Artist-in-ResidenceJIM SELF

February 19-23, 2018

JIM SELF is a Los Angeles-based freelance musician. Since l974 he has worked for all of the major Hollywood studios performing for nearly 1,600 motion pictures and hundreds of television shows and records. His solos in major films include John Williams’ scores to Jurassic Park, Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Hook, and most notably Self was the “Voice of the Mothership” from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Other solos can be heard in James Horner’s Casper and Batteries Not Included, Marc Shaiman’s Sleepless in Seattle, and in Jerry Goldsmith’s score to Dennis the Menace. Later films include Wall-E, Troy, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Legend of Zorro, War

of the Worlds, King Kong, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Princess and the Frog, Valentine’s Day, Avatar, Tintin, Toy Story 3, and recently Bridges of Spies, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, and Finding Dory.

Josh Grobin, Cassandra Wilson, Claus Ogerman, Mel Torme, Leon Redbone, Weird Al Yankovich, Maynard Ferguson, Randy Newman, Bette Midler, Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Don Ellis, the LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, Pasadena and Pacific symphonies, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra are among the many artists and groups with whom Jim has recorded. Self was the string bass and tuba player with Jon Hendricks in his long running Los Angeles production of Evolution of the Blues. He holds principal tuba positions with the Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He is principal tuba/cimbasso in the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra where he recently did a two-year run of the Wagner Ring Cycle and won a Grammy for Kurt Weill’s Mahagonney.

Self produced his first album, Children at Play in 1983, which features jazz tuba and harmonica, and received worldwide acclaim. It was chosen by High Fidelity magazine as one of the top ten jazz albums of that year. He has recorded a number of jazz CDs as well as two classical albums and a Christmas CD. Self has collaborated with artists such as Gary Foster, Warren Luening, Pere Christlieb, Bill Scarlett, Dan Figgins, and Ron Kalina, among others. His album InnerPlay, was chosen by Jazz Times magazine as one of the top 50 jazz albums of 2006 and that same year Self was nominated for the prestigious Downbeat Critics Poll. In 2016, he released his YO! album, featuring a 9-piece Latin Jazz band and the music of Francisco Torres. His most recent project is Floating in Winter, a jazz duo CD with LA guitarist, John Chiodini. All of Self’s recordings and compositions are available at jimself.com.

Jim Self is a past president of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA), a former faculty member of the University of Tennessee, principal tuba in the Knoxville Symphony, and is a former member of The United States Army Band, Washington, DC. His primary tuba teachers were William Becker, Harvey Phillips, and Tommy Johnson. Self holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Catholic University. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from

the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he is an adjunct professor of tuba and chamber music. At USC he organized the USC Bass Tuba Quartet that won 1st prize for chamber ensembles at the 2014 International Tuba Euphonium Conference at Indiana University. For many summers Jim taught students at the Music Academy of the West, the Henry Mancini Institute, and the Hamamatsu Wind Festival and Academy in Japan. In 2014 he was an adjudicator at the prestigious Jeju Festival Brass Competition in Korea.

Self is a published composer and arranger with about 60 titles. He has written brass, string, and woodwind chamber music, works for band, orchestra, solo tuba, and trombone. The Pacific Symphony commissioned him to write a feature work for the orchestra called Tour de Force: Episodes for Orchestra. The 13-minute piece was premiered in April 2008 at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Hall in Orange County to great acclaim. He has since scored Tour de Force for Wind Ensemble. A Brass Band version was premiered on 6 concerts by the River City Brass Band in 2013 with James Gourlay conducting. Portuguese tuba virtuoso, Sergio Carolino, is a champion of Self’s music and has commissioned, performed, and recorded several of Jim’s works.

Jim and Jamie Self have endowed tuba scholarships at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The University of Tennessee, and the University of South Carolina. Recently they have endowed five scholarships for the Legacy Brass Quintet at IUP and five scholarships for the Volunteer Brass Quintet at the University of Tennessee. In 2012, they endowed a Creative Tuba Award through ITEA and offered the seed money for ITEA to establish a general endowment. Jim is active commissioning new works, especially for the USC Bass Tuba Quartet.

Besides his work as a tubist, Self maintains an active doubling career performing on bass trombone, cimbasso, contra-bass trombone, and occasionally string and electric basses and the Steiner EVI (electronic valve instrument). His latest instrument is the FLUBA—an original design (picture a tuba-sized flugel horn). It is very unique and is a great solo instrument. Self is the author of the chapter “Doubling for Tubists” in The Tuba Source Book. His hobby is flying his 1973 Piper Arrow for fun, and sometimes to gigs.

As a solo artist, Self performs regularly worldwide. His concerts and clinics present an interesting blend of classical and jazz music, and represent a wide spectrum of his many experiences as a performer, composer, and teacher. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Polka.com (1999) Jim Self

Sonatina (1968) Halsey Stevens

I. Moderato con moto II. Andante affettuoso III. Allegro

Alexander Lapins, tuba and Eileen Downey, piano

Piece en form de Habanera (1907) Maurice Ravel

Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (2011) Bill Cunliffe

I. Allegro II. Andante

Tongue in Cheek (2014) Jim Self

Ronald Davis, tuba and Eileen Downey, piano

Time Cycles (1998) Jerry Grant

Dozeandeeze (2006) Jim Self World premiere for tuba

Zach Collins, tuba and Eileen Downey, piano

Denizens (2013) Steven James Williams

I. Dramatic II. Lyric III. Driving

Tubas: Zach Collins, Ronald Davis, and Alexander Lapins

TUBA SOLOS - WORKS BY OR INSPIRED BY JIM SELF Faculty and guest artist recital with Zach Collins-tuba, Ronald Davis-tuba, Alexander Lapins-tuba, and Eileen Downey-piano Monday, February 19 at 8 p.m. Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

Finlandia (1899/1900) Jean Sibelius, arr. Jim Self

Shindig (2016) Jim Self

Sousa, Phone Home! (2002) Jim Self

University of Tennessee Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble

Euphonium: Daisey Kludt, Max Dunlap, Christian McNeal, Christian Penna, and Micah Roberts

Tuba: Jonathan Bradshaw, Ben Brymer, Paul Foster, Jacob Fowler, Lane Graves, Austin Smith, Brandon Smith, and Tanner West

Directed by Alexander Lapins

Vignettes (2014) Jim Self

Candace Rhodes-Mull, oboe Kellie T. Henry, flute

Holly Tumblin, clarinet Matt Howard, horn

Ryan Ramsey, bassoon

Directed by Shelley Binder

Three 4 Five (1996) Jim Self

I. Capriccio II. Cantilena III. Caccia

The Volunteer Brass Quintet

Skye van Duuren and David Marvel, trumpet Wade Jones, horn

Cole Bartels, trombone Brandon Smith, tuba

Directed by Alex van Duuren

CHAMBER MUSIC BY JIM SELF with UT student ensemblesTuesday, February 20 at 8 p.m. Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

Tail Spins (2015) Jim Self

eessenneT Quartet

Sid Warren, soprano saxophone Alfredo Maruri, alto saxophone John Flores, tenor saxophone

Bri Terry, bari saxophone

Directed by Brian Horner and Allison Adams

Contra-Dictions (1998) Jim Self

I. Oom Pas de Deux II. Vis a Vis III. Au Contraire

featuring Brandon Smith and Jonathan Bradshaw, tubas

Flying Circus Jim Self

I. Barnstorming II. Castles in the Sky III. Wingding

University of Tennessee Brass Choir

Trumpet: Elise Armstrong, Skye van Duuren, David Marvel, and Elliot Rose Horn: Andrew Duggins, Bailye Hendley, Wade Jones, and Zanae Locke

Trombone: Blayne Cowan, Andrew Crowell, Brent Davis, and Peyton Shown Tuba: Jonathan Bradshaw and Brandon Smith

Percussion: Eli Henry, Andy Holmes, and Vicki Nguyen

Directed by Alexander Lapins

CHAMBER MUSIC BY JIM SELF with UT student ensemblesTuesday, February 20 at 8 p.m. Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

Program will include Jim Self's Tour de Force

Program to be announced from the stage

SYMPHONIC BAND, CONCERT BAND, AND WIND ENSEMBLEThursday, February 22 at 8 p.m. James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building

JAZZ FACULTY AND GUEST ARTIST RECITAL with Jim Self-tuba, Mark Boling-guitar, Donald Brown-piano, Keith Brown-drum set, Jon Hamar-bass, and Alan Wyatt-tenor saxophoneFriday, February 23 at 6 p.m. Performance Hall 32, Alumni Memorial Building

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