JUNCTION
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JUNCTION is a professional tuba/euphonium quartet formed to build a
broader repertoire
through the performance of new original works and arrangements for
tuba/euphonium
quartet. JUNCTION'S members include Sharon Huff and Angie Hunter on
euphonium and Stacy Baker
and Velvet Brown on tuba. JUNCTION will be appearing at the
International Tuba/Euphonium Conference
(ITEC) in Lahti, Finland in August 2001.
Dr. Stacy Baker is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Morehead
State University, Kentucky. She holds both her MM and BM degrees
from the University of Michigan where she graduated summa cum laude as a
James B. Angell Scholar. She earned her DMA in Performance and
Literature with highest honors at the University of Illinois. She has
performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Warren Symphony, the
Allen Park Symphony, the Illinois Symphony, the Champaign/Urbana
Symphony, and the Danville Symphony. She is a tubist with Monarch
Brass and with the tuba/euphonium quartet JUNCTION. She appeared as a
featured soloist at the 2000 US Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Conference,
the 1999 Southeast Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conference (SERTEC),
the 1998 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference (ITEC), and the
1997 Second International Womenâ€TMs Brass Conference (IWBC).
She was honored in 1995 as a finalist for the Krannert Debut Award at
the University of Illinois for her achievements as a solo performer.
Her teachers include Jeff Funderburk, Wes Jacobs, Fritz Kaenzig, and
Mark Moore.
Angie Hunter, originally from Greenwich, Ohio, studied the euphonium at
Bowling Green State University (BM, 1983) and at the University of
Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign (MM, 1986), as well as trombone at the Conservatory
of
Music in Trossingen, Germany (Artist's Certificate, 1999). She was the
winner of the first Leonard Falcone International Euphonium/Baritone
Horn
Competition, held in 1986.
Miss Hunter appeared as a soloist at the International Tuba-Euphonium
Conferences in Chicago (1995) and in Riva del Garda, Italy (1997), as well
as
at
the
International Women's Brass Conferences in St. Louis (1997) and in
Cincinnati (2000). Since that time she has given recitals and workshops
at
several universities in the USA and completed a euphonium CD, "Collage,"
which has received critical acclaim. Her teachers include Kenley
Inglefield, Fritz Kaenzig, Brian Bowman and Abbie Conant. Since 1989
Miss
Hunter has been on the music faculty of the German Bible Institute in
Koenigsfeld, Black Forest, Germany.
Velvet Brown has served as professor of tuba and euphonium at Bowling Green State University since 1995. In addition to her teaching schedule, she enjoys a professional career as an international solo and chamber ensemble performer, recording artist, conductor and orchestral player. As guest soloist with ensembles, recitalist, instructor, adjudicator and conductor, Brown has made appearances throughout Europe, Japan and the United States. She has been featured at the 1999 Swiss Brass Week, the Italian Wind Festival in Rimini, the 2000 and 1999 Mid-Europe Conferences, as well as a frequent featured soloist at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conferences, among others. Ms. Brown has served as principal tubist with the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra from 1989-1999, and as substitute or additional tubist with the Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. She has also garnered high praise as a founding and current member of the Monarch Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble as well as one half of the "Garda Duo" with Italian pianist Roberto Arosio. Prior to joining the faculty at Bowling Green State University, she taught at Ball State University (Indiana), and served as an associate director of University Bands at Boston University. Currently, Ms. Brown is a member of the Board of Directors and is Program Editor for the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association (TUBA), with prior service as a board member and vice-president of the International Women's Brass Conference. She was graduated from Boston University and West Virginia University and also attended Indiana University for doctoral studies. Ms. Brown is also noted for receiving the 1999-2000 William Fulbright Fellowship Vinciguerra Award. She has released a solo CD ("Velvet") on the Crystal Records label (CD 692) and can also be heard on the Nicolai Music Label performing music by the award winning composer Neal Corwell and on the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra's "Summer Lightning" CD recording.
Sharon Huff earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree summa cum laude from Illinois State University, and the Master of Music (MM) and Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Illinois. She is currently a faculty member at Illinois State University, where she teaches Applied Tuba, Applied Euphonium, Brass Pedagogy, Brass Methods, and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Dr. Huff is also a member of the ISU Faculty Brass Quintet. Before coming to ISU, Dr. Huff spent 10 years as Assistant Professor of Music at St. Norbert College, a private Liberal Arts college near Green Bay, Wisconsin. In addition to the courses for which she is currently responsible, she has also taught Music Literature, Instrumental Methods in the Schools, Choral and Instrumental Conducting, Percussion Methods, Sightsinging/Ear Training, Applied Trombone, Concert Band, Pep Band, and Brass Choir. In addition, Dr. Huff taught Introduction to Humanities, and designed and taught a multi-disciplinary course, The Impressionistic Period, which integrated elements of European and American painting, music, and poetry.
Dr. Huff continues to serve for her seventh year as the Conferences Coordinator for TUBA, and, in that capacity, she has helped plan the International Tuba/Euphonium Conferences (ITECs) in Evanston, IL; Riva del Garda, Italy; Minneapolis, MN; and Regina, Canada. She is currently assisting with the 2001 and 2002 conferences, which will be held in Lahti, Finland, and Greensboro, NC, respectively. She has been involved with the International Women's Brass Conference as an advertising coordinator, and, most recently, as Executive Director.
In demand as a clinician, conductor, adjudicator, lecturer, and soloist, Dr. Huff has performed and conducted across the Midwestern and Eastern US as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, and Austria. She has served as a competition adjudicator for ITECs in 1992, 1995, 1998, and 2000, and she performed on the 1998 ITEC in Minneapolis. Her brass instructors include Ed Livingston, Fritz Kaenzig, Mark Moore, and Robert Gray. Dr. Huff is a Willson Artist.
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