ITEC 2001 Artists

William Hess, one of the euphonium world's brightest young musicians, is currently studying music at the University of Southern Mississippi. While at USM, Hess has had the opportunity to study euphonium with Thomas Stein, Dr. Ed Owen, and currently is under he tutelage of Dr. Richard Perry.

Although William is just completing his third year of college, he has procured a quite impressive list of accomplishments as a competitor. As a freshman, he was a prizewinner in the USM Bands Concerto Competition, soloist with the USM Concert Band, winner of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association Freshman and Sophomore Solo Competition and Winner of the MMTA Concerto Competition. As a sophomore, he was again a winner of the USM Bands Concerto Competition, First Place Winner of the USM Orchestra Concerto Competition, Winner of the 2000 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference Tuba Quartet Competition, and Winner of the 2000 I.T.E.C. Artist Euphonium Competition. Most recently, William was named winner of the 2001 Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Brass Competition.

Hess is very active as a soloist and clinician. He just recently finished a tour that took him down the east coast of the United States, where he received a great deal of praise for his dazzling technique and highly sensitive playing. In addition to an active euphonium career, William is also a highly skilled trombonist and is greatly sought after as an orchestral and jazz musician. Whenever on break from college, you are sure to find William engaged in one of his true loves, that of chamber music. Hess is a member of the Twisted Steel Euphonium and Tuba Quartet, a promising young chamber ensemble that like William has a very bright future.