKewConcert: David Childs & Carol Jantsch

3:00pm Clinic Jazz Tuba:Marty Erickson & Jerry Young

3:00pm Clinic Jazz Euphonium:Marc Dickman & Tom Ball

4:15pm Colorado Barbecue: TubaKvartetten6:30pm Prelude: University of Northern Colorado7:00pm Concert: Euphoniums Unlimited with

B Bowman, A Frey & J Hauser8:30pm Concert: Solos with Brass: R Behrend,

J Gourlay, M Murchison, D Swoboda, M Theinert, D Thurman

10:15pm Lodge: Jun Yamaoka, Marc Dickman,Tom Ball, Steve Call

Friday, June 30

8:00am Rehearsal High School All-Star Ensemble8:00am Rehearsal University All-Star Ensemble8:00am Clinic Breathing Bass Line: Bob Stewart9:00am Recital: 2006 Competitions Winners9:00am Clinic Dixieland Band:

Steve Call and BYU Dixieland Band10:00am Great Musicianship: Our Musical DNA:

Roger Bobo & Steven Mead11:00am Recital Chamber Music:

Balance Duo, Mike Forbes, Mainspring11:00am Clinic Recordings: Kevin Wass & Adam Frey12:00pm Plaza Concert: Pennsylvania StateUniversity12:00pm Clinic Brass for Every City:

Kathy Brantigan1:00pm Prelude: Texas A&M Univ-Kingsville

Awards - Roger Bobo & Harvey Phillips:S. Watson, D. AsKew, Kevin WassConcert: Øystein Baadsvik & Steven Mead

3:00pm Concert: High School & College All-Star Ensembles, J Young & J Stevens

3:00pm Clinic Play Smart: Charles Brantigan, MD4:45pm Depart for Red Rocks via bus or car6:30pm Performance at Red Rocks: H Feldman &

S Slipetsky, B Stewart, Øystein Baadsvik, Jon Sass & Friends

8:45pm Film: Animal House8:45pm Depart Red Rocks for Lamont & Hotel10:45pm Depart Red Rocks for Lamont & Hotel

It is indeed my privilege to welcome ITEA members to the Lamont School of Music,University of Denver. Having hosted the most successful International Trumpet Guildconference ever in 2004 and with the hosting of the upcoming Summit BrassConference in July of 2007 and the International Horn Society Conference in 2008,the Lamont School of Music is quickly becoming the summer Mecca for brass playersaround the world to gather and learn about their art. I know you will enjoy theNewman Center for the Performing Arts as much as we do all year around, and I feelconfident that this will not be your last visit to our school.

Kathy Brantigan has worked tirelessly for over a year to make this the best ITEA Conference ever andwithout the exhausting work by conference hosts, these events just could not happen. I hope you will alltake time to thank her for her dedication to this conference and to ITEA.

F. Joseph DockseyDirector, Lamont School of MusicUniversity of Denver

On behalf of the International Tuba Euphonium Association, it is a great pleasure towelcome you to the 2006 International Tuba Euphonium Conference. Producing aconference like this takes a great deal of effort and planning. I would like to offer themost gracious appreciation to our conference host, Kathy Brantigan, the staff of theDenver Brass, the University of Denver, and the city of Denver. This is truly anoutstanding location and facility! All best to participants, competitors, artists, andexhibitors for what will undoubtedly be a great week!

Dennis AsKew, PresidentPresident, International Tuba-Euphonium Association

I am excited to welcome the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference 2006 toDenver, Colorado, a city which supports and celebrates the arts (especially music), and the great outdoors at every turn. I’m pleased to welcome you into my home, theLamont School of Music at the University of Denver, where I share the tuba studiowith Warren Deck. We’re blessed to be part of a university which places a highpriority on musical training, and believes that the structure in which we create andlearn must provide both aesthetic inspiration and exceptional acoustics.

It’s been a humbling experience communicating with all of you for the past year and ahalf. I have been moved by your generosity, enthusiasm and support. As I struggled to

create a program out of my many computer files and emails, I thought about all the people from all around theworld, practicing and shaping “Great Musicianship” clinics. I thought about how hard all of you would beworking this week, while I smiled and enjoyed your musical moments, sage advice, and thoughtfulobservations. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for helping to make my vision of a focus on “GreatMusicianship” come true.

We’re all blessed to have this time together. If we keep our ears open, we’re all guaranteed to take awaysomething new, from the most experienced artist to the most recent beginner. We’ll find inspiration in everyconcert, clinic and casual conversation. Take time to say hello to those you don’t yet know, and although sleep-deprived, check out everything, from early morning participatory sessions with your instruments to late nightjazz concerts in the Sheraton Four Points “Lodge.” And whatever you do, be sure to attend our Red Rocksrehearsal Thursday morning, don your toga, and take in the sights and sounds at Red Rocks Amphitheatre!

Kathy Aylsworth Brantigan, Conference HostExecutive Director, The Denver Brass

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RestaurantsAnthony’s Pizza, 1628 E. Evans Ave, (303) 744-3137Black Pearl, 1529 S. Pearl St., (303) 777-0500Ben & Jerry’s, 2339 E. Evans Ave., (303) 733-8878Budapest Bistro, 1585 S. Pearl St., (303) 744-2520Burger King, 2110 S. Broadway, (303) 722-4834The Original Chipotle, 1644 E. Evans Ave., (303) 722-4121Fagan’s Irish Pub, 1135 E. Evans Ave., (303) 778 6426Jerusalem’s, 1890 E. Evans Ave., (303) 777-8828Kentucky Fried Chicken, 2096 S. Colorado Blvd., (303) 756-8251McDonald’s, 3996 E. Evans Ave., (303) 759-8313Mustard’s Last Stand, 2081 S. University Blvd, (303)722-7936Pearl Street Grill, 1477 S. Pearl St., (303) 778-6475Pita Jungle, 2017 S. University Blvd., (720) 570-1900Pete’s University Park Café, 2345 E. Evans Ave., (303) 733-7376Quizno’s Subs, 2075 S. University Blvd., (303) 733-4204Sonic, 2611 S. Broadway, (720) 570-8123Spanky’s Roadhouse, 1800 E. Evans Ave., (303) 733-6886Stella’s Coffee Haus, 1476 S. Pearl St., (303) 777-1031Subway, 2008 S. University Blvd., (303)-744-2944Stadium Inn, 1703 E. Evans Ave., (303) 733-4031Sushi Den, 1487 S. Pearl St., (303)777-0826Taco Bell, 2300 S. Broadway, (303) 777-4570The Treehouse Café, 2043 S. University Blvd, (303) 733-7033The Village Cork, 1300 S. Pearl St., (303) 282-8399Wendy’s, 2485 S. University Blvd., (720) 570-7921


Please! Your help is needed! If you have a car, it would be deeply appreciated if you would pass by themain door of Lamont School of Music (Iliff Ave) and the main door of the hotel to pick up passengers priorto driving between the two locations.

Hotel Shuttle – Registered guests call 303-758-7000Reserve shuttle ride: Sign up for shuttle at hotel registration desk

Pick up locations:Lamont School of Music: Front steps on Iliff Ave.Four Points Sheraton Hotel: Front Doors; sign up for ride.

Monday:On-call shuttle service as requested by guest plusPre-scheduled conference shuttle times 10am-12:30pm and 9:30-10:30pm

Tuesday:On-call shuttle service as requested by guest plusPre-scheduled conference shuttle times 7:30-9:30am

Wednesday – Friday:On-call shuttle service as requested by guest plusPre-scheduled conference shuttle times 7:30-9:30am and 9:30-10:30pm

Transportation to Red RocksBus transportation is available to Red Rocks for $5 round trip, by reservation only. Buses will departLamont School of Music at 5pm Friday, June 30, and will return to the Lamont School of Music and FourPoints Sheraton Hotel at 8:45 and 10:45pm. Sign up at the registration desk no later than 4:00pm Thursday.

RTD Bus Transportation from DU to Four Points Sheraton Step #1: Go to Bus Stop at Evans Ave & S University BlvdStep #2: Get On Bus #21/21 Evans Station 21 Aurora Mall Step #3: Get Off the Bus at Evans Ave & S Leyden StStep #4: Go to Bus Stop at S Monaco Pkwy & Evans AveStep #5: Get On Bus #65/65 DTC 65 via Monaco Step #6: Get Off the Bus at S Monaco Pkwy & Hampden Ave

RTD – General Transportation Information (303) 299-6000 or 1-800-366-7433RTD Schedules at registration deskCatch Bus #24 to travel North and South on University Blvd.Catch Bus #21 to travel East and West on Evans Ave. Catch Bus #52 to travel from DU to Downtown DenverGeneral Fare = $1.50Students, Seniors, Disabled = $.75Transfer tickets are good for one hour after initial bus ride and can be used on any number of transferswithin that hour.

Denver Area AttractionsCherry Creek Shopping DistrictRide RTD Bus #24 North on University to 2nd Avenue; get off and proceed east for shops & restaurants.

Downtown Denver & 16th Street MallRide Bus #52 downtown to the 16th Street pedestrian mall. A free shuttle runs from one end to the other.While you’re there, walk or ride the shuttle towards the Capitol to see beautiful Civic Center Park and thenew Denver Art Museum.

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Thank You to our Major Sponsors

Wenzel Meinl GmbHHarvey Phillips Foundation – Artist Tuba CompetitionThe Rich Matteson Fund – Rich Matteson Jazz CompetitionThe Tuba Exchange – Euphonium-Tuba Quartet CompetitionThe Max and Mary Louise DiJulio Fund – General Conference SupportThe Denver Brass, Inc. – General Conference Support

Thank you to our Artist Sponsors

B&S MiraphoneBesson/Buffet Crampon Meinl-WestonCustom Music Willson/DEGDillon Music Yamaha

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ITEA Mission Statement

The International Tuba-Euphonium Association is a worldwide organization of musicians whose purpose isto maintain a liaison among those who take a significant interest in the instruments of the tuba andeuphonium family - their development, literature, pedagogy, and performance.

The objectives are:• To expand performance and employment opportunities.• To enhance the image and role of our instruments and performers. • To explore pedagogical approaches through new teaching resources. • To promote activity in new instrument design.• To generate new compositions for the tuba and euphonium. • To explore new directions in technique.• To establish and maintain appropriate libraries of recorded and printed materials. • To encourage tuba-euphonium workshops and conferences.• To publish a journal. • To maintain a publishing company.

ITEA Executive Committee

President: Dennis AsKewPast President: Mary Ann CraigVice President: John GriffithsVice President for International Relations: Gerhard MeinlSecretary: Velvet BrownTreasurer: Kathy Aylsworth BrantiganConference Coordinator: Timothy NorthcutPublications Coordinator: James ShearerMembership Coordinator: Deanna Swoboda

ITEA Board of Directors

Bart CollinsRikki McDonnellBob TucciDon HarryScott WatsonJerry YoungSteven MeadSam PilafianGail RobertsonAnatoly Dudin

ITEA Staff

Journal and Web Editor: Jason Roland SmithTuba Euphonium Press: David Miles

Don ButterfieldDon Butterfield is among a select group of pioneering New York tuba players who helped bring theinstrument into the modern jazz ensemble. Along with Bill Barber and Harvey Phillips, Butterfieldconvinced artists and arrangers alike that the tuba was a viable jazz instrument and could prove a welcomeaddition to jazz ensembles of all sizes. Perhaps best known today for his work with Clark Terry and CharlesMingus, Don Butterfield was a regular on the New York freelance music scene for over fifty years, respectedas a versatile and reliable artist in all musical genres.

Don Butterfield studied tuba at the Julliard School of Music under the tutelage of William J. “Bill” Bell. Overa long and distinguished career he has made music with a wide array of diverse artists from Arturo Toscaninito John Cage, from Claude Thornhill to the infamous Moondog. His playing has been featured on literallyhundreds of jazz and classical recordings, as well as on radio, television, and film scores. Early in his careerhe worked in the broadcast studios of both CBS and NBC, and he was a regular member of the Radio CityMusic Hall Orchestra for many years. He retired from the American Symphony Orchestra in 1991.

His list of jazz recording and performance credits reads like a “Who’s Who” of jazz history, including suchartists and groups as Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie,Herbie Hancock, Coleman Hawkins, Rahsann Roland Kirk, Teo Macero, The Modern Jazz Quartet, JamesMoody, Wes Montgomery, Oliver Nelson, Oscar Peterson, Lalo Schifrin, Jimmy Smith, and StanleyTurrentine to name but a few.

Butterfield was a regular member of Charles Mingus’s Jazz Workshop, and his playing can be heard on someof Mingus’s most famous recordings including The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady and Mingus, Mingus,Mingus, Mingus, Mingus. Mr. Butterfield was also featured in the recent documentary film Charles Mingus:Triumph of the Underdog.

In 1959, trumpeter Clark Terry requested that Butterfield join him on an album produced by Orrin Keepnewsfor the Riverside label titled Top and Bottom Brass. This award-winning recording was one of the first jazzalbums to prominently feature a tuba in the front line of a jazz ensemble playing extended improvised solos.Butterfield’s playing on Top and Bottom Brass opened the door for today’s successful jazz tubists and stillserves as a model for one solid approach to low brass jazz improvisation.

In addition to his success as a performer, Don Butterfield has had a lifelong commitment to education. Asboth a teacher and composer, his work has helped to expand the horizons for all low brass players workingand studying today. His students have included a number of successful musicians who are still workingprofessionally in various aspects of the music industry. As a college teacher, Butterfield held teachingpositions at Montclair State University, Trenton State University, Cean College, New York University,Columbia Teachers College, and the Mannes School of Music.

By James Shearer

Tommy JohnsonTo most people interested in the tuba from the last third of the twentieth century to the beginning of thetwenty-first century, a number of outstanding musical achievers have given dignity, honor and respect toour instruments. They have done so by being outstanding players, performers, recording artists, teachers,music educators, promoters, commissioners of new works, and having perhaps other roles as well. Whilethese people may be mentioned more frequently in low brass journals, Tommy Johnson is certainly one ofour all-time unsung heroes.

When the name “Tommy Johnson” is mentioned, it takes a second for our data banks to come up with a fewnotable things about him because his name is not always in the forefront of recognition, even though he is themost heard tuba player on the planet. Here are the usual things that come to mind: Jaws, Close Encounters ofthe Third Kind, and The Simpsons.


Conference Coordinators

Competitions Coordinator – Louis YoungArtist Euphonium Judge – Steven MeadArtist Tuba Judge – Velvet BrownYoung Artist Euphonium Judge – John MuellerYoung Artist Tuba Judge – Joseph SkillenArnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral Tuba Judge – Warren DeckMock Band-Euphonium Judge – Roger BehrendRich Matteson Jazz Judge – Hank FeldmanEuphonium-Tuba Quartet Judge – Mike ForbesHigh School All-Star Ensemble – Jerry YoungCollege All-Star Ensemble – John StevensUniversity Tuba-Euphonium Ensembles – Steven BryantExhibits Coordinator – Jennifer HoodRoger Bobo & Harvey Phillips Awards – Scott Watson

Conference Administration

Conference Host – Kathy Aylsworth BrantiganConference Administrators – Kathy Aylsworth Brantigan & Kaitlin OdilRegistration & Hospitality – Kim ZeschinHotel & Transportation – Katie BurrittITEA Membership and Artist Services – Tristan ForneyPoster & Program Design – Phyllis WybanPoster Photography – Bernard GrantSound Design – Michael Schulze & StaffPhipps Catering – Greg HencmannNewman Center Coordinator – Diane RothNewman Center Stage Management – Garret Glass, Jim Becker, Mark Jordan


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“Hitch your wagon to a star.” Emerson

Dr. William D. Revelli, Kathleen Aylsworth

Johnson’s artistry and approach. So, instead of writing regulation, unchallenging tuba parts, John Williams andothers got into the “thin branches” and wrote some very, very challenging tuba parts with Tommy Johnson inmind. When the film studios decided to cut down on musician costs and lower residual payments, some of themusic went to England to be recorded by struggling London musicians. That is when the public heard somefascinating artistry when John Fletcher ended up playing Tommy Johnson-inspired tuba lines in “Jabba theHutt” and other great music from “Star Wars” and other movies.

There are lots of areas where we tuba players can contribute and make a difference in our art to a lot ofpeople. Few have done it in so many ways and for such a consistently long time as Tommy Johnson. While hemay be very touched at the recognition of receiving this award, it is the one-on-one difference that he hasmade with his students, his recording colleagues, his friends and especially, his loving family, that make hislife a very fulfilling one.

In the end, most people do realize that.

by Gene Pokorny

Zdzislaw PiernikOnce in a while our profession is inspired by a tuba artist who is a revolutionary for the instrument - one who,in spite of obstacles put in his path, creates a career that is not only successful but also pioneering in its impacton our instrument. One such inspirational artist is Polish tubist Zdzislaw Piernik.

Born in November of 1942 in Torun, Poland, Piernik’s musical life began with playing trumpet in a brassband, and later composing and even playing jazz on the double bass. As a tuba student his potential as asoloist was quickly realized when he won the First Prize at the Third National Festival of Young Musicians inGdansk in 1970 and later graduated from the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw in 1971. Shortlythereafter he began his solo career, quickly becoming one of the major performers in the wonderfullyinnovative Polish contemporary music scene in the 1970s. Zdzislaw Piernik has been a tireless advocate forthe tuba as a solo instrument, performing hundreds of solo recitals of the newest, most difficult solo repertoire(most of that repertoire composed especially for him). His work with the prepared tuba, using the mostinnovative and revolutionary techniques, made the tuba an equal to all instruments in common use on thecontemporary music scene. In addition to his work as a prominent soloist, his resume includes the prestigiousposition of Principal Tuba in the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw.

His influence and fame is underscored by the many commissions and works composed especially for him.These works run the gamut of styles and genres, ranging from unaccompanied works to solos with tape. Hisrecitals often have included works of his own composition and works from other composers inspired by hisartistry. It was Zdzislaw Piernik that Krzysztof Penderecki had in mind when he composed his Capriccio forSolo Tuba. This work has become an important standard in the tuba repertory that is assured of constantperformances far into the future. In addition to contemporary music, Piernik also has performed his owntranscriptions of old masterworks and recorded innovative solo recordings that have been distributedworldwide.

Zdzislaw Piernik’s fame and success is even more extraordinary when one considers the travel andeconomic limitations that existed during the Cold War, the period of his greatest activity. His refusal to belimited by the challenges presented through musical, political, or economic difficulties make his artistryand love for music even more of an inspiration to all musicians, let alone those of us who share his love forthe tuba.

In honor of his inspirational career, ITEA is pleased to award Zdzislaw Piernik its highest distinction, theLifetime Achievement Award.

by John Griffiths


There are also those special moments when the Los Angeles Philharmonic used Tommy Johnson to record theextra tuba parts in various Strauss tone poems and particularly in Varese’s Arcana. Probably most notable inthat era of recordings was the famous doubling of the lone tuba part with Roger Bobo in Holst’s monumentalwork, The Planets. While this and the aforementioned recordings may fade into the memory of pastdiscography for the world at large, the recording of the Holst will never stop being a source of amazement fortuba players well into the future. There may not be life on the planets beyond Earth, but there sure is adamned good low E on Uranus!!

After these isolated facts about Tommy Johnson, most other tuba players and tuba enthusiasts know very littleabout him. Most don’t realize that along with teaching privately and at universities in Southern California, hetaught public school for over twenty years at the junior high level. That means that besides teaching the usualbeginning winds and advanced band class, he was also teaching beginning strings and teaching advancedorchestra as well.

Most don’t realize (unless you are a school teacher) that many times the teacher actually becomes a surrogateparent to many students. He may have taught music to a lot of young people, but he taught everybody what itmeans to be a good person and a good citizen.

Most don’t realize he was given the “Teacher of the Year Award” and the “Lifetime PTAAward” fromSepulveda Junior High School where he taught.

Most don’t realize that after having received the “Most Valuable Player Award for Tuba Player” for six yearsstraight from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, they finally gave up re-issuing the awardto him and honored him with the “Most Valuable Player Emeritus Award” in 1980.

Most don’t realize that famous Hollywood film composer, Bruce Broughton wrote a piece (Bi-Partition) forTommy Johnson and his cellist son, Keith, which they recorded.

Most don’t realize that one of the first recording dates Tommy Johnson did was the “Tubby the Tuba”recording on Disney Records with Annette Funicello narrating. If that and a few other recordings did notmaterialize in those early years, he was contemplating a career selling tires for Firestone Rubber Company.

Most don’t realize how many people worldwide actually hear him compared to how many people hear othertuba players. We all know that he is the most heard tuba player on the planet, but even when Tommy Johnsonrecords a film score to a movie that totally bombs, it is still seen (and heard) by enough people to fill up aconcert hall a thousand times over!

Most don’t realize that the biggest contribution the USC Athletic Department made to the USC MusicDepartment was when it gave a basketball scholarship to a young John Thomas Johnson who was joining theUSC Basketball Team. Unfortunately, a knee injury kept him from continuing to be on the team.

Most don’t realize that the UCLA Basketball team started winning most of its games and pennants afterthat year.

Most don’t realize that much of his playing has been accomplished with some health issues that would haveslowed down or stopped other players with lesser mental stamina and resilience.

Most don’t realize that his versatility in changing instruments (from different tubas to bass trombone tocimbasso) is part of the norm in the Hollywood studios.

Most don’t realize the versatility of his musicianship. Within 18 hours of playing Stravinsky’s “Rite ofSpring” in Chicago with conductor Daniel Barenboim, he was in a recording studio in Burbank recordingoom-pahs for “Weird Al” Yankovic!!

Most don’t realize that Tommy Johnson inadvertently contributed to the fame of some fine tuba players likeJohn Fletcher. Early on, especially in the 1970s, some studio composers were captivated by Tommy



Roger Bobo Excellence in Recording Award - Finalists

Solo Euphonium:Steven Mead, Locomotion (Bocchino Music)Steven Mead, Bella Italia (Bocchino Music)Demondrae Thurman, Soliloquies (Summit Records)

Solo Tuba:Skip Gray, Tuba Europa (Mark Records)Kyle Turner, Expressions-The Heart of the Tuba (MSR Classics)David Zerkel, American Music for Tuba-Something Old, Something New (Mark Records)

Chamber Music (Tuba & Euphonium):Euphoniums Unlimited, Euphoniums Unlimited (Mark Records)Fred Mills & the Pentabrass Quintet, Fred Mills & the Pentabrass Quintet (Mark Records)Sotto Voce Quartet, Viva Voce (Summit Records)

Jazz/Commercial (Tuba & Euphonium):The Tom Ball Quartet, Fishleather Jacket (Independent)Jon & Kent Eshelman, Life Is Good (PKO Records)Jim Self, InnerPlay (Bassethound Records)Frank Vantroyen, Hey ‘t is Frank (Beriato Music)

Harvey Phillips Excellence in Composition Award - Finalists

Solo Euphonium “A Walk in the Woods” by Jiro Censhu“Gaelic Sonata” by Duncan MacMillan“Concerto for Euphonium” by Allen Feinstein

Solo Tuba:“Tapestries” by Michael Forbes“Sonata” by Grant Harville

Euphonium in Chamber Music“Conversations” by Barbara York“Tuba Quartet No. 2” by Nicholas Gonzalez

Tuba in Chamber Music“Tapestries” by Michael Forbes“Quartet for the End of Music” by Chappell Kingsland

Euphonium in Jazz/Rock/Fusion“Got it Now” by Jeffrey S. Cottrell“Come to Me” by Jeffrey S. Cottrell

Tuba in Jazz/Rock/Fusion:“Lights of Loveland” by Stefan Kac“Koraal” by Michel Pieters“De Tu-De-Ke-Tu Blues” by Michel Pieters


12:00pm Gates Concert HallPRELUDE - Euphoniums Unlimited: Winston Morris – Director

Tower Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vaclav NelhybelRise Up My Love, My Fair One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Healy Willan/trans Joshua HauserHey Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lennon/McCartney/arr Ingo Luis

Members: Lloyd Bone, Martin Cochran, Hiram Diaz, Seth Fletcher, MGySgt Phil Franke, TSgt Danny Helseth, SSgt MarkJenkins, Jamie Lipton, John Mueller, Gail Robertson, Mitsuru Saito, Ashley Sample, Jimmie Self, Patrick Stuckemeyer,Kelly Thomas, Matt Tropman

OPENING REMARKS: Kathy Aylsworth Brantigan

CONCERT: Gene Pokorny – Tuba, Caryl Conger – Piano

“Moving from ‘Musical Instrument Operator’ to ‘Musician’”with Advice from William Shakespeare and Sam Kinison

Program chosen from:Concerto No. 1 in a minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. S. Bach/arr Tommy Johnson“Intermezzo” from Serenade No. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vincent PersichettiSince We Loved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gerald FinziConcertino, mvmt ii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arthur FrackenpohlConcerto for Bass Tuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Vaughan WilliamsSonata for Bass Tuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul HindemithWedding Day at Troldhaugen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edvard Grieg/ed Bob Joles

1:30pm Gates Concert Hall

CHAT WITH THE LEGENDS: Gene Pokorny with Roger Bobo, Brian Bowman, Tommy Johnson

3:00pm Byron Theatre

CLINIC - Getting the Job Done: Alan Baer & Tommy Johnson

Sage advice and observations from the masters – the things you really need to know to get the job done.Topics to be covered include: producing a good tone, the importance of technique, musicianship, acting likea professional, freelance tuba playing in Hollywood, memorable moments, studio vs. symphony playing,and answers to all your questions!


CLINIC - The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli: Carole NowickeWith special guests Abe Torchinsky, Henry Charles Smith & Ron Bishop

A multi-media retrospective and celebration of the Grammy-winning recording by the Philadelphia,Cleveland, and Chicago brass ensembles. Using musical selections from the recording, photographs, oralhistory interviews, contemporary and modern reviews, a panel composed of players from the originalrecording will reminisce about this historic event.





10:15pm Four Points Sheraton Lo

CONCERT – New Currents in Deep Waters: John Manning, Tom Heasley, Bob Stewart & Trio Akimbo

“Made in Iowa”Cheese Spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John ManningDark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John ManningShelliloquy

I. Playing Hearts with JerryIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asunder

Fourteen Antonin - Inspired by Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John ManningBlue Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Claire Sievers

John Manning - TubaTom Heasley – Tuba, New Works

Bob Stewart & Trio Akimbo – Selections to be announced from the stage


5:30pm Parking Structure

WELCOME RECEPTION


PRELUDE - The University of Texas at Austin Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble: Steven Bryant - Director

“The Abbott Mouthpiece Caper”

Music, arrangements, and text by Kris Afflerbaugh (Stompin’ at the Savoy), Marco Bordogni, StevenBryant, Antonio Capuzzi, Gil Dowd, Rene Garriguenc, Dashiell Hamett, Sergei Prokofiev, Johann StraussII, Bob Tallman, Chick Webb, Traditional, Anonymous and others.

Sam – Matt TropmanAnnouncer – Joshua Ogden-DavisVocal Trio – Douglas Curttright, James Tolleson, and Wade YostThe KUT Radio Orchestra:Euphonium - Douglas “Too Many T’s” Curttright, Alan “Curly” Herold, David “Just D” Johnston, Matthew “TheHammer” Naylor, Joshua “O.D.” Ogden-Davis, Jerome “Triple X” SmithTuba - Americo “Love It Or Leave It” Lara, Jacqueline “Torello” Lordo, James “No Tolerance” Tolleson, Wade “TheGhost” Yost, Kevin “Too Old” YoungPercussion - Don “Dio Scimmia” Lordo

This concert is sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin School of Musicand the Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia


CONCERT - Modern Jazz Tuba Project: Winston Morris and Joe Murphy - DirectorsWith guest vocalist Miss Connye Florance

Kool Kube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard PerryCherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ray Noble/arr Rich MattesonStrange Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leon Russell/Connye Florance/arr Kevin MadillRene’s Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rene Luis Toledo/arr Joe MurphyGregory is Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Horace Silver/arr Rich MattesonPick Up the Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Duncan/McIntryre/Gorrie/Stuart/McIntosh/arr Joe MurphyBlue Rondo a la Turk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Brubeck/arr David Esleck & Joe MurphyTheme for Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donald Brown/arr Jim WilliamsonThis Masquerade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leon Russell/arr Kevin MadillMy Favorite Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rogers & Hammerstein/arr Kevin Madill

Members:Euphonium: Billy Huber, Barry Green, Marcus DickmanTuba: Joe Murphy, Richard Perry, Winston MorrisGuitar: Paul Binkley Piano: Kevin Madill Bass: Tony Nagy Drums: Bob Mater

The Modern Jazz Tuba Project is sponsored by Miraphone e.G.



5:30pm Roof of the Parking Structure 10:00pm Four Points Sheraton Lodge


Denver City Park Lake, Boathouse and Concert Pavilion

10:00am Gates Concert Hall

GREAT MUSICIANSHIP - Perception, the Key to Growth: Warren Deck & Marty Erickson


CLINIC - Orchestral Careers: Preparing for and Living the Life: Warren Deck & Jens Bjørn-Larsen

11:00am Byron Theatre

CLINIC - Military Careers - Opportunities & Lifestyles: Roger Behrend, Jason Ham & Tom Powell

An overview of the opportunities, procedures, expectations and life in military music. Questions andanswers of specific military services and their requirements.

12:00pm Jazz Rehearsal Room #140

OPEN REHEARSAL - High School All-Star Ensemble: Dr. Jerry Young, Director


PRELUDE - University of Missouri Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Dr. Angelo Manzo - Director

Toccata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girolamo Frescobaldi/trans J SkillenHomáge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John CheethamFrom Darkness Emerging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barton Cummings

I.II.III.

Separate Ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Perry/arr B. DurenMashed Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Cheetham

Members:Euphonium: Paul Kimball, Shawn Mayer, Nathaniel Moore, Benjamin WatkinsTuba: Frank Eaton, Adam Hemmann. Elizabeth Manring, Joseph Schriemann


CHAT WITH THE LEGENDS: Warren Deck with Ron Bishop, Harvey Phillips, Henry Charles Smith,Abe Torchinsky


CLINIC - Tag-Team Teaching, Stretching Your Teaching Potential: Warren Deck & Floyd Cooley



READING SESSION – BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT!Dennis AsKew - Director


RECITAL: Alan Baer & Jens Bjørn-Larsen – Tuba, Caryl Conger – Piano

Nocturno, Op. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Franz Strauss/arr Rudy EmilsonDedicated to Rudy Emilson

Music for Four Big Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alex Shapiro“Canzonetta” from 2nd movement of Violin Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . .Tchaikovsky/arr Noreen Harris BaerVals Venezolano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paquito D’Rivera

Alan Baer – TubaSponsored by Meinl-Weston

“The Dancing Tuba”Tango Jalousie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jakob Gade“Café-1930” from Histoire Du Tango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astor PiazzollaCzardas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vittorio Monti

Jens Bjørn-Larsen – TubaSponsored by B&S

9:00am Hamilton Recital Hall

RECITAL – Great Musicianship in the Studio Ensemble:Royal Northern College of Music: Steven Mead – DirectorThe University of North Texas Euphonium Choir: Dr. Brian L. Bowman - Director

Overture to The Force of Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Verdi/arr SmalleyAnd Soon It will Be Blossom Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M.Andresen2 movements from Euphoniums Parfait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Y. ItoCome Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EllingtonA la Romanesc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Dos

Royal Northern College of MusicMembers:Philippe Schwartz (Luxembourg), Amy Smith (UK), Raphael Reiter (France), Kim Holly Thorp (UK), Steven Williams(UK), Katie Smallwood (UK), Katrina Marzella (UK), David Ball (USA), Carl Bergdahl (USA), Gary Curtin (Ireland),Thomas Humphrey (Australia), Liz Pope (UK)

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W. A. Mozart/arr GottschalkAdagio from Symphony No. #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saint-Saëns/arr Ken MurleyIntrada for 8 Euphoniums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walter Hartley

Andante-AllegroAllegro

Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John StevensThe University of North Texas Euphonium Choir

Members:Mitsuru Saito, Jamie Lipton, Chris Buckley, Jeremy McBride, Lauren Veronie, Scott Stone, Daniel Ord, Adam Lessard,Mike Idzior, Elisa Harvey, Rob McDaniel, Jessica Powell, Donald Bruce, Heather McDown

Clair de Lune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. Debussy/arr BaleBall of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P. Smalley

Combined Ensembles


8:00am Byron Theatre 10:00am Gates Concert Hall






12:00pm Jazz Rehearsal Rm #140



Trumpet Voluntary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeremiah Clarke/arr Andrew WolfeThe Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johann Pachelbel/arr Frackenpohl/WolfeAmazing Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Newton/arr John KuzmaFinale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr John Kuzma

The Poisoned Dwarf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott MacAuleyKelsey’s Wee Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Iain SymingtonMegalomania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark SaulHighland Cathedral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Uvi Roever & Michael Korb

Members:Trumpets: F Joseph Docksey, Alan Hood, Cami Kidwell-Dodge, Eric MoeHorn: Susan McCullough, Jenny HarveyTrombone: Joseph Martin, Jeffrey Craig, Jeremy Van HoyEuphonium: Joseph MartinTuba: Kathy Aylsworth Brantigan, Charles BrantiganPercussion: Kaitlin Odil, Jason RodonGuests: Celtic Colorado Pipes & Drums, Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers, Wick School of Irish Dance, Hyde Family Fiddlers

11:30pm Four Points Sheraton Lod

CONCERT: Jim Self – sponsored by Yamaha, Jun Yamaoka – sponsored by Buffet Crampon Ltd, Joe Murphy – Tuba, Tony Nagy-Bass, Bob Mater – Drums



CONCERT – Red Rocks Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Kenneth Singleton – Conductor

Autumn Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kosma/arr Richard PerryRichard Perry - Tuba

Centipede . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troy HelmFinale from Symphony No. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tchaikovsky/arr Jim SelfOther selections TBA

Members:Euphonium: Lloyd Bone, Marc Dickman, Will Jones, Ken Kroesche, Joseph Martin, Kelly ThomasTuba: Dennis AsKew, Jason Byrnes, Mike Dunn, Mike Fischer, Angelo Manzo, Tim Northcut, Jim Self, Jason Smith,Kevin Wass, Dave Zerkel


CONCERT – The Denver Brass: Kenneth Singleton – Conductor

In order to create long-lasting and meaningful impact for the listener, Denver Brass shows includeunique guest artists, intriguing themes, great lighting, and often a “character” narrator. In “Pirates of theCaribbean,” the brass rescues a steel band whose ship has sunk in the Caribbean. The narrator piratethreatens the rescued pan band lest they fail to perform up to the expectations of the brass. Thequivering pan players prove their mettle while traveling a circuitous route through the Caribbean and areeventually returned to Tobago where a Trinidadian party ensues. Other hits include “Brass, Bagpipes &Co.,” “Echoes of Castles & Cathedrals,” “’Twas the Brass Before Christmas,” “Denver Brass MeetsCupid,” and “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” with the Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra.

“Brass, Bagpipes & Soul”Fanfare for the Brave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew WolfeScenes from Porgy and Bess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Gershwin/arr Jeremy Van HoyRound Midnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thelonious Monk/arr Veigar MargeirssonThe Irish Washerwoman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leroy Anderson/trans Kenneth SingletonSir Eu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas DossMoz! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Peter Meechan

Steven Mead – EuphoniumSponsored by Besson and The Royal Northern College of Music

Gabriel’s Oboe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Morricone/arr BaadsvikFnugg Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Øystein Baadsvik

Øystein Baadsvik – TubaSponsored by Miraphone Brass Instruments

Scotland the Brave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traditional/arr John KuzmaHector the Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J Scott Skinner/arr John Kuzma




10:00pm Four Points Sheraton Lodge

Requiem for Wounded Knee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth RaumJohn Griffiths, Don Harry - Tuba, Jack Robinson - Narrator

Wow you ARE Brock Landers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul McCorristonJohn Griffiths - Tuba

Concerto for Tuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barbara YorkJohn Griffiths - Tuba

Jack Robinson, Bass, is Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Northern Colorado, where hetaught low brass instruments for thirty-three years. Mr. Robinson played tuba and bass trombone in theRocky Mountain Brass Quintet and tuba in the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. As an opera singer, hisfavorite roles include Sarastro in The Magic Flute and Sparafucile in Rigoletto.” Jack has performed withDon at Eastman as featured artist and given a master class for the Eastman tuba studio.

John Griffiths and Don Harry are sponsored by Yamaha


CLINIC - Stage Fright, Mastering the Monster: Charles O Brantigan M.D., Floyd Cooley, Warren Deck

12:00pm Jazz Rehearsal Room #140

OPEN REHEARSAL - College All-Star Ensemble: John Stevens - Director


PRELUDE - Texas State Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Raúl I. Rodríguez - Director

Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr Lennie NiehausTapestry (world premiere) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth FriedrichBroadway One-Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl L. King/arr Ronald C. KnoenerSalvation is Created. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavel ChesnokovPrelude No. 15, Op. 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimitri ShostakovichA Night in Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. “Dizzy” Gillespie/arr Frank Paparelli

Members:Euphonium: Kristopher Brown, Elliott Guerra, Sarah Keller, Adrian RamirezTuba: Justin Glosson, Charles Shelburne, Nathaniel Smith, Chad Taylor, Josh Warren

ITEA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Dennis AsKew - President

CONCERT - Sotto Voce: Euphonium – Patrick Schulz and Demondrae Thurman, Tuba – Nat McIntoshand Mike Forbes

Canzon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Samuel Scheidt/trans John StevensFugue in G Minor “The Little” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. S. Bach/arr Mike ForbesPetit Piéces pour Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Claude Debussy/arr Mike Forbes

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)La Serenade Interrompue (The Interrupted Serenade)Claire de Lune

Refractions (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patrick SchulzGo (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike ForbesDanny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traditional/arr Mike ForbesZomby Woof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank Zappa/arr Nat McIntosh



OPEN REHEARSAL - High School All-Star Ensemble: Dr. Jerry Young – Director


RECITAL: Martin Cochran, Jason Ham, Matt Tropman – Euphonium, Caryl Conger – Piano

Sonata No. 3 in g minor for Double Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johann S. BachI. Vivace Jason Ham - Euphonium

Concerto in Bb for Bassoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W.A. Mozart/ed J. Walter GuetterAllegro Martin Cochran - Euphonium

The Last Rose of Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traditional/arr Benjamin BrittenMartin Cochran - Euphonium

Concerto in e minor for Bassoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antonio VivaldiI. Allegro Poco Jason Ham - EuphoniumII. AndanteIII. Allegro

Concerto in f-minor, Op. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oskar BöhmeI. Allegro Moderato Matt Tropman - EuphoniumII. Adagio religiosoIII. Rondo – allegro

Jason Ham is sponsored by Yamaha


CLINIC - Instrument Manufacturing - Serendipity and Science: Gerhard Meinl, Walter Nirschl, MarkusTheinert, Warren Deck


GREAT MUSICIANSHIP - The Art of Phrasing: Øystein Baadsvik & Brian Bowman


RECITAL: John Griffiths, Don Harry – Tuba, Barbara York - Piano

Three Romances for Susie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara YorkI “You always were there” Don Harry - TubaII “The Pledging”III “Ever I will treasure you”

Per Questo Bella Mano K 612 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W. A. MozartEnglish translation by Waldo Lyman

Adapted for Tuba by Don HarryJack Robinson - Basso, Don Harry - Tuba

By your lovely hand,By your beautiful eyes,

I vow, my dearest, that neverwill I love another but you.

The breezes, the plants, the rocks,Which well know my sighs,

Will tell you of my constant loyalty.Look brighter oh stern visage,

And tell me whether you hate or love me!I want you to call me always yours.

Neither earth nor heaven could change,That desire within me.




12:00pm Jazz Rehearsal Rm #140







PRELUDE - U. S. Marine Band Tuba-Euphonium Quartet: Euphonium - MGySgt Philip Franke and SSgtMark Jenkins, Tuba - MGySgt John Cradler and GySgt Mark Thiele

Vallflickans Dans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hugo Alven/arr SSgt Mark Jenkins*Fanfare, Hymn, and Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MSgt Stephen Bulla*Totus Tuus, Opus 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henryk Gorecki/arr GySgt Mark Thiele*St. James Infirmary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Primrose/arr Mike ForbesChiapas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hank Levy/arr SSgt Ryan McGeorge*

*Member, U.S. Marine Band

CONCERT - U. S. Air Force Academy Band: Lt Col Steven Grimo - Conductor with Velvet Brown, DavidChilds, Scott Mendoker, Timothy Northcut, Daniel Perantoni

“Heavy Metal”American Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joseph Willcox JenkinsSerenata for Solo Tuba and Wind Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Sampson

Scott Mendoker - Tuba

“Nessun dorma!” from Turandot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Giacomo Puccini/trans William BrusickTimothy Northcut - Tuba

Three Miniatures for Tuba and Wind Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony PlogAllegro Vivace Daniel Perantoni - Tuba, sponsored by Custom MusicFreelyAllegro Vivace

March Madness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arranged by MSgt John Bliss

IntermissionSpirit of the Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael Davis

MSgt Randall Ward and TSgt Nancy Poffenbarger, vocalistCatoctin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neal Corwell

Velvet Brown - TubaHarlequin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philip Sparke

David Childs - Euphonium, sponsored by Royal Welsh College of Music & DramaThem Basses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G.H. Huffine

10:15pm Four Points Sheraton Lod

CONCERT: Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky & Marty EricksonHouse Rhythm Section: Mike Marlier – drums, Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky – piano, Kenny Walker – bass

12:30-2:00am Four Points Sheraton Lodge

OPEN JAM



MASTER CLASS: Roger Bobo

3:00pm Hamilton Recital Hall

MASTER CLASS: Roger Behrend


CLINIC - Abundant Career Opportunities for You: Hank Feldman with Øystein Baadsvik, Adam Frey,Steven Mead, John Stevens, Deanna Swoboda, Demondrae Thurman, Matt Tropman

Show up with your own questions and ready to soak up usable information on the many kinds of careerswhich exist today; from traditional performance and teaching opportunities to independently producedopportunities. Learn about the most effective web sources for composers, performing artists, and more. Thepanel is a cross section of highly successful individuals representing many different career fields.


RECITAL - Young Stars Recital & Reflections on Success: Velvet Brown – Host, with Joco Bazsinka,Nathan Gay, Jamie Lipton, Jeremy McBride, Ben Miles, Mitsuru Saito, Aaron Tindall, Lauren VeronieMarie Sierra - Piano

Fantasy Variations for Euphonium and Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yasuhide ItoAaron Tindal -Euphonium

Blue Lake Fantasies (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David GillinghamI. Firefly Lauren Veronie - EuphoniumII. Moonlight Across the WaterV. Party Antics

Bassoon Concerto in G Major (performed in F Major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Antonio VivaldiAllegro ma poco Joco Bazsinka - TubaLargoAllegro

“Giocoso” from Euphonium Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V. CosmaNathan Gay - Euphonium

Sonata op. 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederic ChopinIV. Finale: Allegro Mitsuru Saito - Euphonium

Variations on Jenny Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W. RimmerPartially Sponsored by DEG/Willson USA Ben Miles - Tuba

Relentless Grooves: Armenia (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Samuel PilafianLament Jamie Lipton - EuphoniumKef Time

Pantomime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philip SparkeJeremy McBride - Euphonium


GROUP PHOTO – EVERYONE!




12:30-2:00am Four Points Sheraton Lodge








GREAT MUSICIANSHIP - Rules and Rubato of Time: John Griffiths & Dan Perantoni

Great musicianship demands an intimate understanding of both the rigidity and elasticity of time.Riveting musical stories are only told when there is full understanding and implementation of the art ofappropriate pulse, whether steady or ebbing and flowing. Learn great techniques for developing the fullspectrum of time tools.


RECITAL - How the Music of Great Composers Influences Our MusicalityAlessandro Fossi & Roland Szentpáli – Tuba, Marie Sierra - Piano

“Di Provenza il mar il sol” from La Traviata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Giuseppe VerdiConcerto for Tuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Giancarlo Aquilanti

Alessandro FossiSponsored by B&S

Allegro Fuoco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roland SzentpáliCaprice No.5. (Variations on Brahms’ V. Hungarian dance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brahms/arr SzentpáliFlight of the Bumble Bee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nikolai Rimskij-Korsakov/arr Szentpáli

Roland SzentpáliSponsored by Meinl-Weston

11:30am Jazz Rehearsal Room #140

OPEN REHEARSAL - College All-Star Ensemble: John Stevens, Director


CLINIC - Teachings of Arnold Jacobs, a multi-media presentation: Brian Frederiksen

With a career spanning seven decades with the Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphonies, Arnold Jacobs has earned a reputation as a world-class performer. Equally significant are his teachings. The Teachings of Arnold Jacobs is a multi-media presentation featuring photos, audio clips and mostimportantly, video clips of Mr. Jacobs. Here he explains his teachings including elements of physiology,psychology and the musical aspects of playing an instrument.

12:00pm Plaza

CONCERT - Texas Tech University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Kevin Wass – Director, Jay Young - Associate Director

National Emblem March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. E. Bagley/arr John T. MartinSeguidillas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aldo Rafael ForteAve Verum Corpus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/arr Kevin WassTheme from Superman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Williams/arr Adrian Martinez

Euphonium: Joe Engelhardt, Tim Hargrove, Tony Hartsfield, Travis Hyde, Michael Hyndman, Chris McGinty, Adrian MartinezTuba: Emily Boedeker, Rusell Dean, Philip Flynn, Jeremy Glidewell, David Hummel, Lee Jarzembak, James Rees, Jay Young


OPEN REHEARSAL - High School All-Star Ensemble: Dr. Jerry Young, Director


READING SESSION & RED ROCKS REHEARSAL - BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT: DennisAsKew


CLINIC - New Ideas in Ensemble Performances from Quartets to Large Ensembles:Scott Watson & Dr. Louis Young

Build better musicians through the euphonium-tuba ensemble. Discussion on rehearsal techniques andopportunities for change in the 21st century.

University of Central Arkansas Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble – Dr. Louis Young, Director

Consortium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John CheethamNegro Spiritual Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr Gail RobertsonMillipede (World Premiere) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troy Helm American Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr Rodger Vaughan

11. Drink to Me Only With Thine EyesManhattan Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Stevens

I. RockII. Slow SwingIII. Jazz Waltz

Members:Euphonium: Scott Addison, Josh Carper, Brandon Ellis, Anthony Humes, Perry Johnson, Ariel Marshall, Chris WhiteTuba: Adam Butenschoen, Trey Miles, Matt Smith, Patrick Taylor, Jennifer Wright

KU Tuba-Euphonium Consort – Scott Watson, Director

Allegro from King Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henry Purcell/arr Scott WatsonExcerpts from Ave Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Arcadelt/trans Jim SelfExcerpt from Circle 8: Bowge 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James CanterLyric Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcel FrankTangents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Barnes

Members:Euphonium: Sean O’ Quinn, Patrick Stuckemeyer, Courtney WilliamsTuba: Tyler Bachert, David Chase, Andrew Chester, Matt McCool, Tom Szott, Julie WilderAssisted by: Forzato Quartet


CLINIC - New Currents in Deep Waters-Discussion: Joe Skillen – Host, with Øystein Baadsvik, Jon Sass & Jim Self

This clinic is a chance to discuss many of the new directions that are happening in our field. We will hearfrom some of the leaders in new sounds, styles, and artistic directions of our most innovative andinteresting colleagues. All topics will be on the table. Come ready to be inspired.






12:00pm Plaza

11:30am Jazz Rehearsal Rm #140




4:30pm Parking Structure Roof

PARTY - Colorado Barbecue. Entertainment: TubaKvartetten


PRELUDE - University of Northern Colorado Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Jason Byrnes - Director

Willy Tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gioacchino Rossini/arr Timothy OltParaklesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James CanterThird movement from Dances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Stevens

Matt Krening (solo) & Ashley Tippie - EuphoniumTony Corson and Zeb Tiedeman – Tuba

Excerpt from Night on Bald Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Modeste Mussorgsky/arr Reginald Curtis

Members:Euphonium: Dan Bartz, Matt Krening, Ashley Tippie, Stefanie YoungTuba: Jaime Cochran, Tony Corson, Nicole Hibberd, Zeb Tiedeman, Aaron Wacker, Justin WeberPercussion: Kyle McDonald


CONCERT - Euphoniums Unlimited: Winston Morris - DirectorSoloists: Brian Bowman, Adam Frey, Joshua Hauser

Shenandoah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traditional/arr Hoyt BohannonIn the Cathedral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neal Corwell

Brian Bowman, Solo EuphoniumRush Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben McMillanHummelflug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. Rimskij-Korsakow/arr Harry James/tr. Josh HauserLament for the Death of Rev. Archie Benton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Mason/arr Pat Stuckemeyer

Adam Frey, Solo EuphoniumRunnin’ with Bydlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greg DannerA Eupher’s Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gail RobertsonEuphoniums Unlimited (Reggae for Eu-uns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim SelfA Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherwin/ arr Darin CochranEuPhunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joshua Hauser

Joshua Hauser, Solo EuphoniumBugler’s Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leroy Anderson/arr Kelly Thomas

Brian Bowman, Adam Frey & Joshua Hauser - Euphonium Trio

On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .trans Pat Stuckemeyer

Featuring numerous “Friends of the Euphonium”Members:Lloyd Bone, Martin Cochran, Martin Cochran, Hiram Diaz, Seth Fletcher, MGySgt Phil Franke, TSgt Danny Helseth, SSgtMark Jenkins, Jamie Lipton, John Mueller, Gail Robertson, Mitsuru Saito, Ashley Sample, Jimmie Self, PatrickStuckemeyer, Kelly Thomas, Matt Tropman



PRELUDE - Ohio University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Jason Roland Smith, Director

Vere Langoures Nostros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tomas luis de Victoria/trans J. R. SmithLegend of the Sleeping Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Ewazen/trans J. R. Smith

Holding Vigil for the LostEscaping the Inferno in a Journey Across the Waters

Through the Gate (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seth JervisThe Bardo (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Glivar

Members:Euphonium: Andrew Auton, Greg Hilgeman, Seth Jervis, Christopher King, Eric Miller, Jesse Prince, Amanda Skaggs Tuba: Christy Berry, Andrew Cech, David Glivar, Zade Nahhas, Tiger Rhodes, Grant Stephan, Matthew Urminski, ScottWhaley

ITEC COMPETITION AWARDS: Dr. Louis Young & Dennis AsKew

CONCERT: David Childs & Carol Jantsch, Caryl Conger - piano

Fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hummel/arr Robert ChildsSkunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Simon ParkinMyfanwy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joseph Parry/arr David ChildsBrillante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Graham

David Childs - EuphoniumSponsored by Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Tango – Études . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astor PiazzollaNo. 1 DécidéNo. 4 Lento meditativoNo. 3 Molto marcato e energico

Violin Concerto in D minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aram Khachaturian/arr JantschI. Allegro con fermezza

Carol Jantsch – Tuba


CLINIC – Getting Started on Jazz Tuba: Marty Erickson & Dr. Jerry YoungBring your instrument!

This session will involve hints and ideas from a “true beginner” (Jerry Young) who just started studyingjazz improvisation in January, 2006 and a “real pro” (Marty Erickson) who has a lifetime of extensiveexperience in live performance and in the recording studio as an improviser, as well as in jazz education.Participants should bring instruments to get started on some elementary improvisation and bass linebuilding skills.

3:00pm Hamilton Hall

CLINIC – Getting Started on Jazz Euphonium: Marc Dickman & Tom BallBring your instrument!

Marc Dickman and Tom Ball will focus on gaining jazz vocabulary through, scales, patterns and arpeggios.






3:00pm Hamilton Hall

4:15pm Parking Structure Roof


OPEN REHEARSAL - High School All-Star Ensemble: Dr. Jerry Young - Director

8:00am Jazz Rehearsal Room #140

OPEN REHEARSAL - College All-Star Ensemble: John Stevens - Director


CLINIC - Breathing Bass Line: Bob Stewart

A hands on, interactive demonstration of the techniques used in the Breathing Bass Line book. We will talkabout the concept of pant breathing and what is necessary to create a great bass line. Bring your horns!


RECITAL: 2006 ITEC Competitions Winners


CLINIC - Dixieland Jazz, a rewarding opportunity: Members of the BYU Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band andthe Poudre River Irregulars - Clark Burnside - clarinet; Bob Cooke - cornet; John Leisenring - trombone;Steve Call - piano and tuba; Ted Turner - banjo; Joe Jensen - tuba; Oscar DeSoto - drums

Learn how to get started playing Dixieland tuba. Dr. Steve Call and his Dixieland Band will discuss anddemonstrate how to organize a band, various instrumental roles within the band, improvisationalapproaches, and how to create head arrangements using just a lead sheet (melody and chord symbols). Themajor focus will on the role of the tuba in Dixieland jazz and how to improvise bass lines.


GREAT MUSICIANSHIP - Discovering Our Musical DNA: Roger Bobo & Steven Mead

A discussion of how we put together all our personal musical and technical aspects and realize ourindividual and unique musicality.


RECITAL - Exploring New Territories through Chamber Music: Mainspring – Pamela & MatthewMurchison, Mike Forbes, Balance Duo – Marty Erickson & Alison Shaw

New directions in chamber music for tubists and euphoniumists, and the observation that exploring all themusic of one given composer can be an extraordinarily rewarding musical experience.

Miss McLeod’s Medley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .traditional Irish/arr Matthew MurchisonPolyanish (Lament and Jigs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew MurchisonBesame Mucho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Consuelo Velasquez/arr Matthew MurchisonDriving Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew MurchisonPolka Kicks @$$!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .traditional Irish/arr Matthew Murchison

Mainspring

Falstaffiade, Op. 134b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Otto Nicolai/Jan KoetsierVariations on a theme from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Demondrae Thurman, Patrick Schulz, Nat McIntosh, Jamie Lipton - Euphonium

Galgenlieder, Op. 129 Jan KoetsierMelissa Brooks-Greene, soprano



CONCERT - Solos with Brass Accompaniment: Joseph Martin - ConductorSoloists: Roger Behrend, James Gourlay, Matthew Murchison, Deanna Swoboda, Markus Theinert,Demondrae Thurman

Tuba Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edward GregsonAllegro deciso Deanna Swoboda – Tuba, sponsored by Accent Musical InstrumentsLento e mesto

Tre Canzone Italiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jerry AscioneMattinata Roger Behrend - EuphoniumQuando Men VoLibiamo

China Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary CarpenterJames Gourlay – Tuba, Sponsored by Besson/Buffet Crampon

Variations on a Tyrolean Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. B. ArbanMatthew Murchison - Euphonium

Prescott Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drew FennellMatthew Murchison - Euphonium

Tuba Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philip SparkeMarkus Theinert – Tuba, Sponsored by Miraphone

Prelude, Fantasy, and Scherzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Douglas M. O’GradyDemondrae Thurman - Euphonium, sponsored by Besson

Accompanying Ensemble:Trumpet: F Joseph Docksey, Cami Kidwell-Dodge, Alan Hood, Daniel Kuehn, Eric Moe, Nora SmithHorn: Susan McCullough, Jenny Harvey, Kaitlin OdilTrombone: Jeffrey Craig, Bron Wright, Jeremy Van HoyEuphonium: MGySgt Philip Franke, SSgt Mark Jenkins, Will JonesTuba: MGySgt John Cradler, GySgt Mark ThielePercussion: Jason Rodon, Peter Hellyer, Jacob Hodges

10:15pm Four Points Sheraton Lo

CONCERT: Jun Yamaoka, Marc Dickman, Tom Ball, Steve CallHouse Rhythm Section: Mike Marlier – drums, Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky – piano, Kenny Walker – bass

Marc Dickman is sponsored by Yamaha








8:00am Jazz Rehearsal Rm #140




CONCERT: Øystein Baadsvik & Steven MeadCaryl Conger – piano Alison Shaw – vibraphone and marimbaAlan Joseph – Guitar Mike Marlier – Percussion

Movement 3 from Dance Suite for Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bela Bartok/arr Ø. BaadsvikInvierno Porteño . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astor Piazzolla/arr Ø. BaadsvikSonata for flute and keyboard in Eb, BWV1031 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.S.Bach/arr Ø. Baadsvik

1.Allegro moderato2.Siciliano3.Allegro

Adios Nonino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astor Piazzolla/arr Ø. BaadsvikØystein Baadsvik – Tuba

Sponsored by Miraphone Brass Instruments

Requiem Paraphrase (world premiere) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pete Meechanfor piano, vibraphone and marimba

Three Movements from Concerto for Cello and Winds . . . . . . . . . . .Friedrich Gulda/arr Luc Vertommeni. Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .for piano, guitar and percussion (world premiere of this version)ii. Idylleiii. Finale Alla Marcia

Steven Mead – EuphoniumSponsored by Besson and the Royal Northern College of Music


CONCERT - High School & University All-Star Ensembles: Dr. Jerry A. Young & John Stevens - Directors

High School All-Star Euphonium-Tuba EnsembleProgram to be selected from the following:

Five Dances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tylman Susato/arr John StevensI. La MourisqueII. Bransle Quatre BranslesIII. RondeIV. Ronde Mon AmyV. Pavane Battaille

The Wayfaring Stranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arr Rodger VaughanWinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rodger Vaughan

I. KhamsinII. ZephyrsIII. BoraIV. DoldrumsV. Sirocco

Kentucky Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karl L. King/arr Ron KnoenerUnder the Double Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.F. Wagner/arr Skip Gray

Dr. Jerry A. Young, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, ConductorMembers:Euphonium: Christopher J Battista – Plano, TX, Hanne Fjeld – Vestby, Norway, Ane Haveraen – Vestby, Norway, Paul Richter – Garrison, NYTuba: Max Briggs – Normal, IL, Heather Ewer – Arvada, CO, Grayson R Holland – Alpharetta, GA, Elliot Hughes – Sioux Falls, SD, Ryan Andrew Lee – Provo, UT


Wolkenschatten, Op. 136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jan KoetsierSotto Voce

Mike Forbes“Bordel 1900” from L’Histoire du Tango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Astor Piazzolla/arr BalanceHill Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Traditional/arr BalanceO’Carolan’s Draught . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Turlough O’Carolan/arr Balance

Balance Duo


CLINIC - Recordings – Private Lessons with the Masters: Kevin Wass & Adam Frey

Most musicians acknowledge the importance of listening to great artists, but is there more to listening thanjust admiring the performance or hearing “how it goes.” We will examine different strategies, includingtranscription, imitation, and compare/contrast, for more engaged listening and immediate application oflistening to improved performance of varying styles of music.

12:00pm Plaza

CONCERT - Pennsylvania State University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Velvet Brown – DirectorProgram to be selected from:

Puppetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David UberSimple Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aaron Copland/arr Adam GohrLoch Lomond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vaughan Williams/arr Mark LuskThe Furies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neal CorwellEuphoniumist’s Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leroy Anderson/arr Adam GohrAs the Deer Longs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Kingsbury/arr Andrew StoffolinoRolling Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Henry Fillmore/arr Kendra GohrPennsylvania Polka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lester Lee and Zeke Manners/arr Gail Robertson


CLINIC - Brass for Every City: Kathy Brantigan

Kathy Brantigan, Executive Director of The Denver Brass Inc, presents an outline for establishing asuccessful brass chamber business with a local rather than touring focus. Effective marketing,management, development, and program design can win over a city and position the brass alongside thesymphony and ballet.


PRELUDE - Texas A&M University-Kingsville Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Dr. Yutaka Kono - Director

“Allegro” from Eine kleine Nachtmusik . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/arr Albert R. PeoplesFather, Forgive Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keith J. RobinsonCatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenneth FriedrichThe Melody Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karl King/arr David R. Werden

This Concert Sponsored in part by Southern Music CompanyMembers:Euphonium: Joe Villarreal, Josue Alanis, Chris Hinojosa, Cody Bauman, Noe CepedaTuba: Michael Doster, Joe Rodriguez, Raymond Alaniz

ITEA ROGER BOBO & HARVEY PHILLIPS AWARDS: Dennis AsKew, Scott Watson, Kevin WassRoger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording: Roger BoboHarvey Phillips Award for Excellence in Composition: Harvey Phillips






12:00pm Plaza



The Lamont School of MusicWelcomes the ITE Conference2006.Low Brass High Altitude

At the University of Denver’sRobert and Judi NewmanCenter for the PerformingArts, they compose, rehearse,record and perform in a state-of-the-art building designed toenhance music learning.Combine our technologically-advanced building with thededicated, personal teaching ofour faculty and you’ll get alearning experience unequaledanywhere.

KathleenBrantigan, tuba faculty andhost of the ITEConference 2006.

Warren Deck, tuba faculty.

Joseph Martin,trombone and euphonium faculty.

2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208303.871.6973www.du.edu/lamont

Where one can aspire to be.TM

University All-Star EnsembleProgram to be chosen from the following:

Cacology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ted PiltzeckerAdagio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John StevensCosmic Voyage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael Forbes“Nimrod” from Enigma Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edward Elgar/arr Michael ForbesEarle of Oxford’s March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William Byrd/arr John Stevens

John Stevens, University of Wisconsin – Madison, ConductorMembers:Euphonium: Joseph Belliston - Brigham Young University, Seth Jervis - Ohio University, Toshinobu Kinoshita - Asai GakuenUniversity, Robert Lacey - Brigham Young University, Robert McDaniel - University of North Texas, Jessica Powell-University of North Texas, Curtis Prichard - Tennessee Tech University, Kimiko Yamada - Indiana UniversityTuba: Isaac Andrew - Asuza Pacific University, Genevieve Clarkson - James Madison University, Lee Jarzembak - TexasTech University, Beth McDonald - University of Kentucky, Matthew Muszynski - University of Wisconsin - Madison, AmandaJurkovskis Plocher - Bowling Green University, Jose Abundio Sanchez - Baylor University, Bradley Slusarczyk - Universityof North Carolina Greensboro


CLINIC – Play Smart, You’re Not Superman: Charles O Brantigan, M.D.

Understanding the phyiology of what you do is the key to the success in high level music performance.

4:45pm Field Trip

Depart Lamont School of Music for Red Rocks via bus or car.

You might want to eat dinner in advance as food is expensive at Red Rocks!

6:30pm Red Rocks Amphitheatre

CONCERT – Hank Feldman & Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky, Bob Stewart, Øystein Baadsvik, Jon Sass & FriendsRhythm Section: Mike Marlier – drums, Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky – piano, Robin Ruscio – bassFriends: Euphonium – Tom Ball, Vocal – Yvonne Underhill, Tuba – Tom Ball, Marty Erickson, Joe Murphy, Jun Yamaoka

Hank Feldman and Daniel “Sly” SlipetskyProgram Subject to Change

Yisrael Voraita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anonymous/arr Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky and Hank FeldmanTouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lyrics and Music by Hank FeldmanQuemado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lyrics and Music by Hank FeldmanMambo Influenciado . . . . . . . . . . .Jesus “Chucho” Valdes/arr Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky and Hank Feldman

Bob Stewart, Øystein Baadsvik, Jon Sass & FriendsØystein Baadsvik sponsored by Miraphone Brass Instruments, John Sass & Friends sponsored by B&S

Program to be Announced from the Stage

8:45pm Red Rocks Amphitheatre

FILM CLASSIC: Animal House

8:45pm Return -Depart Red Rocks for Lamont School of Music & Four Points Sheraton “Lodge”

10:45pm Return -Depart Red Rocks for Lamont School of Music & Four Points Sheraton “Lodge”



6:30pm Red Rocks Amphiteatre

8:45pm Red Rocks Amphiteatre

4:45pm Field Trip

The pedagogy of great musicianship denver, colorado 3534 international tuba-euphonium conference 2006

Balance Duo

The Balance duo was formed in 1995 for the purpose of exploring the unique musicalcombination of percussion and tuba. For the past ten years, Marty Erickson (tuba) andAlison Shaw (percussion) have been delighting audiences throughout the U.S. andEurope with their special blend of performance artistry and musical celebration. Incollaboration with some of today’s most talented and noted composers, Balance hasexpanded the repertoire for this unusual genre through its ongoing commissioningprogram, The Brass Mallet, Inc. Recent projects include commissions by Henry SeverFlurry, Ronald Newman, Jeff Kressler and Pulitzer Prize nominated composer Daniel

McCarthy. In addition, Marty and Alison enjoy transcribing favorites from the classical, jazz, folk and popidioms. Equally at home on the concert stage or in the classroom, Balance continues to foster a growingappreciation for its special style of chamber music, and the individual artistry of both instruments throughan active schedule of educational programs and residencies in public schools and universities.

Tom Ball

Tom Ball is currently pursuing a Doctor of Arts in Trombone Performance/Pedagogywith an emphasis in Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado andholds a Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance and a Master of Music inTrombone Performance. Past instructors include Hal Crook, Tony Lada, RichMatteson, Tom Plsek, Bill Stanley, Nat Wickham, and Phil Wilson. Mr. Ball iscurrently the Assistant Instrumental Music Director at Arvada West High School andhas previous instruction experience as an assistant professor of music and a graduateteaching assistant in the jazz programs at several Colorado universities. Mr. Ball

maintains a private teaching business and has published several arrangements with UNC Jazz Press. He hastoured throughout Northern America and currently appears on more than ten CD releases. His debut jazzeuphonium CD, Fishleather Jacket, has received generous airplay and excellent internet and newspaperreviews. Mr. Ball has performed with many acclaimed musical ensembles and venues throughout the UnitedStates, and currently performs as the musical director of several music organizations in the state of Colorado.

József Bazsinka, Jr.

József Bazsinka, Jr. was born in Budapest, Hungary and has studied at the HungarianFranz Liszt Music Academy with László Szabó. Under the tutelage of his father,József Bazsinka, at the St. Stephan King Conservatory, József Bazsinka Jr. waspresented with the award “Brassplayer of the year” in 2003 and 2004 and also won acompetition for chamber-music ensembles with quintet. József Bazsinka, Jr. was alsoawarded the National Tuba Competition in 2004 and currently plays with the St.Stephan King Symphonic Orchestra, where he received the Christopher LangbeinInstrumentalist of the Year award in 2005.

Dennis AsKew

Dennis W. AsKew currently serves as Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium atUNC-Greensboro. His degrees are from the University of Michigan, Penn StateUniversity and the University of Georgia. He currently serves as President for theInternational Tuba Euphonium Association and is an Associate National Regent for PiKappa Lambda, the music honor society. He has been active as a performer, havinggiven solo performances throughout the United States, Hungary, Canada, Italy,Finland, Australia and the Netherlands, as well as numerous concerts throughout theUnited States and China as a member of the Market Street Brass Quintet.

Øystein Baadsvik

Øystein Baadsvik is in a unique position as a full-time tuba soloist. He started playingtuba at the age of fifteen, and soon decided to explore the tuba’s possibilities as a soloinstrument. Three years later he won 1st prize in a Norwegian national competitionfor soloists. Within two years he had made his own programs for Norwegian Radioand had played with all of Norway’s professional symphony orchestras.His international career began with two prizes at the prestigious ConcoursInternational d’Exécution Musicale (CIEM) in Geneva in 1991. Shortly after that, hisfirst solo CD was released, and received excellent reviews. He has performed with

such orchestras as the Oslo Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,Wratislavia Chamber Orchestra and Musica Vitae. His tremendously successful CD, Tuba Carnival, wasreleased in 40 countries on the BIS label and was recommended by music magazine Classic Today (withrecordings by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Joshua Bell) as one of the six best recordings in the world for soloinstrument and orchestra. Øystein appears courtesy of Miraphone Brass Instruments.

Alan Baer

Alan Baer joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal Tuba in 2004. He wasformerly principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Long BeachSymphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Other credits includerecordings with The Cleveland Orchestra, The Peninsula Music Festival ofWisconsin, The New Orleans Symphony, The Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, TheOjai Festival Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, and The Chicago SymphonyOrchestra. Alan has also performed as a featured soloist, touring several countries inEurope. He began his undergraduate work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania with

Dr. Gary Bird and completed his bachelor of music degree with Ronald Bishop at the Cleveland Institute ofMusic. Baer completed his graduate work with Tommy Johnson at the University of Southern California,Cleveland Institute of Music, and California State University, Long Beach. Mr. Baer taught at CaliforniaState University, where he also directed the University Tuba Ensemble and the brass choir. He was adjunctprofessor of tuba and euphonium at The University of Wisconsin. Baer is currently on the faculty of TheMannes School of Music. He appears courtesy of Meinl-Weston.


Roger Bobo

Roger Bobo, currently resides in Japan and teaches at the Musashino School of Musicin Tokyo. Prior to this move to Tokyo, he served as faculty at the Fiesole School ofMusic near Florence, Italy, at the Lausanne Conservatory in Switzerland, and at theRoyal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. Orchestras around theworld have seen Roger Bobo as soloist, conductor and coach for brass sectionspreparing major symphonic repertoire. His students currently occupy positions inmajor symphony orchestras and universities throughout the world, and several havegone on to develop successful solo careers of their own. Bobo’s experiences playing

for and studying the rehearsal and conducting technique of the world’s greatest conductors has helpedprepare him for his experiences as a conductor. During his twenty-five years with the Los AngelesPhilharmonic, he had close associations with Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Giulini and Andre Previn, not tomention the many world class guest conductors. A list of orchestras that have seen Roger Bobo as soloist,conductor or teacher would fill volumes. He is in demand worldwide as a teacher of all brass instruments,adjudicator at major international competitions, and as a conductor.

Lloyd Bone

Lloyd Bone is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Glenville State College inGlenville, West Virginia where he teaches applied brass, music history and literature,brass methods, survey of music, conducts brass ensembles and is the band director.He is also the news editor for the International Tuba-Euphonium Association Journaland Co-Editor of The Euphonium Source Book, to be published in early 2007. Heperformed in the 1998 International Mock Band Excerpt Competition in Minneapolis,the 1997 Verso il Millenio International Euphonium Solo Competition in Riva delGarda, Italy and was a member of the 1996 Collegiate All-Star Tuba and Euphonium

Ensemble in Chicago, Illinois. He has toured with the Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band and TheCircus Kingdom Circus Band where he was euphonium soloist. Lloyd has soloed with the University ofCincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony, Symphony Band and Brass Choir, as well asthe Chattanooga Concert Band. He was a featured artist at the 2005 Southeast Regional Tuba andEuphonium Conference at the University of Georgia and performed with the Euphoniums Unlimited ontheir first recording.

Brian L. Bowman

Dr. Brian L. Bowman enjoys a distinguished career as a soloist, clinician, recordingartist, educator and administrator. Dr. Bowman has held the principal euphoniumposition, in addition to being a featured soloist, in each of the bands he has beenassociated with: The University of Michigan Symphony Band, The U.S. Navy Band,The U.S. Bicentennial Band, the U.S. Air Force Band and the River City Brass Bandin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has performed as a soloist in all 50 states, Canada,Mexico, The Virgin Islands, Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, GreatBritain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and the People’s Republic

of China. Currently, professor of music (Euphonium) in the College of Music at The University of NorthTexas, Dr. Bowman has also served on the music faculty of eight other universities. His students occupyprominent positions in professional organizations world wide including principal chairs in the Washington,DC military bands. In 1989 he was awarded the British Magazines “EUPHONIUM PLAYER OF THEYEAR”, and in 1995 was given the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the Tubists UniversalBrotherhood Association. He is the only living euphoniumist to be included in the book Twentieth-CenturyBrass Soloists by Michael Meckna.

Roger L. Behrend

Roger L. Behrend’s educational credits include a Bachelor of Arts degree in MusicEducation from Michigan State University and a Master’s Degree in EuphoniumPerformance from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Mr. Behrend currentlyperforms as the euphonium soloist and principal euphonium with the United StatesNavy Band in Washington, D.C. and has appeared as a featured soloist throughout theUnited States, Europe, and Japan. He has been a featured artist at numerousprestigious events including state music and ITEA conventions, as well as The Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic. Additionally, he is a founding member

and leader of the Navy Band’s Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Roger Behrend has commissioned and premieredover twenty-five works for the euphonium. He has also released CD’s that highlight the euphonium invarious genres. He has served as euphonium coordinator of ITEA, and has been a member since 1975. Mr.Behrend has authored articles in The ITEA Journal, The Instrumentalist, and BD Guide. Roger Behrend isProfessor of Euphonium and Tuba at George Mason University and is coordinator of Brass Studies andDirector of the Potomac Festivals Euphonium and Tuba Competition.

Ron Bishop

Ron Bishop earned a Bachelor of Music degree and a Performers Certificate from theEastman School of Music, and a Master of Science degree from the University ofIllinois. He has studied with Roy Thrall, Donald Knaub, Robert Gray, and ArnoldJacobs. Mr. Bishop served as principal tuba of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1967 to2005. Prior to joining the Orchestra, he was a member of the Buffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco OperaOrchestra, and the United States Army Field Band. Mr. Bishop has been a soloistwith the Cleveland Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco

Symphony, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and the Heights Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared innumerous recitals and clinics throughout the US, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, and the UK. Currently heperforms with the NEOTuba Quartet. Mr. Bishop can be heard on recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra(1967-2005), and also performed on two Grammy Award-winning CDs with Peter Schickele’s PDQ Bach.He has written extensively concerning the tuba and the arts in general, including “Arnold Jacobs: Legacy ofa Master,” and was an associate editor for the T.U.B.A. Journal. Mr. Bishop serves on the faculties of theCleveland Institute of Music and the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.

Jens Bjørn-Larsen

Jens Bjørn-Larsen, born in 1965, is one of the most sought-after tuba soloists in theworld, and a highly appreciated and successful teacher of brass instruments. He hasbeen tuba soloist in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR since he was 20and has also been a very busy chamber and ensemble musician in both Royal DanishBrass and Stockholm Chamber Brass. He has won many prizes including First Prizein the 1985 Nordic Soloist Competition, the Victor Borge Grant and First Prize at theConcours d’Exécution Musicale in Geneva in 1991. Jens Bjørn-Larsen is a professorat the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover and teaches at the Royal Danish

Academy of Music in Copenhagen and Musikhögskolan in Malmö. He appears courtesy of B&S, and playsB&S (www.ja-musik.com) and Meinl-Weston (www.meinl-weston.com) tubas.


Steven Bryant

Steven Bryant, Associate Professor of Tuba & Euphonium at the University of Texasat Austin, also serves as Principal Tubist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and theAustin Lyric Opera Orchestra. He was a founding member of the University’s FacultyBrass Quintet, the UT Brass, and the Texas Tuba Quartet. He recently served asDirector of Undergraduate Studies for the School of Music and as Treasurer for ITEAfor six years. Mr. Bryant is Division Head for the School of Music’s Woodwind,Brass & Percussion Division. Bryant received a Bachelor of Music degree in MusicTheory from The Ohio State University, a Master of Music in Tuba Performance from

Wichita State University, and continued his graduate work at The University of Iowa. In 1986 he hosted anInternational Tuba Euphonium Conference, sponsored by UT-Austin and the Tubists Universal BrotherhoodAssociation. He organizes and hosts the annual Merry TubaChristmas Austin celebration.

Jason Byrnes

Jason Byrnes is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Music Education at the University ofNorthern Colorado. In addition to teaching in the applied tuba and music educationareas, he is director of the Brass Choir and Tuba-Euphonium ensemble, and performs astubist with the Rocky Mountain Brass Quintet, the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, the101st Army Band and the Rough Riders Dixieland Band. As a winner of numerousconcerto competitions, Dr. Byrnes is in demand as a soloist and clinician. He has alsoperformed with the Philadelphia Orchestra low brass section and has been a member ofmany orchestras throughout the United States. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC, Dr.

Byrnes taught at the State University of New York-Potsdam, Murray State University, and in the publicschools of Indianapolis. Dr. Byrnes earned music education and performance degrees from TennesseeTechnological University and Pennsylvania State University, and his doctorate in brass pedagogy from IndianaUniversity. His teachers include R. Winston Morris, Daniel Perantoni, and Marty Erickson.

Dr. Steve Call

Steve Call, Yamaha Artist & Clinician and Associate Professor of Tuba, Euphoniumand Jazz Studies at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, teaches jazz pianoperformance, jazz history, and directs the BYU Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band. Call hasplayed and recorded extensively with the Utah Symphony and the MormonTabernacle Choir. His solo performance of Tubby the Tuba for solo tuba, narrator andorchestra was released on CD as part of the Macmillan - McGraw Hill Share theMusic series. Dr. Call is Principal Euphonium with Utah Premiere Brass and PrincipalTuba with the Wintergreen Summer Festival Orchestra in Virginia. As leader of the

Great Basin Street Band, a professional classic jazz band, Dr. Call has also performed at major jazzfestivals in Europe.

David Childs

From a family with a long tradition of euphonium players, David has emerged as oneof the finest euphonium soloists of his generation. He has taken the euphonium to anew audience within the UK performing regularly as a concerto artist with the BBCPhilharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC NationalOrchestra of Wales. His dedication to new music has led to solo recitals at many ofLondon’s most prestigious classical music venues and contemporary Music Festivalsthroughout Europe. Although still in the early stages of his career, David has alreadytoured extensively performing as a soloist in Australia, the Middle East, Asia, Europe

Charles O. Brantigan, M.D.

Charles Brantigan has enjoyed a career in two disciplines—medicine and music. He isa nationally respected vascular surgeon with many research publications. He hasserved as Chief of Surgery at Presbyterian St Lukes Medical Center in Denver andholds a clinical appointment at the University of Colorado. His research into stagefright in the early 1980’s is well known to most musicians, as it led to the use of betablockers to treat this sometimes disabling condition. He has continued to work withmusicians advising them on their medical conditions. For the past 25 years he hasplayed tuba for the Denver Brass. As a performing musician himself, he has unique

insight into the problems faced by performers. His sessions will share his understanding of the problems ofperformance both from the doctor’s and musician’s standpoints.

Kathleen Aylsworth Brantigan

Kathy Brantigan received her Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from theUniversity of Michigan. She has studied with Abe Torchinsky and Sam Pilafian. Sheand her husband Charles are founders of The Denver Brass. Kathy is ExecutiveDirector of The Denver Brass and performs with The Denver Brass and the Aries BrassQuintet. She is Co-Chair of the Brass Department and Instructor of Tuba at theUniversity of Denver Lamont School of Music. She serves as Treasurer of theInternational Tuba-Euphonium Association. Kathy has performed in recital at theMoscow Conservatory of Music, the Russian Scientific Institute, on nationally

televised Russian television, at many of the major cathedrals of Europe, at the International Music Festival inSan Jose, Costa Rica, and on tour for the Colombian Government. She has recorded 16 compact discs withThe Denver Brass and the Aries Brass Quintet on the Klavier, Denver Brass, Centaur, and Delos labels.Kathy and her husband restore Victorian homes, are actively involved in planning and revitalization issues inDowntown Denver, and are the parents of four sons - Hans, Nathan, David, and Shay.

Velvet Brown

Velvet Brown enjoys a professional career as an international soloist and chamberensemble performer, recording artist, conductor and orchestral player. She has maderegular appearances throughout Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Finland, France,England, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia, Japan, Canada and the United States. Ms. Brownis currently the principal tubist of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the NewHampshire Music Festival Orchestra. She has served as substitute or additional tubistwith the Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Women’sPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and the River City Brassband.

She has also garnered high praise as a founding and current member of the Monarch Brass Quintet andBrass Ensemble, the Junction Tuba Quartet, and as frequent soloist with the Percussion Plus Project. She iscurrently associate professor of tuba and euphonium at the Pennsylvania State University, is secretary of theInternational Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA), and serves on the board of the InternationalWomen’s Brass Conference. She has released two solo CDs, Velvet and Music for Velvet, and her third soloCD will also be released by Crystal Records in July 2006. Her recording of John William’s Tuba Concertois on the Albany Records label. She can also be heard on the Nicolai Music Label performing music byNeal Corwell. Brown is a Meinl Weston artist, performing on the MW2182 F and MW2000 CC tubas.



and the US. David has several solo discs to his name and is currently developing a new ‘Solo Series’ withthe innovative publishing house Prima Vista Musikk. David performed duets with his father at ITEC 2001and is now delighted to be making his solo debut here at ITEC 2006. David’s appearance is sponsored bythe Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. For further information visit www.davechilds.com

Martin Cochran

A native of New Orleans, Martin Cochran is currently Assistant Professor of Music atthe University of Montevallo in Montevallo, AL. Martin holds degrees inperformance, conducting, and music education from the University of Alabama,University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Louisiana State University. He is in frequentdemand as a soloist and clinician, having presented recitals and master classesthroughout the southeastern United States, including appearances at the 2002 U.S.Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference and the Southeastern Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference in 2003 and 2005. He has appeared as a guest soloist with

bands throughout the U.S. and in the British Isles. Martin was winner of both the 2002 Leonard FalconeInternational Euphonium Competition, and the 2002 ITEC Solo Competition and Mock Military BandAudition. He has served on the teaching staff of the International Euphonium Institute and Blue Lake FineArts Camp and is also the founder/director of the University of Montevallo High School Honors Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble.

Caryl Conger

Pianist Caryl Conger’s passion is musical collaboration, filling a special niche with lowbrass artists performing in recitals and conferences around the world. She is a staffpianist for the International Euphonium Institute and the International Womens BrassConference. Low brass artists with whom Caryl has performed include tubists DanielPerantoni, Roger Bobo, Harvey Phillips, Patrick Sheridan, Velvet Brown, OysteinBaadsvik, and Eugene Pokorny. She has also performed with euphonium artists SteveMead, Roger Behrend, Brian Bowman, and Adam Frey. As a gift to the low brassrepertoire she commissioned “Fantasy” by Daniel Crozier for tuba and piano and

recorded it with Daniel Perantoni. Caryl studied at the University of Kentucky and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In 2003 she retired from Radford University where she was Director ofAccompanying and Chamber Music and of the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition& Festival. Ms. Conger now lives in Estes Park, Colorado where she is an active free-lance performer.

Floyd O. Cooley

Floyd Cooley has been heard throughout the US, Europe and Japan, appearing assoloist, clinician, giving master classes, and as a member of the San FranciscoSymphony. Cooley joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1969, at the time theyoungest tuba player in any major orchestra in the United States. He has soloed underthe baton of Seiji Ozawa and Jahja Ling, given recitals in a wide variety of placesincluding Carnegie Hall, commissioned works by Earl Zindars and Richard Felcianoand recorded three solo albums, The Romantic Tuba on Crystal Records, A SchumannFantasy on Summit Records, and Friends in Low Places on Albany Records. He

played the 1992-1993 season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Floyd founded the San FranciscoTuba Quartet. He has performed on the Visiting Artist Series in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois, wherehe played in schools and factories to over fifteen thousand people, and has played with the 49ers Jazz Bandand Perry’s Turkey Bowl Pep Band. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote “the sheer beauty of tone andtechnical accuracy were amazing. The effect was operatically vocal.” A performer at the Aspen Festival inthe summers of 1968 and 1969, Floyd has been a participant at the Grand Teton Music Festival from 1975-2001. He retired from the San Francisco Symphony in 2001 and teaches at Depaul University.


MGySgt John M. Cradler

Tuba section leader and low brass section commander Master Gunnery Sergeant John M. Cradler of LakeMills, Wis., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 1989. Upon graduating fromLake Mills High School in 1983, he attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he earned abachelor’s degree in tuba performance. MGySgt Cradler also earned a master’s degree in tuba performanceat the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. His instructors have included John Stevens of the University ofWisconsin, Tucker Jolly of Akron, and Ronald Davis of the University of South Carolina in Columbia. In1994, MGySgt Cradler performed a recital at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In 1998, he was afeatured soloist at, the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Minneapolis, and the U.S. Army BandTuba-Euphonium Conference in Arlington, Va.

Warren Deck

Warren Deck was principal tubist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from 1979to 2002. Before his appointment to the Philharmonic, he was principal tuba of theHouston Symphony for two years. In 1989, Mr. Deck made his solo debut in NewYork, performing the world premiere of Roger Kellaway’s Songs of Ascent for tubaand orchestra, commissioned for him by the Philharmonic and conducted by ZubinMehta. Besides his orchestral career, Mr. Deck has made four recordings with theCanadian Brass as well as Tuba!, a recording of leading tuba and euphonium playersfrom Germany and the U.S., for EMI Angel Records. He attended the University of

Michigan as a student of Abe Torchinsky, the former tubist of the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as theAspen Music Festival and School from 1973 – 76 as a student and Fellow. An active teacher, Warren hasgiven master classes in many regions of the world, including the former Soviet Union, the Far East, andSouth America. He was a member of the Juilliard School faculty from 1989 to 2002, and taught at theShepherd School of Music at Rice University from 1976 – 1978. Mr. Deck now teaches at the Universityof Denver’s Lamont School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival and School.

The Denver Brass

The Denver Brass is unique in theworld for its approach to diverse,well-developed shows. Repertoire iscomposed or arranged specificallyfor the ensemble, and ranges fromearly masterpieces to jazz, filmscores, Celtic works for bagpipes andbrass, and brilliant new commissionsfeaturing the trademark “Denver

Brass Sound”: a dazzling array of more than 15 distinct brass instruments, which utilize mutes andtechnical wizardry to produce a rainbow of sound phenomena. Every production is “more than a concert,”incorporating guest artists from a variety of disciplines, creative lighting and staging, and a strong themewhich provides for an exciting and enriching concert experience - “Echoes of Castles & Cathedrals,”“Brass, Bagpipes & Co.,” “America’s Heroes,” and much more. The two ensembles of The Denver Brass -13-part Denver Brass and 5-part “Aries” - perform more than 150 services each season, and have beenlisted as one of the top 25 cultural attractions in Denver by The Denver Business Journal, reaching morethan 75,000 through live concerts annually. The ensemble’s most recent recording, John Williams, wasreleased on the Klavier label in May of 2006.


Euphoniums Unlimited

The Euphoniums Unlimited ensemble will certainly constitute one of the very strongest euphonium choirsever assembled. The ensemble began as a recording project under the direction of R. Winston Morris andcontinues with a special 16-member all-star cast featuring special guest soloists Brian Bowman, Adam Freyand Joshua Hauser. It is the desire of everyone participating in this ensemble that the performance of thisgroup will make a positive contribution to the future of this “beautiful sounding” instrument and help tofurther establish the euphonium as a musical voice of the present and the future. With apologies to ourtubist brethren, the “Euphoniums Unlimited” project proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that euphoniums“don’t need no stinkin’ tubas!” Indeed, it’s the other way around!

Enrique “Hank” C. Feldman

Hank Feldman is the President and Director of Educational Training of the non-profitF.A.M.E. Foundation (Fostering Arts-Mind Education), the Director of EvolvedLearning Conferences, and an active film composer and performing classical and jazzartist. From 1992 to 1997 Hank was a Professor of Music, the Associate Director ofBands, and the Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Arizona. From1990 to 1992 he served as the Assistant Band Director and Conductor of UniversityBands at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has also been a guest facultymember at the Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic, the Brevard Center for Music and

the Interlochen Center for the Arts. His B.M. degree is from the University of Arizona in Tucson and hisM.M. and M.S. degrees are from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Feldman’s professionalactivities also include numerous publications, compact disc recordings, outreach with early childhood artseducation, K-12 instrumental programs, and numerous keynote addresses. For more information on Hank’smusic and clinics please visit his online home at www.hankfeldman.com, www.famefoundation.org orwww.evolvedlearning.com.

Dr. Michael Fischer

Dr. Michael Fischer serves as editor of pedagogy for the International Tuba-Euphonium Association Journal and its companion on-line website. He serves on theboard of directors for “The Harvey Phillips Northwest Big Brass Bash.” Dr. Fischer ispublished in the Tuba Source Book and has over 20 arrangements published throughthe Tuba-Euphonium Press and Roncorp Publications. A strong advocate of newmusic, Dr. Fischer has collaborated with composers Barbara York, Lon Chaffin,Kenyon Wilson, Richard Willis, Jeremy Lane, Stephen Shoop and Kenneth Friedrichto write new works for tuba and euphonium. He premiered “Directions” for solo tuba

and band by Barbara York in 2004 with the Boise State University Symphonic Winds, directed byMarcellus Brown. In 2005, Dr. Fischer premiered York’s “Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra” with the BSUOrchestra, directed by Craig Purdy.

Seth D. Fletcher

Seth D. Fletcher is currently a doctoral teaching assistant at the University of NorthCarolina-Greensboro, where he teaches music theory and aural techniques. He holdsdegrees from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England andTennessee Technological University. Seth has performed and recorded extensivelywith several groups, notably Euphoniums Unlimited and the Tennessee Tech TubaEnsemble. At present, Seth is researching and developing pedagogical strategies forthe recovery from and prevention of focal task-specific embouchure dystonia in brassmusicians. His teachers include Dennis AsKew, Steven Mead, and R. Winston Morris.

Hiram Diaz

Hiram Diaz was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Miami, Florida. He is agraduate of New World School of the Arts High School (2003), where he receivedprivate instruction from Jay Bertolet. Currently, Diaz is enrolled at the University ofCincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and is studying with Professor TimothyNorthcut. Hiram has been playing the euphonium for 10 years. In 2002, he wasawarded outstanding soloist at the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational inChattanooga, Tennessee, and he won the Young Artist Euphonium divisions at boththe International Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina and

at the Leonard Falcone Euphonium and Tuba Festival in Blue Lake, Michigan. In 2004, at the InternationalTuba and Euphonium Conference in Budapest, Hungary, Hiram placed second overall in the ArtistEuphonium division. He has soloed with the New World School of the Arts Wind Ensemble (Mid-WestBand and Orchestra Clinic, 2005), the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Brass Choir (Ohio MusicEducators Convention, 2005), and has completed a recital tour with fellow euphoniumist Brandon Jones ofuniversities and high schools in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Dr. Marc Dickman

A native of Valdosta, GA, Dr. Dickman is Associate Professor of jazz studies and lowbrass at the University of North Florida where he conducts the jazz ensemble andtuba/euphonium choir. His versatility on euphonium, trombone, bass-trombone, andtuba in the classical and jazz styles places him in much demand in the SoutheasternUnited States. Dr. Dickman won the Artist’s Division of the International LeonardFalcone Competition in 1990. He is principal euphonium with the St. John’s River

City Band, and trombonist with the River City Swing Orchestra. He performed on bass-trombone with thelegendary One O’Clock Lab Band while attending the University of North Texas and appears on the CD,Lab Band ‘95. Dr. Dickman was a featured jazz euphonium artist at the 2000 International TubaEuphonium Conference in Regina, Canada, the 2001 ITEC in Lahti, Finland, the 2002 ITEC in Greenville,NC, the 2004 ITEC is Budapest, Hungary, and the International Euphonium Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.Dickman is a founding member of the groundbreaking jazz ensemble, the Modern Jazz Tuba Project. Hisfirst solo recording, A Weaver of Dreams, is available at cdbaby.com. Dr. Dickman earned degrees fromTroy State University, McNeese State University, and the University of North Texas. Dr. Marc Dickman isa Yamaha performing artist.

Michael Dunn

Michael Dunn joined the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the fallof 2005 as Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium. Prior to assuming thisposition, he served on the faculty at the University of Alabama for eleven years andperformed as a member of “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band in WashingtonD.C. from 1994-1999. Mr. Dunn holds degrees from Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity (B.S.) and Arizona State University (M.M.) where his primary teacherswere R. Winston Morris and Daniel Perantoni. Mike has also held adjunct facultypositions at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Samford University and

Shelton State Community College in Alabama. Mike played for three seasons as principal tubist with theAlabama Symphony and toured nationally with Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band. He hasperformed with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy CenterOpera Orchestra, Arizona Opera Orchestra, the Maryland Symphony, St. Louis Brass Quintet and theDallas Brass. Mike can be heard on Summit Records, Crescendo Records, Mark Records, Intrada andSilver Cornet Productions, Inc. He is active as a clinician and recitalist. Mike enjoys carpentry,backpacking, cooking and adventures with his wife Jennifer and daughter Anna.


Brian Frederiksen

Brian Frederiksen was born into a family of flute players. He graduated from theInterlochen Arts Academy, the American Conservatory in Chicago (BM), andNorthwestern University (MM). During his studies in Chicago, he started a longrelationship with Arnold Jacobs. During twenty-five years with Mr. Jacobs, Mr.Frederiksen was a student and then his assistant with master classes, first atNorthwestern University and then for all masterclasses throughout the country. Hewrote Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind, and formed WindSong Press Ltd. After Mr.Jacobs passed away, Brian worked with the Jacobs family to preserve the Jacobs

legacy for future research by creating the Arnold and Gizella Jacobs Collection. The Windsong Press website was created and is now the web’s most complete source of Arnold Jacobs material. Arnold JacobsAlmost Live is a series of multimedia presentations about Mr. Jacobs. The Performer, The Teacher, SONG(and Wind), Breathing for Wind Instruments, The Tongue, The Embouchure and Ask Mr. Jacobs exploresMr. Jacobs’ career with photos, recordings and master class videos of Mr. Jacobs’ remarkable career as aperformer and teacher.

Adam Frey

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Adam began his musical studies at the University ofGeorgia under Dr. David Randolph and earned a Bachelor of Music in Euphoniumand Tuba Performance. He later completed a Master of Music and a ProfessionalPerformance Diploma from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester,England studying with Steven Mead and James Gourlay. He is an Adjunct Professorat Georgia State University and an Artist Affiliate at Emory University. He serves asArtistic Director of The International Euphonium Institute and runs the publishingcompany, Euphonium.com. He served as an Assistant Editor to The Euphonium

Source Book, to be released in 2007. He has performed with diverse ensembles ranging from the BostonPops and US Army Orchestra to the Hong Kong Young Musicians Wind Orchestra and the Atlanta YouthWind Symphony as well as other ensembles at conferences such as state MEA, CBDNA, WASBE and theMid-West Clinic. Adam has recorded extensively, including projects with the New Zealand SymphonyOrchestra and the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Little Buckaroos, to his successful first solo CD withpiano, Listen to This!!, and his collaboration with synthesizers and Irish melodies in Collected Dreams.Frey is a Yamaha Artist. Web address: www.euphonium.com.

Nathan Gay

Nate Gay recently graduated from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at theUniversity of Missouri - Kansas City with a MM in Euphonium Performance. Whileat UMKC, he studied with Tom Stein. He also he attended Missouri State Universitywhere he received a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies, and a K-12 InstrumentalMusic Teaching Certificate. Mr. Gay is a member of the award winning Fountain CityBrass Band, a Kansas City based professional brass band modeled after the traditionalBritish brass bands. His achievements include: Winner, 2005 UMKC Concerto/AriaCompetition; First Place, 2004 MTNA National Collegiate Artist Solo Brass

Competition; Semi-Finalist, 2004 ITEC Artist Division Solo Euphonium Competition; and Winner, 1999,2000 and 2002 Soloist Showcase at MSU. He has soloed with the MSU Wind Ensemble and has been aguest artist with both the MSU Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony. Nate Gay currently lives inLathrop, Missouri with his wife Arah and teaches band in the Braymer C-4 School District. He isresponsible for the fifth through twelfth grades, including 4 concert bands, a jazz band, pep band, marchingband and two theory classes.

Michael Forbes

Michael Forbes’ career encompasses all aspects of performing, teaching, composing,and conducting. Forbes is the Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at EastCarolina University. Before taking that position, he served on the faculties of IllinoisState University, Mary Washington College, Columbia Union College, FrederickCommunity College, and was a tubist with the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own.”In addition to performing with a host of regional American orchestras and windbands, Forbes spends his summers as the principal tubist with the Hot Springs MusicFestival Orchestra. As the bottom tubist with America’s premiere tuba/euphonium

quartet, Forbes performs and records exhilarating chamber music with his colleagues in the Sotto VoceQuartet. This ensemble tours internationally and has released a number of recordings which featureForbes’s many compositions and arrangements for the genre. In addition to those works, Forbes haspublished countless pieces – and regularly receives commissions from today’s most well-known brassartists. As the musical director of the Brass Band of Central Illinois, Forbes also enjoys a career as aconductor. Forbes’s first solo CD, “Forbes Plays Koetsier: Complete Works for Tuba” is available onSummit Records.

Alessandro Fossi

Alessandro Fossi was born in Jesi Ancona, Italy in 1975. His music studies were atthe B. Maderna Conservatory in Cesena with Renzo Brocculi, and with Roger Bobo,Gene Pokorny, Patrick Sheridan, and Rex Martin. Since 1994 he has performed withmajor Italian orchestras including the Florence “Maggio Musicale” Orchestra, the LaScala Philharmonic Orchestra (Milan), and the Santa Cecilia National AcademyOrchestra. He has performed under such conductors as Georges Pretre, WolfgangSawallisch, Zubin Mehta, and Eliau Inbal. Since 1997 he has served as solo tuba withthe San Carlo Theatre Orchestra in Napoli. In April 2001 he was a semi-finalist for

solo tuba with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and in March 2002 he was invited to audition for principaltuba with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In June 2002 he was a tuba finalist for the ViennaPhilharmonic. As a soloist, he won third prize in the 2000 Markneukirchen International InstrumentalCompetition, and, in 2001, he won first prize at the Lieksa International Solo Tuba Competition, becomingthe first Italian tubist to win this prize. He appears courtesy of B&S.

MGySgt Philip Franke

Principal euphonium player Master Gunnery Sergeant Philip Franke of Quincy, Ill., joined “The President’sOwn” United States Marine Band in August 1981. In August 2004, he was named principal and sectionleader. After graduating from Quincy High School in 1977, he studied euphonium and trombone at theUniversity of Illinois in Champaign where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music education. He studiedeuphonium with Dan Perantoni and trombone with Robert Gray, both of the University of Illinois. In 2001,MGySgt Franke was featured as a soloist on the Marine Band’s performance of James Curnow’sSymphonic Variations, 20 years after premiering the piece with the University of Illinois band. In 2004, hewas a tour soloist


Don Harry

Don Harry, born in Anadarko, Oklahoma and a Tribal Elder of the Delaware Nation(Lenape) of Western Oklahoma, attended the University of Houston and IndianaUniversity. His principal teachers were William Rose, William Bell, Joseph Novotnyand Harvey Phillips. He is principal tubist of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,1973 to the present; Eastman Brass,1990 – present; and has been Associate Professorof Tuba at Eastman School of Music since 1997. Don taught tuba at Baldwin-WallaceConservatory 1995-1997; at the Juilliard School, 1978-1988; Langston University inOklahoma in 1972; and at the Eastern Music Festival 1983-1984. He was Principal

Tuba at the Eastern Music Festival 1983-84 and Principal Tuba with the Oklahoma City Symphony in1972. Recently, The Eastman Brass recorded a CD of the music and arrangements of Verne Reynolds andperformed in Germany at the Krefeld Brass Festival. He is completing the final editing of a new solo CD.He is President of Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe, a Native American Arts Organization in Buffalo, NY.(netobuffalo.org) and caretaker of the Capt. Edmond A. Jablonsky Award for excellence in tuba study at theEastman School of Music. Don Harry is a Yamaha artist.

Dr. Joshua Hauser

Joshua Hauser, assistant professor of trombone at Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity, has performed extensively on euphonium and trombone in styles rangingfrom classical to jazz and rock. He holds degrees from Oberlin College Conservatory,New England Conservatory, and the University of Georgia. He was a foundingmember of the Bulldog Brass Society, a quintet led by former Canadian Brasstrumpeter Fred Mills. Travels with this group took him to Narbonne, France, where hewas a featured solo artist at the 1998 Concours International de Quintettes de Cuivres,and Uruguay, where the quintet did a state sponsored tour and was featured with the

Filharmonica de Montevideo. He has performed and recorded with numerous classical and jazz artistsincluding the Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble and Widespread Panic. Hauser has several arrangementsfor brass quintet published through Music Express Publishing in the Encore Brass Series and histranscription for solo trombone and wind band of Arrows of Time by Richard Peaslee, was premiered at the2000 Eastern Trombone Workshop by Joseph Alessi with the U. S. Army Band. His solo recording SlideRide: Works for Solo Trombone and Band with the TTU Symphony Band was released this year on theMark Masters label. Joshua Hauser is a Willson performing artist.

Tom Heasley

Tom Heasley, an internationally-acclaimed composer, performer and recording artistconjures up music of great individuality, originality and power. Mr. Heasley’s musicspeaks to a wide variety of listeners, as diverse as conservatory students at Oberlinand inmates of San Quentin. He is a true “father of invention,” who turned his tubainto a strength through the development of his unique musical voice. Heasley hasrecorded for Tzadik, Leo, Hypnos, Innova, Music and Arts, New Albion, Old Goldand Farfield Records, among others. With his solo recordings, he has brought the tubainto the 21st century. Heasley has received support from the NEA, Meet The

Composer, American Composers Forum, the McKnight Foundation, and ASCAP. In 2004, Heasley wasinvited to London to record a live session for BBC Radio. His music is heard daily on radio stations andother broadcast delivery systems throughout the world. Tom Heasley’s accomplishments have recentlyearned him a place in Who’s Who in America. Heasley has also collaborated with Alvin Curran, DanielLentz, Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Glenn Spearman, Eugene Chadbourne, Malcolm Mooney,Charlie Haden and many others.

James Gourlay

James Gourlay was born in Scotland and began to play in his local brass band at anearly age. He took part in numerous solo competitions and soon became ScottishChampion at junior and open levels. After studying at the Royal College of Music,Gourlay became principal tuba of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.There followed posts in the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Orchester der Oper inZürich where James worked with most of the world’s top conductors. James has woninternational acclaim. He is a former member of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble andhas toured the world performing concertos with major orchestras and giving recitals.

He has also broadcast Harrison Birwistle’s “The Cry of Anubis” with the BBC Philharmonic and hasrecorded three CDs, covering all of the major works for tuba. His commitment to new music is evident inhis premières of works by Bingham, Gregson, Horovitz, Sparke, Penderecki, Newton, and others. Jameshas appeared as a guest conductor with wind and brass ensembles all over Europe and as far away asBrazil, and has conducted all the UK’s top Brass Bands. He has been a guest teacher in Lyon, Weimar, theEastman School of Music, the Juilliard School and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He isHead of Wind and Percussion at the Royal Northern College of Music. He appears courtesy ofBesson/Buffet Crampon.

John Griffiths

John Griffiths is one of Canada’s leading brass soloists and the country’s best-knowntuba artist. His solo artistry has been heard in Italy, Russia, Finland, Hungary, Japanand in most major North American universities. John is a regular guest artist atEastman School of Music, McGill, the University of Toronto and others. Recent tourshave taken him all across North America, to the Moscow Conservatory, and theRimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg Russia (where he also recorded hissecond solo CD with the Orchestra of the Capella of St. Petersburg). John is the onlyCanadian artist ever to be a featured guest artist with the United States Army Band

(“Pershing’s Own”), where he premiered a new concerto. He has judged international solo competitions inRussia, Italy and Hungary, and recorded Raum’s “Requiem for Wounded Knee” with Don Harry. Hisperformances receive rave reviews and spontaneous standing ovations wherever he plays. John is praisednot only for his amazing pyrotechnic quality, sound and musicality but for his abilities as an entertainer aswell. John is an artist/clinician for Yamaha Canada.

Jason D. Ham

Jason D. Ham has been a member of the United States Military Academy Band atWest Point, New York, since 2002. Ham graduated from the University of Georgia in2001, and was the winner of the ITEC Solo Euphonium Artist Competition that sameyear. Since then, he has established himself as both a pioneer for the euphonium aswell as one of America’s most active euphonium soloists. In 2004, he was the firsteuphonium soloist to appear in Beijing, China, performing with the People’sLiberation Army Band that October. A few months later, in July, 2005, he presentedthe first euphonium recitals for the nations of Bulgaria and Macedonia, and return

trips to these countries are scheduled for 2007. An active member of ITEA, Jason hosted the NortheasternRegional Tuba and Euphonium Conference at the United States Military Academy in March 2005. Jason D.Ham is a Yamaha Performing Artist.


Danny Helseth

Although his musical beginnings started with forced singing of John Denver songs as achild, Danny Helseth's euphonium career began in college. Since receiving his Bachelorof Music degree from Central Washington University, forwarding the cause of theeuphonium has been his goal. He received his Master of Music Performance in 2002from the University of North Texas, and was Teaching Assistant with Dr. BrianBowman. Danny advanced to the semi-finaland final levels of the Leonard FalconeInternational Euphonium Competition (2000, 2001, 2002), the International TubaEuphonium Conference Euphonium Competition (2002), and the Philip Jones

International Brass Competition in Guebwiller, France (2003). Helseth continued to grow as a soloist during ayear of study with Steven Mead at the Royal Northern College of Music in England on Fulbright Scholarship(Postgraduate Diploma inEuphonium Performance 2002). He has recorded with the North Texas WindSymphony, the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, and The United States Air Force Band.

Carol Jantsch

Carol Jantsch, 21, is a recipient of many honors and awards for her tuba playing. Shehas won first prize in four international solo competitions, including the prestigiousInternationaler Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen, 2004, and has been afinalist in several others. She has made solo appearances in many venues, includingon NPR’s “From The Top” and at the 2006 Musical Olympus International Festivalin St. Petersburg, Russia. She won the Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral TubaAudition at the 2002 ITEC, going on to make semi-finals for the 2003 New YorkPhilharmonic tuba audition, finals for the 2005 Philadelphia Orchestra audition, and

runner-up for the 2005 Milwaukee Symphony audition. Carol received her high school diploma from theInterlochen Arts Academy and recently earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan,where she studied with Fritz Kaenzig. This August Carol begins her new appointment as Principal Tuba ofthe Philadelphia Orchestra.

SSgt Mark W. Jenkins

Euphonium player Staff Sergeant Mark W. Jenkins of Las Vegas, joined “The President’s Own” UnitedStates Marine Band in July 2002. He graduated in 1996 from Durango High School in Las Vegas andcontinued his education at the University of North Texas in Denton, where he studied euphonium underBrian Bowman. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” SSgt Jenkins was a two-time winner of theLeonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition, and a finalist in the 2001 ITEC Euphonium SoloCompetition, held in Finland.

Tommy Johnson

Tommy Johnson attended the University of Southern California where he earned abachelor of music degree. He has also done graduate work at U.S.C. and at CaliforniaState University at Northridge. He is Adjunct Professor of Tuba at U.S.C. andU.C.L.A. Mr. Johnson is a “first-call” tubist at many major motion picture studios andhas recorded soundtracks for over 2000 movies dating back to 1958. He hasperformed as tuba soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the PasadenaSymphony, the San Fernando Valley Symphony, the LA Pops Orchestra, the U.S.C.Wind Ensemble, The LA Tuba Quartet, and with the Henry Mancini Orchestra. Mr.

Johnson can be heard on the newly released recording of “The Manhattan Transfer meets Tuba the Tuba”Tommy Johnson has received the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Most Valuable PlayerAward for Tuba Player in 1974 through 1980. In 1981 he was awarded the National Academy of RecordingArts and Sciences “Emeritus Most Valuable Tuba Player,” thereby making him ineligible to receive thisaward ever again.


William Jones

William Jones is the Principal Euphoniumist in the United States Air Force ConcertBand, a position he has held since joining the band in 1998. Prior to joining the AirForce Band, Jones received a bachelor of music in euphonium performance, cumlaude, from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During his time inPittsburgh Jones recorded and toured with the River City Brass Band. WQED PublicRadio featured his senior recital in its entirety on “Performance in Pittsburgh.” Joneswon the City Music Center at Duquesne Concerto Competition, earning him anopportunity to solo with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Jones has appeared as a

soloist with “Pershing’s Own” United States Army Band, The United States Military Academy Band atWest Point, The Air Force Band of Flight at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and on three tours as toursoloist with The United States Air Force Concert Band. His teachers include, Dr. Brian Bowman, BarryMorrison, Murray Crewe, and Roger Hanson.

Dr. Yutaka Kono

Dr. Yutaka Kono is currently Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at TexasA&M University-Kingsville. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in TubaPerformance at The University of Texas at Austin, his Bachelors of Music fromBowling Green State University in Ohio, and his Master of Music in Tubaperformance degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He previouslytaught at The University of Texas at San Antonio and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. Dr. Kono is a highly active performer on tuba. As a soloist, heis the winner of the concerto competition held at the University of Minnesota in 1996,

and has appeared with numerous orchestras. As a chamber musician, Yutaka Kono was a member of AustinSymphony Brass Quintet, Austin City Brass, Austin Brass Ensemble and Tina Marsh’s Creative OpportunityOrchestra. His orchestral credits include San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Austin Symphony Orchestra,New Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Bowling Green Symphony Orchestra, Perrysburg Symphony Orchestraand many others. Yutaka studied with Steven Bryant, Ivan Hammond and Ross Tolbert.

Kenneth Kroesche

Kenneth Kroesche is currently the Associate Professor of Trombone, Euphonium, andTuba at Oakland University in Rochester, MI where he also serves as the Coordinatorof Applied Instrumental Music and is the Associate Director of Bands. Previously, heserved in a similar role at Western Carolina University and has held teaching positionsat the Schools of Music of the Universities of Michigan and Georgia. As a euphoniumsoloist, Dr. Kroesche has appeared with a number of ensembles, including theperformance of a concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra at the KennedyCenter of the Performing Arts. He has presented recitals at the 2000 and 2004

International Tuba & Euphonium Conferences, as well as the U.S. Army Tuba & Euphonium Conferences.He currently serves as trombonist and euphoniumist with the Michigan Chamber Brass, Pontiac OaklandSymphony, Toledo Symphony Concert Band and the Detroit Chamber Winds. This past spring he served asthe guest conductor of the Michigan Chamber Brass.


Marine Band Tuba-Euphonium Quartet

The Marine Band Tuba-Euphonium Quartet performed for the U.S.Army Band’s Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Arlington, Va., thePotomac Festival’s International Tuba and Euphonium Competitionin Fairfax, Va., and at James Madison University’s Festival of Brassin Harrisonburg, Va. The quartet frequently conducts recitals andeducational outreach while on tour with the Marine Band. Mostrecently, they have appeared at the University of Arkansas inFayetteville, Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and Western Carolina

University in Cullowhee, N.C. Euphonium player Staff Sergeant Mark W. Jenkins of Las Vegas, joined“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 2002. Principal euphonium player MasterGunnery Sergeant Philip Franke of Quincy, Ill., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Bandin August 1981. Tuba section leader and low brass section commander Master Gunnery Sergeant John M.Cradler of Lake Mills, Wis., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 1989. TubistGunnery Sergeant Mark R. Thiele of Vienna, Va., joined “The President’s Own” United States MarineBand in June 1998.

Mike Marlier

Mike Marlier is the Director of Drum Set Studies at the Lamont School of Music, andhas been playing drums since the age of five. He has been teaching privately for 25years and employs a diverse and thorough approach to drumming. Mr. Marlier hasperformed and recorded with a number of professional artists including the GRP All-Stars, Mose Allison, Los Lobos, Images, Steve Haun, Wake Up Call and NelsonRangell. His drumming can be heard on a host of local and national radio andtelevision commercials. Offering a diverse and well-rounded approach to the drumset, he strives to share his knowledge with his students. Composer and keyboardist

Dave Grusin calls Mr. Marlier “Denver’s answer to all the superstar drummers. This guy is a great player.”Mike currently performs with Dotsero, the Montgomery/Olstad big band, Don Grusin, Nelson Rangell, andcountless others. He is also the staff drummer at the Heritage Christian Center, the music coordinator theCleo Parker Robinson Dance, and the drummer for the Climb, the faculty jazz combo in residence at theLamont School of Music.

Dr. Joseph Martin

Dr. Joseph Martin is the Director of the Lamont Wind Ensemble, coordinates theWind Chamber Program at the Lamont School of Music, serves as Chair of the Brassand Percussion Department and is professor of trombone, bass trombone, andeuphonium. He is active conducting in the Rocky Mountain region. The LamontWind Ensemble under his direction has twice won the Downbeat Award forOutstanding Symphonic Band (2002 and 2005). He performs as a member of theDenver Brass as principal trombone/euphonium and has appeared on numerous CDswith this organization on the Klavier recording label. Additionally, Martin appears on

CD recordings with the High Altitude Trombone and the Aries Brass Quintet. As a member of Aries, he hastoured the United States, Europe, Central and South America, and Japan. Martin received his DA and MMdegrees from the University of Northern Colorado where he studied conducting with Dr. David Mackenzieand trombone with Buddy Baker. He received his BM degree from California State University atNorthridge where he studied conducting with Gary Pratt and Dr. David Whitwell, and trombone with LorenMarsteller and William Booth.

Jamie Lipton

A proud native of the Chicago area, Jamie Lipton is a two-time Falcone finalist andwinner of the 2005 Potomac Euphonium Competition. She holds a bachelor’sdegree in euphonium performance and music education from NorthwesternUniversity and a master’s degree in performance from the University of NorthTexas, where she is currently a doctoral student. Jamie teaches private lessons atseveral middle schools and high schools in the Dallas area, and has recentlyaccepted an adjunct teaching position at Texas Woman’s University. Her euphoniuminstructors have included Robert Barnes, Rex Martin, and Dr. Brian Bowman.

Jamie would like to thank her parents for their support.

John Manning

John Manning is assistant professor of tuba at The University of Iowa and is afounding member of the Atlantic Brass Quintet. He graduated from Boston Universityand the University of Massachusetts and is a former faculty member of the BostonConservatory, Boston University and the University of Massachusetts. John hasserved as the principal tubist with the Albany Symphony (NY), the VermontSymphony and of the Air Force Band of the Golden Gate. He has traveled around theworld performing, teaching and recording and has performed at the White House,Carnegie Hall, The Knitting Factory, and Boston’s House of Blues. Outside the realm

of classical music, John has been involved in an array of eclectic musical interests, ranging from klezmerand world music to rock and jazz. He has performed with the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, Naftule’s Dream,Brass Planet, the Hot Tamale Brass Band, the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, and John Lithgow’sPerfectly Ridiculous Philharmonic. Recently, Manning has served as an adjudicator for tuba andeuphonium competitions in Korea, Taiwan and the US. He has recorded his debut CD entitled “FourCorners: Tuba Music from around the World” for Summit Records.

Angelo Manzo

Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, Angelo Manzo, is now in his sixth year atthe University of Missouri-Columbia. He entered his undergraduate studies as a vocalperformance major, but began serious instrumental study his sophomore year. Whilefocusing on tuba performance, he also continued his vocal training throughout both hisundergraduate and graduate studies. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from theUniversity of Puget Sound, a Master of Music degree from Baylor University, and aDoctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin. His primaryinstructors include Ron Munson, Steve Fissel, Michael Fischer, and Steven Bryant.

Manzo has performed on television and radio with professional brass quintets, symphonies, and his playingcan be heard on commercials and movie soundtrack credits. Recently, he has appeared as a soloist andchamber musician in recitals at Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. He performs regularly with the MissouriBrass Consortium, the Missouri Symphony Orchestra and the University of Missouri-Faculty Brass Quintet.Dr. Manzo has commissioned and composed several works for tuba. Currently, more than twenty of hisarrangements and transcriptions are published by Tuba-Euphonium Press.


Scott Mendoker

Scott Mendoker has earned a reputation as both a superb musician and a distinguishedteacher. As a free lance tuba player, Scott has performed and recorded with severalhighly acclaimed musical ensembles. As a soloist, he has performed throughout theUnited States - giving recitals and performing as a guest soloist with orchestras andbands, alike. As a longtime student of the late Arnold Jacobs, widely considered to beone of the greatest brass pedagogues of the 20th century and Principal Tuba with theChicago Symphony Orchestra for over 44 years, Scott has become one of the fewJacobs’ “disciples.” Brass players from around the United States have sought his

advice. Scott has also studied with Warren Deck, Principal Tuba with the New York Philharmonic. Scott iscurrently on the Performance Faculty of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University wherehe teaches Tuba, Euphonium and directs the Chamber Music Program. Mr. Mendoker is also the Directorof the Brass Institute at Drew Summer Music. Mr. Mendoker is a member of the New York ChamberSoloists, the Westfield Symphony and the renowned brass quintet - Philadelphia Brass.

Ben Miles

Ben Miles, originally from Binghamton, NY, was the winner of the 2005 LeonardFalcone International Artist Tuba Competition. Prior to that, he was a three-timefinalist, receiving the second place award in 2003 & 2004, and the third place awardin 2002. He has performed with the Detroit Chamber Brass, the Michigan ChamberBrass, the Galliard Brass Ensemble, and several regional orchestras in Michigan.Currently residing in Lansing, MI, he teaches low brass lessons throughout the area,is an adjunct instructor at Alma College, and performs regularly throughout Michigan,most recently with Disney’s The Lion King. He has a doctoral degree in Performance

from Michigan State University, a master’s degree in Performance from Penn State University, and abachelor’s degree in Music Education from SUNY at Fredonia. While at Michigan State, he became thefirst tubist in the history of the school to win the annual concerto competition and while at SUNY Fredonia,became the first tubist to receive the Performer’s Certificate. His principal teachers include Philip Sinder,Martin Erickson, and C. Rudolph Emilson.

The Modern Jazz Tuba Project

The critically acclaimed Modern Jazz Tuba Project is a ten-piece modern jazz group consisting ofprofessional jazz musicians, primarily based in Nashville, Tennessee. Repertoire for this new and excitinggroup ranges from lush ballads to up-tempo bebop, and everything in between. With six low brassinstrumentalists and a four-piece rhythm section, the MJT Project builds on more than fifty years oftradition utilizing the euphonium and tuba as lead instruments in jazz. Utilizing the talents of threeoutstanding jazz euphoniumists - Billy Huber and Barry Green of Nashville and Marcus Dickman ofJacksonville, Florida - and balancing the low end with tubists Joe Murphy and Winston Morris ofTennessee and Richard Perry of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the MJT Project explores the best in jazz tubaliterature. The rhythm section personnel are all first-call Nashville-based musicians who have performedand recorded with just about everybody in the music business.

Jeremy McBride

Jeremy McBride is currently working on a Master of Music degree in Performance atthe University of North Texas and studies with Dr. Brian Bowman. He received hisbachelor’s degree in Performance from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Jeremy hasbeen very successful at several major competitions, most recently winning first prizeat the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition and second prize at thePotomac Euphonium Competition. He has also won the Concerto Competitions at theUniversity of North Texas and at Baylor University. Jeremy is originally from SanAntonio, Texas and hopes to someday perform in a military band.

Steven Mead

Steven Mead is Senior Tutor in Euphonium at the Royal Northern College of Musicand also teaches at several specialist schools across Europe, including the ISEBSchool in Trento, Italy. He tours nearly constantly to give over 75 solo performancesa year. Steven’s career grew from the successes he achieved as a member of severalof the UK’s leading brass bands, to his current status as one of the world’s mostrecorded artists, with over 40 CDs to his credit. In addition, his strong contribution toeducational euphonium literature includes the Mead DeHaske series for euphoniumand baritone players and his ‘World of the Euphonium’ series with Studio Music. His

new CD company, Bocchino Music, now produces innovative new euphonium recordings, notablyEuphonium Magic, Bella Italia, Brassin’Mozart 2006 and the new release, Euphonium Virtuoso. He hasalso given concert tours and recorded CDs with several leading professional chamber ensembles in Europe,and frequently gives premiere performances of new concerti and major works by Martin Ellerby, PhilipSparke, Torstein Aagaard Nilsen, Howard Snell, and others. Steven has been a Besson Artist for many yearsand is responsible for the design and development of the ‘SM’ mouthpieces and the Prestige Euphonium.Steven’s appearance at ITEC 2006 is co-sponsored by Besson and the Royal Northern College of Music.Web address - www.euphonium.net.

Gerhard A. Meinl

Gerhard Meinl represents the seventh generation of musical instrument makers fromGraslitz in Bohemia (Sudetenland) where his family had been expelled after WorldWar II and settled in Geretsried, Bavaria. Mr. Meinl studied law and philosophy atMunich’s Ludwig Maximilians University as well as at the Jesuit University and atthe Catholic University of Fribourg in Switzerland. After passing his bar exam in1983, he joined a law firm in Munich. The next year, he joined his father’s companyWenzel Meinl, making Meinl-Weston and Melton instruments as an apprentice withthe Southern Bavarian Guild of Musical Instrument Makers. In 1987 he passed his

journeyman’s exam as a brasswind and percussion maker and at the same time took over the managementof the company. Since 1986, Meinl has been a board member of the German Musical instrument MakersAssociation. and as a trumpet player he was an ITG board member from 1986 to 1993. He is a foundingmember of Das Deutsche Tubaforum and serves as Vice-President of International Relations for ITEA.Along with investors, Meinl founded the JA Musik group to take over VogtländischeMusikinstrumentenfabrik - B&S in the former East Germany from the state trust employing 200 skilledcraftsmen. Meinl is CEO of this group and all its daughter companies.


R. Winston Morris

R. Winston Morris is Professor of Music and Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium atTennessee Technological University, in Cookeville, Tennessee, where he has been onthe faculty since 1967. Morris is regarded as the leading authority on the literature forthe tuba, was one of the founding fathers of the Tubists Universal BrotherhoodAssociation (T.U.B.A.), and acknowledged worldwide as the major authority on thedevelopment of the tuba ensemble. He was the Senior Editor for The Tuba SourceBook, Senior Editor for “Guide to the Tuba Repertoire: The new Tuba Source Book”,conductor of the large professional tuba/euphonium ensemble, Symphonia, founder

and co-producer of the The Modern Jazz Tuba Project, conductor of Euphoniums Unlimited, and has beenawarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association aswell as the 2003 Tenn Tech University Caplenor Research Award, the most prestigious award presentedannually to TTU faculty. Most recently, the Tenn Tech Tuba Ensemble, which he founded in 1967, has beenawarded the Tennessee Board of Regents Academic Excellence and Quality Award, the only musicorganization to ever receive such an honor.

John Mueller

John Mueller is Assistant Professor of Trombone and Euphonium at the Rudi E.Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis, and trombonist with theMemphis Brass Quintet. He joined the faculty at the U. of Memphis in the fall of2001 after a 21-year career with The U.S. Army Band in Washington, D.C., where hehad been euphonium section leader and soloist. While with The Army Band, Dr.Mueller was frequently featured as a soloist on both euphonium and trombone. Hehas enjoyed a variety of musical experiences outside the military that includedperformances with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera

House Orchestra, and the Kennedy Center Theatre Chamber Players. As a soloist, clinician, andadjudicator, he as appeared throughout the U.S., Japan, Australia, and Europe. Dr. Mueller earned hisBachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and hisMaster’s and Doctoral degrees in Trombone Performance from The Catholic University of America inWashington, D.C. In 1999 he released his debut solo recording, “Euphonic Sounds.” Dr. Mueller has servedon the faculty of The Catholic University of America, and the executive committee of the InternationalTuba Euphonium Association. He is also a Meinl-Weston artist/clinician. Dr. Mueller’s principal teachersinclude Milton Stevens, Robert Gray, Daniel Perantoni, and Brian Bowman.

Matthew Murchison

Matthew Murchison grew up in Arkansas, and while in high school performed assoloist with the University of Arkansas-Ft.Smith Band. He holds degrees from theUniversity of North Texas (BM) and Carnegie Mellon University (MM), and joinedthe River City Brass Band in 2002. As a soloist, Matthew has performed with theBrass Band of Battle Creek, UNT Symphony Orchestra, Western Arkansas WindSymphony, Ozark Mountains Brass Band, with the wind symphonies of the Collegeof Eastern Utah, Duquesne University, Carnegie Mellon University, and theUniversity of Arkansas-Ft.Smith, and others. His solo performances with the River

City Brass Band have been broadcast through WQED Pittsburgh, where Matthew has been featured on“Performance in Pittsburgh.” Named a Yamaha Young Performing Artist in 2001, Matthew was also asemi-finalist for the Concert Artists Guild International Competition and winner of the Tuesday MusicalClub scholarship and the Pittsburgh Concert Society competition. He has also won both the Artist andStudent Divisions of the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition and the ITEC Young ArtistCompetition. Active in creating new repertoire, Matthew’s recent commissions include “Valtzz!” foreuphonium and band by Charles Booker, and “Prescott Poem” for euphonium and piano (also with brassband or wind band) by Drew Fennell.


Walter Nirschl

Walter Nirschl was born in 1959 and worked as a brass apprentice at Wenzel Meinl(Meinl Weston) from 1979 to 1981. He warked for Wenzel Meinl, Getzen, Courtoisfrom 1982 to 1986 and eared his master craftsman certificate in 1986. In 1992 hebought Böhm & Meinl company in Geretsried. Walter, along with Floyd Cooley, in1995 produced the exact copy of the original Chicago Symphony Orchestra York CC-Tuba. From 1999 to 2004 worked for Boosey & Hawkes/Besson, specializing in handmade brass instruments and customized design.

Timothy J. Northcut

Timothy J. Northcut is Associate Professor of Music, Instructor of Tuba andEuphonium at the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati,Ohio. In 1997 and 2003, Tim was awarded CCM’s Ernest N. Glover OutstandingTeacher Award. Also in 2003, he was awarded the University of Cincinnati CohenAward for Excellence in University Teaching and was recently recognized as one ofOhio’s Top 100 Educators in Ohio Magazine’s Excellence in Education Awards. In1998-2001, he served as the Executive Director of the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute.Tim performs as Principal Tuba with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the

Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra and is a member of Symphonia. He serves as an Artist-Educational Advisor forCustom Music Company and is on the Executive Committee of the International Tuba EuphoniumAssociation. He has served as a member of The United States Army Field Band and has numerous solo andchamber music appearances to his credit. Tim holds his bachelors degree from Tennessee TechnologicalUniversity, masters degree from The Catholic University of America, and is currently completing a Doctorof Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. Tim has studied with James Garrett, R. WinstonMorris, Harvey Phillips, David Fedderly, Warren Deck, and Daniel Perantoni. He recently released a solorecording, Tennessee Tech Pride, Mark Custom Recording Service.

Carole Nowicke

Carole Nowicke is a reference librarian and research associate in the Department ofApplied Health Science at Indiana University. Her previous employers include theHenry Ford Museum, US Marine Corps Museum, the Navy Laboratories Archives,the Kinsey Institute and Walden University. She holds a Ph.D. from IndianaUniversity in Library and Information Science and American Studies, an M.L.S. fromthe University of Maryland, and a B.A. from Western Michigan University. Shestudied tuba with J. Lesley Varner, Robert L. Whaley and Robert J. Pallansch, basswith Philip Albright and Marshall Hutchinson, and ophicleide with Robert E. Eliason.

Carole’s ITEC 2006 presentation was inspired in part by oral history interviews with Abe Torchinsky andHenry Charles Smith, which lead to a presentation with Mr. Torchinsky at the 2003 Association forRecorded Sound Collection conference, “Philadelphia Brass Ensemble: Baroque Brass, Gabrieli, Hindemithand ‘Torchy Jones.”


Dan Perantoni

Dan Perantoni is a legendary tuba artist, teacher and pedagogue as well as atrailblazer in a variety of genres including work as a solo recitalist, chamber musicianand jazz artist. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the executive boardof ITEA. A true legion of former students holds prestigious positions in majorperforming ensembles and music schools around the world. Their success is the besttestimony to his abilities as a teacher, mentor, and friend. He is cited as a “tubist’stubist.” Daniel Perantoni has been a featured artist in Carnegie Hall, the MontereyJazz Festival, the Spoleto Festival U.S.A., the Adelaide Festival, the Banff Centre for

the Arts, the Montreux Brass Congress, and recently as a soloist throughout Japan. He is a foundingmember of the Summit Brass, a member of Symphonia, the St. Louis Brass Quintet, and the Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort and has released numerous solo albums and chamber music CD’s. Along withRobert Tucci, he has designed the “Perantucci” line of low brass instruments and mouthpieces which havebecome the equipment choice of thousands of low brass players worldwide. He also serves as the vice-president of educational matters and consultant/clinician for Custom Music Company.

Richard Perry

Richard Perry is Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at The University ofSouthern Mississippi, where he directs the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble and performswith the Southern Arts Brass Quintet. Dr. Perry holds degrees from TennesseeTechnological University (BS), the University of Illinois (MM) and the University ofWisconsin-Madison (DMA). His principal teachers have been R. Winston Morris,Fritz Kaenzig, and John Stevens. Dr. Perry has been active as a performer, clinican,and adjudicator throughout the Southeast and the Midwest, including appearances atthe University of Alabama, Auburn University, The University of Kentucky,

Northwestern State University, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has been a soloist at the Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conferences at theUniversity of Kentucky and the University of Alabama, and was a guest clinician at the 2002 InternationalTuba-Euphonium Conference at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He is a member of theModern Jazz Tuba Project, which has released two CDs and performed throughout the eastern UnitedStates. His arrangements for tuba/euphonium ensemble have been performed by the Tennessee Tech TubaEnsemble, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, the University of GeorgiaTuba/Euphonium Ensemble, and Symphonia.

Harvey Phillips

Harvey Phillips has performed as tuba soloist throughout the world. His music careerbegan as a teenager with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Band. From1950-71 he maintained an enviable freelance career in New York City, performing,recording and broadcasting with famous artists, conductors, bands and orchestras. Heserved as personnel manager for Symphony of the Air, Leopold Stokowski, IgorStravinsky, and Gunther Schuller. From 1967-1971, he was New EnglandConservatory’s Vice President for Financial Affairs. In 1971, he was appointed to theIndiana University faculty. For ten years (1986-96) he served as Executive Editor of

The Instrumentalist magazine. He has structured and hosted many international conferences and festivals inthe United States, Europe and Japan. He was judge for the CIEM First International Solo Tuba Competition(1991), Geneva, Switzerland. He is founder and president of the Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc. whichadministers Octubagest, TubaChristmas, TubaSantas, TubaCompany, TubaJazz, etc. In May 1994 he retiredfrom Indiana University with the title of Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He continues to serve as aconsultant in the arts and to brass instrument manufacturers. He maintains a busy international schedule ofconcerts, lectures, and clinics. He resides with his wife Carol at TubaRanch in Bloomington, Indiana.


Gene Pokorny

A proud native of Southern California, Pokorny studied tuba there with JeffreyReynolds, Larry Johansen, Tommy Johnson and Roger Bobo. After attending theUniversity of Redlands and graduating from the University of Southern California, heplayed in the Israel Philharmonic, the Utah Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony and theLos Angeles Philharmonic. While in Los Angeles he played in several moviesoundtracks including “Jurassic Park” and “The Fugitive.” Sir Georg Solti invited himto play with his “World Orchestra for Peace” and, later, a concert in Sir Georg’smemory at the Proms in London and for a young musicians’ scholarship fund in St.

Petersburg and Moscow. Former Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director, Daniel Barenboim, invitedhim to play in the Deutsche Staatsoper’s Berlin production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle in 1997. In June 2000,he premiered John Stevens’ “Journey - Concerto for Contrabass Tuba and Orchestra” with the ChicagoSymphony. When he isn’t counting rests in the back row of Orchestra Hall, Gene plays with the Do-It-Yourself Sousa Band (3rd clarinet section) gives music appreciation classes to children through theOrchestra’s Education Department. He performs solo recitals internationally and, in addition to his threesolo/educational CDs, collaborated with Michael Davis (trombonist with “The Rolling Stones”) in a play-along CD/workbook on the Hip-Bone Music Publications label. In May, he was given the “OutstandingAlumna 2006” by the USC School of Music. He is married to Beth Lodal and, after a tough week of playing asymphony by Bruckner, will stumble into the house and find a pack of Basset Hounds on the couch lookingworse than he does.

SFC Thomas R. Powell

SFC Thomas R. Powell first began studying euphonium and trombone at the age ofseven under his father, former euphonium and trombone professor at West VirginiaUniversity, Richard “Dick” Powell. After graduating from West Virginia University,Thomas joined the United States Army, where he has served for the past 15 years. He iscurrently a member of the 113th U.S. Army Band located at Ft. Knox, KY. He has alsoserved in the 56th Army Band at Ft. Lewis, WA and with the 101st Airborne DivisionBand at Ft. Campbell, KY. Powell has also held the position of Band RecruitingLiaison, conducting field auditions for prospective U.S. Army band members.

Gail Robertson

Gail Robertson earned a BA from the University of Central Florida and a MM inEuphonium Performance from Indiana University, as well as doctoral studies at theUniversity of Maryland. Hired as a musician in Walt Disney World’s “Tubafours,” sheserved as musical supervisor and chief arranger producing a highly acclaimed CD,“Tubas Under the Boardwalk.” Gail is active as a teacher, adjudicator, composer,arranger and free-lance artist, both nationally and internationally. Currently, Instructorof Euphonium and Tuba at the University of Central Florida, she formerly served onthe faculties of Bethune-Cookman College, the University of Florida, Valencia, and

Seminole Community Colleges. As a noted composer/arranger, Gail composed “Psychedelic Dances,” acommission for the Band of the USAF Reserve, and is composing a new work called “A Eupher’s Dream”for eight euphoniums for debut at the 2006 International Women’s Brass Conference. The Tuba andEuphonium Press publishes Gail’s arrangements and she is a Willson/DEG Euphonium Artist.


Jon Sass

Jon Sass was born in 1961 in New York City. At the age of 15 he began to study musicwith Sam Pilafian, who happened to be the neighbor of a co-student in Jon’s schoolorchestra. While attending Harlem’s “Music and Arts High School,” he formed the“Sassafrass Brass Quintet” and played on the streets of New York 2-3 times a week.After touring with a variety of orchestras in Europe, he received his BA in Tuba

Performance from Boston University. Despite the option of a blooming career in Boston and New York, Jonmoved to Vienna, and is now regarded as perhaps the most versatile and innovative tubist in Europe and allover the world. He has traveled all over the world, from Brazil to Japan and from Africa to Russia. Jon’sworldview is that “all things in our universe are divinely connected, and that music has the power to heal,create positive emotions, and bring joy to the world!” Jon Sass is playing on the new GR 41 B&S tuba.“This is the bomb. This horn is definitely belonging to a new generation of tubas. Articulation, intonation,response and the bottom register are fantastic. This is one of the most fun and reliable horns that I’ve playedto date.” Along with the GR41 Jon still loves to play his pt-4197 B&S. He appears courtesy of B&S.

Jim Self

Jim Self is a Los Angeles free-lance musician, a veteran of over 1300 motion picturescores, hundreds of television shows and records, as well as tuba soloist on manyprominent movies. His tuba was the “Voice of the Mothership” in John Williamsscore to Close Encounters of the Third Kind and can also be heard on several otherbox office hit soundtracks. He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pasadena andPacific Symphonies, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera andOpera Pacific orchestras. Jim Self holds degrees from Indiana University ofPennsylvania, Catholic University and a DMA from the University of Southern

California—where he teaches tuba and chamber music. Jim is a past president of ITEA, a former memberof The U.S. Army Band, Washington, D.C. and was on the faculty at the University of Tennessee. Hiscompositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, band, and other brass, woodwindand string chamber music. Jim has produced nine solo jazz and classical recordings. He recently releasedhis CD entitled “InnerPlay” features strings and over forty of LA’s top jazz and studio musicians. Jim Selfis a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Jimme E. Self

Jimmie E. Self holds degrees in music from the University of New Hampshire andthe Community College of the Air Force. His trombone instructors include RonaldBaron, Larry Hoepfinger, and Steven Norsworthy. He studied euphonium with R.Winston Morris, and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1998 in the grade of ChiefMaster Sergeant after a 26-year career as a bandsman. He has performed for fourUnited States presidents and many foreign heads of state in over twenty countries. Hecurrently teaches tuba and euphonium at East Tennessee State University, is a memberof the Veteran Brass Ensemble, Principal Euphonium with the Tennessee Brass and

Principal Trombonist with the Symphony of the Mountains. He freelances as a performer and clinicianthroughout the Southeast.

Raúl I. Rodríguez

Raúl I. Rodríguez is an Associate Professor of Music at Texas State University-SanMarcos. Appointed in 1995, his duties include applied music in the area of tuba andeuphonium, conductor of the Texas State Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble and he is anassistant director of the Bobcat Marching Band. His performance credits are quitediverse ranging from symphony and pop orchestras to brass quintet and jazz. Raúlspends his summers performing with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra inColorado and the Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra in Texas. He is also a member ofthe tuba-euphonium jazz quintet The TubaTzars. When he is not performing or

teaching, Mr. Rodríguez is involved in research as a reviewer of New Materials for the International Tuba-Euphonium Association Journal and has recently begun research on the subject of dystonias. In the summerof 2002 Mr. Rodríguez was appointed principal tuba of the Texas Philharmonic to record the soundtrack forthe musical score Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams.

Robin Ruscio

Robin Ruscio is one of Colorado’s up and coming acoustic and electric bassists. Hehas performed with world-class jazz artists including Ron Miles, Greg Abate, NelsonRangell, The U.S. Air Force Falconaires, as well as numerous pop and original musicacts in the Rocky Mountain region. He holds a bachelor’s degree in jazz performancefrom the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music (where he was highlyawarded) and received additional training at the prestigious Henry Mancini Institutein Los Angeles, where he performed with jazz and film luminaries including HerbieHancock, Diana Krall, Roy Hargrove, and Johnny Mandell. Robin is one of the

primary private bass instructors in the Denver metro area, and has been a guest artist or clinician at TheUniversity of Colorado, Metro State College, and Colorado State University.

Mitsuru Saito

Mitsuru Saito was born in 1977 in Fukushima, Japan and holds degrees in euphoniumperformance from the Kunitachi College of Music and the University of Michigan.He is currently working on his doctorate at the University of North Texas where heserves as a teaching colleague. He has won the “Prestige des Cuivres” Philip JonesInternational Competition, the Leonard Falcone Competition, the Japan Wind andPercussion Competition, the University of Michigan Concerto Competition, and theKunitachi College of Music Concerto Competition. Mitsuru’s instructors haveincluded Dr. Brian Bowman, Fritz Kaenzig, Toru Miura and Ken-ichi Watanabe.

Ashley Sample

Mr. Sample holds a bachelors degree from Tennessee Technological University and Masters degrees inEuphonium Performance and Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He iscurrently the director of bands at South Granville High School in Creedmoor, North Carolina and is amember of Euphoniums Unlimited. As well, Mr. Sample has been a competitor in several previous ITECsolo and ensemble competitions.


Henry Charles Smith

Henry Charles Smith won a 1969 Grammy with the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for“Album of the Year, Classical.” While Associate and Resident Conductor of theMinnesota Orchestra, he conducted over 1000 concerts. As Principal Trombonist withthe Philadelphia Orchestra, he played more than 2000 concerts with Eugene Ormandyand many other of the 20th century’s greatest conductors. As a trombone andeuphonium soloist, as a chamber music player, and as a writer and editor, hisrecordings and editions are internationally known. His guest conducting includes theDetroit, Dallas, Kansas City and National Symphony Orchestras, the St. Paul

Chamber Orchestra, the Indianapolis, San Antonio, Delaware, Oregon, North Carolina and PhoenixSymphonies, the Calgary Philharmonic and Edmonton Symphony in Canada. Mr. Smith was Conductor ofthe Rochester (MN) Symphony from 1967-1968, and has served on the faculties of the Curtis Institute ofMusic, Indiana University, Temple University and the University of Texas. He is Professor Emeritus atArizona State University, was Music Director of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra for twelve yearsand is now Conductor Emeritus. Smith was conductor of the Mendelssohn Club Choir of Philadelphia andthe Bach Society Chorus of Minnesota for six years each. He is a frequent conductor for educationalfestivals, including the Tanglewood Young Artist Orchestra for 2 years, the World Youth SymphonyOrchestra at Interlochen for 16 years.

Jason Roland Smith

Jason Roland Smith is tuba/euphonium professor at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio)and tubist with the OhioBrass. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has presentedperformances at conferences, festivals, and universities internationally. He is alsohighly active as an adjudicator and clinician, and, before arriving at Ohio University,served on the faculties at Wright State University, College of Mount St. Joseph,Northern Kentucky University, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Cannon Music Camp.He holds a BM in Theory and Composition from Appalachian State University, where

he studied tuba with Robert Clark and composition with Scott Meister, and an MM and DMA from theUniversity of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he studied tuba with Tim Northcut. He isEditor for the International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal and has authored articles and served asan editor-reviewer for several publishing companies.

Sotto Voce

Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet has become one of the world’s leadinglow brass ensembles. The ensemble has attained an internationalreputation for serious chamber music and has received reputablestatus at prestigious chamber music competitions such as the NewYork Concert Artist’s Guild and the Fischoff Competition. SottoVoce has two recordings on the Summit Records label:

“Consequences” and “Viva Voce: The Quartets of John Stevens.” They will release a third CD in 2007entitled, “Refractions: Contemporary and Early Music.” Sotto Voce maintains an active internationaltouring schedule throughout North America and Europe. In 2006, they will perform concerts in Germany,Puerto Rico, and Portugal. Sotto Voce artists have widely diverse careers in music. Demondrae Thurman,Patrick Schulz, Nat McIntosh and Mike Forbes.

Marie A. Sierra

Marie Sierra is a professional pianist who performs collaboratively in over fortyconcerts annually and is the staff pianist for the Tucson Girls Chorus. Recently, Mariehas performed and recorded with Artists Michael Becker (trombone) and VivianaCumplido (Flute). She has also recorded extensively with Yamaha Artist andSaxophonist, Michael Hester, on Seasons and An American Patchwork. Marie is indemand as an accompanist throughout the United States and Mexico. She hasperformed at numerous conferences, including the 1997 ITEC in Riva del Garda, Italyand 2002 Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. Marie has served on the faculties

of the Belmont University in Nashville, and the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Ms. Sierraearned her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the University of Miami.

Joseph Skillen

In addition to teaching applied tuba and euphonium, Dr. Skillen coaches chambermusic, and performs with the Norem faculty brass quintet. He is in demand as aclinician, soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. Prior to his engagement at LSU,Skillen was principal tubist in several American orchestras, and has performed withtouring ensembles across the United States, Europe and Russia. He has been a finalistand winner in both American and International solo competitions, including winningfirst prize at the 1997 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba festival. Inaddition to his teaching and performing schedule, Skillen is an Associate Editor of the

ITEA Journal. His articles, reviews, and news columns have appeared in the International TromboneAssociation Journal, the ITEA Journal, the TUBA Journal, and the Hokkaido. Skillen is also an activearranger for solo tuba and the tuba/euphonium ensemble. Dr. Skillen holds degrees in music education andperformance from Tennessee Tech University, The Pennsylvania State University, and Michigan StateUniversity. Prior faculty appointments include: Murray State University, Western Michigan University, andThe University of Michigan-Flint.

Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky

Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky is a freelance jazz pianist/tuba player who has made Arizonahis home since August of 1997. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Sly beganstudying classical piano at the age of eight and tuba at age of fourteen. He receivedhis first real taste of playing jazz & improvising at the Encore/Coda music camp inMaine. He decided to make jazz his focus on both instruments while in college at theUniversity of Delaware, University of Arizona, Tucson, and Arizona State University,Tempe. One of the many highlights of his career occurred at the ITEC 2002 in

Greensboro, North Carolina, where he took first place in the Rich Matteson Jazz Competition. Sly earns hisliving strictly as a jazz pianist of diverse musical styles. Along with his mentor Hank Feldman, he plays inan ethnic jazz duo, releasing “Vida Rica” in 2005. In addition, Sly plays piano with the salsa bandSalsarengue, and traditional jazz band Arizona Road Runners.


Deanna Swoboda

Deanna Swoboda is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Western MichiganUniversity in Kalamazoo, MI. Formerly with the Dallas Brass, Ms. Swoboda hastoured the United States performing concerts and giving master classes. As an AccentMusical Instrument Artist and Clinician Deanna continues a busy touring scheduleperforming solo recitals and promoting Music in the Schools around the country. Shehas served on the faculties at University of Idaho, University of Northern Iowa andUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas. Deanna also serves on the Executive Committee forthe International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA) as Membership Coordinator.

She can be heard on the Summit Record label featuring her CD, “Deanna’s Wonderland” and with Focuson Excellence, a new DVD entitled “Band Blast Off”, designed to aid band recruiting efforts.

Roland Szentpáli

Roland began playing the euphonium at the age of twelve and the tuba one year later.He was a student at the Béla Bartok Academy in Budapest from 1991-1995, studyingwith Joseph Baszinka and Gábor Adamik. Roland continued his studies with LászlòSzabò at the F. Liszt Academy. His successes in solo competitions include first prizesat the Lahti International Brass Competition in Finland (2001), the InternationalPerformer’s Competition in Brno, Czech Republic (2000), and the International TubaCompetition in Cheju, Korea (2000). He was also awarded second prize at theMarkneukirchen International Tuba Competition in 2000, and has also been a prize

winner at TubaMania (Australia, 1999) and Geubwiller International Tuba Competition (France, 1998).Roland is active as a composer, having written many works for tuba, chamber ensemble and orchestra in abroad variety of styles. In February of 1994, he performed his own Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra inBudapest for live television broadcast. His music has been played and recorded by the Hungarian RadioOrchestra and the Orchestra Hungarian Music Academy Bela Bartok. His recent solo CD “I Killed my Lips”includes four of his own compositions. Roland also does freelance tuba work and plays in the NationalRadio and Television Youth Orchestra of Hungary. He appears courtesy of Meinl-Weston.

Markus Theinert

Markus Theinert grew up in a musical family and at the age of 7 studied piano andvoice with Mrs. Preissler (a former student of the famous tenor, Karl Erb).Encouraged by his siblings, he also studied double bass, tuba, trombone, euphoniumand church organ. He studied tuba with John Fletcher of the London SymphonyOrchestra. As a free-lance tuba player, he played in the Berlin Philharmonic, BerlinRadio Symphony and German Opera Orchestra. In 1987, he was elected as principletuba of the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra. In 1990, Mr. Theinert became amember of the orchestra academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. That same

year, he joined the Brandenburg Quintet Berlin while increasing his conducting engagements. His musicalendeavors have taken him to Japan, Mexico, Great Britain, Italy and to the U.S.A. In 1993, the TohoGakuen School of Music in Tokyo offered him a post as visiting professor, a position he filled until 1998.The Japanese Music School then awarded Mr. Markus Theinert an honorary doctorate. His currentactivities include leading the Bavarian Music Association (MON) as Music Director and Professor ofConducting, as well as a post as chief conductor of the “Orchester der Bayerischen Polizei”, a position hehas held since 1997. He is also currently the President of Miraphone Brass Instruments based inWaldkraiburg, Germany.

John Stevens

John Stevens is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has been on the faculty since 1985. He is also a member of theWisconsin Brass Quintet, a UW-Madison faculty ensemble-in-residence, and theacclaimed tuba/euphonium ensemble “Symphonia”. John has had a varied anddistinguished career as a teacher and clinician, solo, chamber, orchestral and jazzperformer, composer/arranger, conductor, and administrator. He is internationallyrenowned as a composer and arranger, especially for brass. Many of his compositions

have been commissioned, recorded and performed by the world’s leading brass soloists and ensembles. Hehas just released a new solo CD on the Summit label (DCD 446) that also features duos for euphonium andtuba performed with his daughter Katie. John Stevens is an ASCAP composer and is sponsored as aperformer/pedagogue by DEG Music Products Inc. and Willson Instruments. Additional informationregarding his career can be found at www.music.wisc.edu.

Bob Stewart

Bob Stewart is a freelance concert artist, educator, and studio musician. He hasreceived his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Philadelphia College ofthe Performing Arts and his Masters in Education at Lehman College GraduateSchool. He teaches privately and has been involved with public education for overtwenty years. He now teaches at the Juilliard School and is a “DistinguishedLecturer” at Lehman College. Bob has toured and recorded with Charles Mingus, GilEvans, Carla Bley, David Murray, Taj Mahal, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, ArthurBlythe, Freddie Hubbard, Don Cherry, Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis, Charlie

Haden and many others in the United States, Europe and the Far East. “The Tuba, as you know, was phasedout of most ensembles around 1923 with the introduction of the “walking” upright bass. Since then it hasonly been in the last 20 years that composers and arrangers have begun hearing the instrument. As a result,there are more instances in which the tuba appears in ensemble work.” Bob Stewart is bridging the gapbetween 1923 and the present by bringing the tuba back into the modern ensemble as the bass in therhythm section and as a horn available for melodic lines and soloing.

Pat Stuckemeyer

Pat Stuckemeyer is a fresh young euphonium soloist who loves to tell his storythrough music. Originally from Evansville, Indiana, he began his formal training withDr. Thomas Zugger and Dr. Paul Droste at the Conservatory of Music at CapitalUniversity, where he earned degrees with honors in both education and performance.He continued his study with Scott Watson at the University of Kansas, earning aMaster of Music in Performance. Pat has recently been accepted to study with StevenMead at the RNCM beginning in the fall of 2006. He has also studied with PatrickSheridan and Samuel Pilafian. Pat is a founding member of the Forzato Tuba Quartet

and performs regularly with the Fountain City Brass Band. He has performed with Euphoniums Unlimitedand Symphonia. His musical travels have taken him all over the U.S., France, Switzerland, Holland, andChina. An avid arranger, Pat has numerous arrangements that have been met with acclaim on both a localand national level. A champion of new music, Pat commissions new works whenever possible, trying tocomplement our repertoire with new and inventive pieces. His first solo release, Just For Fun, was releasedin 2005 with Ellen Bottorff to critical acclaim. More information can be found at www.patstuckemeyer.com.


Aaron Tindall

Aaron Tindall graduated from Penn State University with a B.M. in Euphonium andTuba Performance where his principal teacher was Velvet Brown. He has also studiedwith Roger Bobo, Steven Mead, and Dr. Benjamin Pierce. In September he willattend the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England where he willcomplete a Master’s degree under the tutelage of Steven Mead. Mr. Tindall has been aprizewinner, and competed in various solo competitions throughout the world.Competition successes include: Winner of the 2005 MTNA National Collegiate SoloBrass Artist Competition(Seattle, WA), Winner of the Penn State 2004-2005 Concerto

Competition, Finalist in the Jefferson Symphony Young Artist Competition (Jan.2006 Denver, CO), Finaliston both Tuba and Euphonium in the 2005 William Byrd International Solo Competition, 2005 Brno (CzechRepublic) International Performer’s Competition (Tuba) Semi-Finalist, 2004 Lieksa InternationalEuphonium Solo Competition Semi-Finalist, and 2004 ITEC Artist Euphonium Semi-Finalist. Mr. Tindallhas been a soloist and guest artist with brass bands and concert bands throughout the United States.

Abe Torchinsky

Abe Torchinsky, a native of Philadelphia began playing tuba in a Boy Scout band. In1935 he began taking lessons with a young student at the Curtis Institute named ArnoldJacobs. He enrolled at Curtis in 1940 and studied with Philip Donatelli. Mr. Torchinskyplayed in the Southern Symphony Orchestra and with the National SymphonyOrchestra for one season (1942-1943). He then moved to New York City forconcentrated study with William J. Bell. He performed in the original cast productionsof Billy Rose’s Seven Lively Arts, and Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel and Allegro,and was in the cast of the movie Carnegie Hall. He performed with the Cities Service

Band of America under Paul LaSalle, and the NBC Symphony with Arturo Toscanini (1946-1949).Torchinsky joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1949, and served as principal tuba until 1972. After retiringfrom the Philadelphia Orchestra, Torchinsky became a member of the faculty of the University of Michigan(1972-1989). A Philadelphia Brass Ensemble recording, The Glorious Sound of Brass earned a Grammy in1967. The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble’s recording of the Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli with the Chicago andCleveland Brass Ensembles won a Grammy in 1969. The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble as soloists were alsonominated in 1976 for a two album set of Hindemith’s sonatas for brass instruments with pianist Glenn Gould.A less-familiar, early recording called Catch the Brass Ring by the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble,masquerading as the “Torchy Jones Quintet” had the distinction of being pulled from distribution byColumbia after Eugene Ormandy objected to orchestra members making a “jazz” recording. His publicationsof orchestral excerpts were an innovation over previously available excerpt books. In 2004, Mr. Torchinskywas given the International Tuba-Euphonium Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Trio Akimbo

Trio Akimbo, an ensemble inspired by the music of Benin explores the color combinations of the Easternand Western Guitar, through the virtuosity of Jerome Harris and Abdou Mboup. “The music of Benin likeNew Orleans has a strong Brass tradition where the Tuba is the Brass Bass in the ensemble.” Compositionalong with group vocals makes the Trio Akimbo a very personal experience.

GySgt Mark R. Thiele

Tubist Gunnery Sergeant Mark R. Thiele of Vienna, Va., joined “The President’s Own” United StatesMarine Band in June 1998. He graduated in 1991 from James Madison High School in Vienna andreceived a bachelor’s degree in music education from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., in1995. In 2001, he received a master’s in music performance from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.His tuba instructors include David Bragunier of the National Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Stees of JamesMadison University, and Robert LeBlanc and Fritz Kaenzig of the University of Michigan. Prior to joining“The President’s Own,” GySgt Thiele performed for two years at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., in atuba quartet named “The Tubafours.” In 1995, he won the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference SoloCompetition.

Kelly Thomas

Kelly Thomas was appointed tuba/euphonium instructor and director of pep bands atthe University of Arizona in 2001. A native of Flagstaff , Arizona, he began his studieswith R. Winston Morris at Tennessee Technological University. There he earned aBachelor of Music degree in music education. He also holds a Master of Music degreein music education from Arizona State University where he studied with Sam Pilafian.He is currently completing a Doctor of Musical arts degree at Arizona State University.Thomas participated in the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble, under the direction of R.Winston Morris. He has also performed at the International Tuba Euphonium

Association (ITEA) Conferences in Las Vegas, Arkansas, Tucson, and Regina. In 2003, he hosted the ITEARegional Conference in Tucson on the campus of the University of Arizona. In 2005, Kelly conducted theUniversity of Arizona Brass Choir and performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference inBangkok. He is a founding member and tubist for the Original Wildcat Jass Band, an ensemble heardthroughout Tucson as well as in New Mexico and Colorado. They released their debut recording entitled“Introducing…The Original Wildcat Jass Band” in 2004.

Demondrae Thurman

A native of Alabama, Demondrae studied euphonium, trombone and conducting at theUniversity of Alabama and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His primaryteachers have been Daniel Drill, J. Michael Dunn, James Jenkins, and John Stevens.His solo recording entitled Soliloquies was released on the Summit Records label in2005. In 2004, he performed the solo euphonium part in Richard Strauss’s DonQuixote and Gustav Holst’s The Planets with the Atlanta and Honolulu SymphonyOrchestras respectively. In 2003, he was a finalist for the Philip Jones InternationalSolo Competition held in Alsace, France. Demondrae has premiered numerous works

for solo euphonium including Soliloquies by John Stevens and Fantasy for Euphonium and Orchestra byDoug Bristol. He is a founding member of Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet. Demondrae plays first baritone hornwith the Brass Band of Battle Creek and is a member of the trombone quartet Quatuor du Sud. Equally indemand as a trombonist, Demondrae has performed with the Alabama Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony,Tuscaloosa Symphony, Hot Springs Festival Orchestra, and as a member of the Tuscaloosa Horns withsuch Motown recording artists as The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Supremes. Thurman isAssistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at The University of Alabama. Demondrae Thurman is aBesson performing artist and plays Besson euphoniums and baritone horns and the Demondrae modelmouthpiece designed by Warburton exclusively.


Kevin Wass

Kevin Wass, Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Texas Tech University,holds a DMA from the University of Michigan, a Bachelor of Science in MusicEducation from Dana College in Blair, NE, and a Master of Music degree andPerformer’s Certificate from Indiana University. He has performed with a wide rangeof ensembles, including the Disneyland All-American College Band, the MusicAcademy of the West Festival Orchestra, the Honolulu, Omaha and LincolnSymphony Orchestras, and various brass chamber groups. Dr. Wass also has excelledin international tuba competitions, winning the Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral

Audition at the ITEC in Canada, and advancing to the semifinal round of the Brno International Performer’sCompetition (Czech Republic), the ITEC Solo Competition in Canada, and the Leonard FalconeInternational Tuba and Euphonium Competition. His teaching experience is varied, with experience as aband and orchestra director at the elementary and high school levels in addition to private studio andclassroom teaching at the college level. In addition to his duties at Tech, Dr. Wass serves on the faculty of theLas Vegas Music Festival and is serving as interim Principal Tuba of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. Hisprincipal teachers include Fritz Kaenzig, Daniel Perantoni, Harvey Phillips, and Craig Fuller.

Scott Watson

Scott Watson is now in his 27th year as Professor of Tuba-Euphonium at theUniversity of Kansas and Tubist with the Kansas Brass Quintet and his solo Effortscan be heard on the quintet’s CD titled “Rare Breeds & Dog-eared Classics.” From1999-2001 Watson served as President of the International Tuba-EuphoniumAssociation and served as its President from 1999-2001. He also has been elected asan association secretary, serving two terms. Scott is an acclaimed soloist, clinician,chamber musician, and master teacher, having concertized all over the world. Suchcomposers as Walter Hartley, James Barnes, Elliot Schwartz, Igor Rekhin, Charles

Hoag, and others have all composed works for his talents. As a teacher he has students in major positions inmost of our nation’s premiere military bands as well major college-universities and strong public schoolprograms across the country. Along with Winston Morris, he is founder and co-artistic director of one ofmusic’s most unusual ensembles – the acclaimed Tuba-Euphonium Chamber Orchestra Symphonia, whichhas released three CD recordings on Mark Records. Scott also performs with the St. Paul ChamberOrchestra, The Infinity Brass Quintet of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Festival, The Fountain CityBrass Band of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Brassworks.

Jun Yamaoka

Born in 1965, Jun Yamaoka began playing euphonium at the age of 11. Since hisfather was an orchestra conductor, Jun grew up hearing mostly classical music andplayed only in school wind ensembles. During his high-school years, recordings ofClifford Brown got him into jazz. About the same time, he began listening to themusic of Rich Matteson, discovering that euphoniums could be used in jazz as well.While studying euphonium under Mr. Toru Miura at Kunitachi College of Music inTokyo, he began playing in a big band. After graduating from college, he came to theUS to study jazz under Rich Matteson at the University of North Florida. While in

Florida, he won the ITEC 1990 jazz competition in Sapporo. He earned his Master’s Degree in Jazz at theUniversity of North Texas where he studied euphonium under Mr. Don Little. Mr. Little suggested that Juntake a lesson from Mr. Arnold Jacobs before returning to Japan and so he did. He appreciates very muchthat Don told him to do so. Jun teaches euphonium and improvisation at Tokyo Music & Media Arts Shobi,is a member of Front Page Orchestra, a Japanese10-piece jazz big combo, and The TUBA bandeuphonium- tuba quartet. He is sponsored by Buffet Crampon Limited.

Matt Tropman

Matt Tropman, former solo euphonium with the United States Marine Band(President’s Own) in Washington, DC, now resides in Battle Creek, Michigan wherehe serves as Executive Director of the Brass Band of Battle Creek, adjunctprofessor in low brass at Eastern Michigan University, and Brass Chamber MusicCoordinator at the University of Michigan. With the Marine Band, Matt performedat The White House, and as a soloist throughout the U.S. He has released two CD’son summit records Continuum and From the Balcony, which have been featured onNPR’s “All Things Considered” and CBC Radio’s “Disc Drive” and “Music and

Company.” He has been featured in solo performances at Cleveland’s Severance Hall, Baltimore’sMyerhoff Symphony Hall, and Music Hall in Cincinnati. Matt performs regularly with the DetroitSymphony on concerts requiring euphonium, and recently he was named a semifinalist in the ConcertArtists Guild International Competition in New York. He is an active clinician and recitalist, havingperformed and taught throughout the U.S., as well as in Spain, Finland, Germany, Great Britain andCanada. He has given masterclasses and served as guest faculty at numerous institutions including TheEastman School and the Peabody Conservatory.

TubaKvartetten

Formed in the fall of 2000 by Morten Bøe, ”TubaKvartetten”hails from the Vestby Cultural School in Norway. The quartetperforms regularly in the Oslo area, and has won several regionalensemble competitions. Their repertoire includes works from awide variety of styles, from classical to folk, jazz andcontemporary. In 2002 they were selected to perform in the“Kudramuda” show in the Oslo Concert Hall. That same year,

TubaKvartetten completed a performing residency at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, where theytoured several schools and were featured in the “Tubonium” festival in Minneapolis. In 2003 they claimed4th prize and in 2004 2nd prize in the National Ensemble Competition. At ITEC 2004 in Budapest, theypresented a “Young Talent’s Corner” concert. The members of the quartet are Kristoffer Lo, Pål GustavEriksen, Line Eriksen, Hanne Pretorius Fjeld.

Lauren Veronie

Lauren Veronie achieved early success as a two year Texas All-Stater and performedregularly with the celebrated Houston Symphonic Band. She was named runner up inthe 2002 United States Air Force Band Colonel George S. Howard Young ArtistCompetition, and was a 2002 Leonard Falcone Student Euphonium Competition Semi-finalist. Upon completing high school, Lauren began coursework at the University ofNorth Texas, under the tutelage of Dr. Brian Bowman. Lauren has performed with avariety of talented ensembles including the UNT Wind Symphony, UNT Symphonicband, UNT Concert Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, UNT Tuba Euphonium Ensemble

and the High Tension Euphonium Quartet. She has also played trombone with the UNT Seven, Eight, andNine O’clock Lab Bands. In 2004 Lauren was named the winner of the first ever Potomac InternationalEuphonium Competition in the Virtuoso division, and subsequently performed as a soloist with the UnitedStates Navy Band, one of her most memorable experiences to date. Lauren received her Bachelor of Musicin euphonium performance in 2005. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Music degree at the Universityof North Texas. Lauren shares her passion for music through teaching. Lauren would like to thank all of herpast and present teachers, including John Ware, Bob Daniel, and Dr. Brian Bowman.


Louis Young

Louis Young joined the faculty of The University of Central Arkansas in 2001 asAssistant Professor of Tuba and Assistant Director of Bands. He teaches applied tuba,coaches brass chamber ensembles, performs with Pinnacle Brass, assists withinstruction of the “Marching Bear Band” and conducts the UCA Symphonic Band.Mr. Young received the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of MusicPerformance degrees at The University of Georgia, where he studied with DavidRandolph, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in tuba from The University ofMichigan, where he studied with Fritz Kaenzig. Professional performances include

engagements with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Symphony Orchestra, Toledo SymphonyOrchestra, Ypsilanti Symphony, Solid Brass of Little Rock, and New South Brass Quintet. Louis has beenon faculty with Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp since summer 2003. An active recitalist and clinician, Mr.Young has had engagements with Solid Brass of Little Rock, and as recitalist at the 2003 Great PlainsRegional Tuba and Euphonium Conference and the 2003 Texas Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference.Professional memberships include ITEA in which he serves as Competitions Coordinator, MENC, and theArkansas School Band and Orchestra Association.

David Zerkel

David Zerkel is Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University ofGeorgia, leading an active career as both a performer and educator. Before his arrivalat UGA, he taught in a similar position at Illinois State University. His students havedistinguished themselves by winning International and National competitions andattaining positions with professional performing organizations. David has performedas a featured soloist at many workshops and symposia, including the Leonard FalconeFestival, the 2000 and 2002 International Tuba Euphonium Conferences, and theUnited States Army Band Conference. In addition, he has performed as a solo

recitalist at many of the leading colleges and conservatories in the United States. His solo CD, AmericanMusic for Tuba: Something Old, Something New, has been chosen as a finalist for the 2006 Roger BoboAward for Excellence in Recording. David has performed with many orchestras, to include the PhiladelphiaOrchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony, and the Baltimore Symphony. He isa member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek and is a frequent performer with the New Sousa Band. Hebegan his performing career as a member of the United States Army Band and the United States ArmyField Band, both located in Washington, DC.

Barbara York

Barbara York has been working both in Canada and the U.S. for over 35 years as a concert accompanist,choral and theatrical music director, and composer. Her score and lyrics for the musical Colette won a DoraMavor Moore Award in 1981. She has received commissions from two Canadian symphony orchestras, theBoise State University Symphonic Winds and Symphony Orchestra, plus numerous private groups andsoloists in both the US and Canada. She has presented pieces at three World Saxophone Congresses and atthe 2003 International Double Reed Symposium. Her 50-minute scripted children’s piece, A Butterfly inTime, was recently recorded and was nominated for a Juno Award. Her first tuba piece, “Sea Dreams,” wason the required repertoire list for ITEA’s 2004 Young Artists Competition. As an accompanist, Barbara hasperformed at universities and concert venues throughout the United States and Canada, has recorded forCBC Radio, and has premiered numerous works for other composers at International congresses. Barbaralives in Kansas City, MO. Her works are published by T. E. Music.

Barbara Young

Pianist Barbara Young’s American credits include seven world premieres of chamberworks, recitals with members of leading American orchestras including the LosAngeles Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony, and solo and accompanyingperformances at the Interlochen Arts Camp, where she has been a member of both thefaculty and the accompanying staff. European performances include recitals andconferences in France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Finland. Dr. Young hasaccompanied faculty members from prestigious universities and conservatoriesincluding Indiana University and London’s Royal Academy of Music. She currently

teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and operates the Piano Plus Piano Studio.

Jerry Young

Dr. Jerry A. Young is a member of the ITEA Board of Directors, a former editor ofthe TUBA/ITEA Journal, and continues to serve as an Editorial Advisor for the ITEAJournal. He is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium and Coordinator of the Wind andPercussion Area at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, where he has been afaculty member since 1983. From 1983-1993, Dr. Young served on the faculty of theInterlochen Arts Camp, where he founded the Interlochen Tubafest. He is a long-timemember of the Board of Trustees for the Leonard Falcone International Euphoniumand Tuba Festival. Dr. Young was an assistant editor of the first edition of The Tuba

Source Book (Indiana University Press, 1996) and has published an edition of the complete Arban Methodfor Tuba (Encore Music). He is principal tubist with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra and has performedthroughout Wisconsin with the UW-Eau Claire Faculty Dixieland Band. He is also a member of“Symphonia.” Dr. Young has appeared across the U.S., Europe, and in Japan as a soloist, chambermusician, clinician, lecturer, and adjudicator. He was selected as the 1999 Distinguished Alumnus of theUniversity of Arkansas Department of Music and is a Fellow of the Fulbright Academy of the University ofArkansas. Dr. Young’s appearance at ITEC is sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire Department of Music andTheatre Arts and the UW-Eau Claire Office for Research and Sponsored Programs.

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