ITEC 2001 Artists

Dennis W. AsKew currently serves as  Professor of Tuba and Euphonium and Music Education at UNC-Greensboro; prior to this he was Director of Bands at Cass High School in Cartersville, GA and Assistant Director of Bands at Bucknell University.   He has served as Assistant Dean and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the UNCG School of Music.  Additionally, he serves as Competitions Coordinator and Journal Archivist for TUBA as well as Associate Editor -for Colleges and Universities of the TUBA Journal,  and will serve as co-host if the 2002 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference. 

Dr. AsKew received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Tuba Performance from the University of Michigan, having received Bachelor and Master's degrees from the University of Georgia and Penn State University, respectively.  

He has been a staff member with many high school and college band programs in the south, northeast, and midwest. The bands he has worked with have received consistently high ratings and won numerous titles, including Bands of America Grand National Champion.  Since 1999, Dr. AsKew has been an Artist-Clinician with UMI, and performs on the Conn 52J tuba.  He has been active as a performer, having given solo recitals throughout the east and southeastern United States,  Canada, Italy, Australia and the Netherlands, as well as numerous concerts as a member of the Market Street Brass Quintet. He has given masterclasses for conservatory students in The Netherlands, and was a featured performer as a part of the Dutch National Tuba/Euphonium Conference. 

Dr. AsKew has maintained an active participation in public school education by presenting workshops and masterclasses in many of the area high schools and middle schools, as well as leading masterclasses for state and regional music conferences. His UNCG TubaBand has performed at many conferences, including the 1995 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference, held at Northwestern University in June 1995 and the 1997 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference "Verso il Millennio" in Riva Del Garda, Italy in July 1997.  Additionally, they were featured performers at the 1999 TubaMania Conference in Sydney, Australia and the 2000 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Regina, Canada where Dr. AsKew was featured as a soloist as well as a member of the 5th Bass jazz-funk group.  

Dr. AsKew's first CD, Carolina Morning, with tubist Kelly O'Bryant, was recorded in the summer of 1998.  His second CD is scheduled to be released in summer of 2001. Tentatively titled "a/skew/d", it will contain at least 5 premiere recordings of new works and transcriptions.