ITEC 2001 Artists

The World Honours Euphonium-Tuba Ensemble WHETE

CONDUCTOR
Mary Ann Craig USA

EUPHONIUM
Tommy Johnson USA
Mizuho Kojima Japan
Ryan Moore USA
David Thornton England
Helen Tyler England
Miranda vanderBerkt The Netherlands

TUBA
Andy Critz USA
Hidehiro Fujita Japan
A. J. Gatewood USA
Neil Konouchi Japan
Johanna Schmidtke USA

János Mazura, a free-lance classical and jazz tuba player was born in 1970 Budapest. By the time He got his diploma at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 1995 He'd already spent two years in Turkey as the Principal Tubist of the Istanbul State Opera. Since that as a free-lance musician he's been playing with the major symphonic orchestras in Budapest, (E.g.: Hungarian Radio Symphony, Hungarian Opera. etc.).

From 1995 (besides the classical orchestral and solo performances) he has more and more "jazz gigs" as well. He plays with an "acoustic blues" band called: "Dr. Valter and the Lawbreakers", and I often appears as jazz soloist in several jazz formations. In 1997 he won second prize in the "Street Music" category at the "Verso il Millenio" international tuba and euphonium conference, in Riva del Garda, Italy. He was also second at the "Rick Mattheson Tuba Jazz Competition" in Regina, Canada in 2000.

He was the first tuba player in Hungary who ever played a solo jazz concert in the Hungarian Radio in 2001.

In 1998 he's got a diploma at the "Hungarian Film Academy", and works as a sound engineer as well in in different film and music projects.

He plays on several classical and jazz recordings, his first solo jazz CD was also released in 1999.

The appearance of Mr. Levi
was made possible by the support of :

Mr. Valentin Galusin, born 1942, is former Principal Tubist with Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg Shostakovich Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Mr. Temirkanov and currently professor of wind instruments department at the St.Petersburg conservatoire. Over the past twenty years, he has had dozens of students in Russia and abroad. St.Petersburg Musical Wind Instruments Factory benefits from his thirty years professional experience having Mr.Galusin as tuba expert and advisor.

The appearance of Mr. Galusin
was made possible by the support of :

Ingrid Jensen's trumpet playing is as fresh and alive as her aptly named debut album Vernal Fields. Although her playing has the influences of such jazz greats as Miles Davis, Woody Shaw and Art Farmer, Jensen is creating her own style and conception wether she is playing soft ballads or rapid-fire bop lines. With trumpet in hand, Jensen speaks volumes. And the world is beginning to notice.

Downbeat magazine who critiqued her CD with a four-star rating wrote: " Vernal Fields has the fresh energy and affirmation of a young artist in the act of discovering the outer reaches of her talent...watch for Ingrid Jensen."

Jensen, 30, was born in North Vancouver, Canada, where as a child she often listened to her mother who played ragtime and stride piano " for the sheer enjoyment of it ". A graduate from Malaspina College in Canada, then Berklee College in Boston she moved to New York City and was invited to tour Europe with the Vienna Art Orchestra Production " Fe & Males ". Following the tour with VOA she auditioned for a jazz trumpet professor position at Austria's Bruckner Conservatory, becoming the youngest ( age 25) teacher there. She immersed herself in as much music as possible, sitting in with touring U.S. jazz musicians, including Lionel Hampton and His Golden Men Of Jazz, where her performance with them caught the attention of ENJA RECORDS, the label she now records for exclusively.

Read more in http://www.enjarecords.com/INGRID_JENSEN.htm

Born as a native New Yorker and graduate of Boston University, Jon Sass has travelled extensively from the Far East to the California Shores, performing and recording with world class artists such as Henry Threadgill, Ray Anderson, David Murray, Vienna Art Orchestra, Hans Theessink, Peter Wolf...

These varied experiences and contacts have been a determining influence in molding Jon’s extremely distinctive style and sound, which presently lends itself well to Heavy Tuba. Known as a true virtuoso on the Tuba, Jon is at home with many styles of music from jazz to classical. A funky and soulful musician at heart, Jon’s fresh approach stimulates a new impulse to the instrument.

The appearance of Mr. Sass
was made possible by the support of :

Markus Hötzel is tubist with the Radio Symphony Orhestra Saarbrücken and professor at the "Saarbrücken Hochschule für musik". He has many solo performances, with wellknown orchestras, and on TV, under his belt. A student of Ulrich Hass, Bob Tucci and Roger Bobo, he has also won many prizes at competitions.

The appearance of Mr. Hötzel
was made possible by the support of :

Jens Bjørn-Larsen, age 35, is one of the most demanded tubasoloists and brass lecturers throughout the world.

At the age of 20, he won the Nordic Soloist Competition and the position as principal solo tubist with The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. At 25, he won the prestigious Concour d'Exécution Musicale in Geneva, the Victor Borge Award as well as the special Media Wave Bunkamura Prize and the European Juventus Prize. Since then, Jens Bjørn-Larsen has been performing as a soloist with several orchestras in Europe, Japan and the USA.

Jens Bjørn-Larsen is a member of The Royal Danish Brass, The Stockholm Chamber Brass and he is lecturing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, The Malmö Academy of Music and at The Hannover Musikhochschule.

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.

Euphonium player Matthew Tropman of Ann Arbor, MI, joined "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in July 1996.

Gunnery Sergeant Tropman began his musical training at age 12 and graduated from the Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor. He earned a bachelor of musical arts in performance degree from the University of Michigan and is pursuing a master's degree in performance from Arizona State University in Tempe.

He has studied with Samuel Pilafian of Arizona State University and the Empire Brass Quintet, Fritz Kaenzig of the University of Michigan, and Luis Maldonado of Interlochen, MI.

GySgt Tropman has won several prestigious competitions, including the Colonial Euphonium and Tuba Solo Competition in 1996, the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition (Artist Division) in 1993, and the International Euphonium-Tuba Conference Solo Competition in 1992. He appears frequently as a guest soloist and clinician at various festivals in the United States, Canada and abroad.

With the Marine Band, GySgt Tropman frequently performs at the White House, in the Washington, DC, area, and across the country during the band's annual concert tour. In 1998, he was a Marine Band tour soloist.

GySgt Tropman, the son of John and Penelope Tropman of Ann Arbor, currently resides in Arlington, VA.

The Marine Band is America's oldest musical orgazation. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Given the title "The President's Own" by Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band's primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States.

International performer, educator, and recording artist Deanna Swoboda made her first concert appearance at 9 and her first appearance as a soloist at age 15.

Today, as a Conn artist, Deanna plays Conn instruments exclusively. She has embarked on a solo career in which people refer to her as the 'Joani Appleseed' of music. The West Coast Rag named her the "Tuba Goddess" as she conducts, entertains, and performs solo around the world, uniting people of all ages, everywhere, through music.

As a video artist for Silver Burdette-Ginn, Deanna shares her talents in elementary schools around the country, in the new video series 2000. Recently signed as a Summit recording artist, this year will mark the release of her first solo compact disc (Summit Records DCD245).

DEANNA SWOBODA AS PERFORMER

• Recording Artist; Summit Records, Wag Records
• Concert Artist /Clinician; The Getzen Corp., Instrument Makers
• Video Artist; Silver Burdette-Ginn, Inc.
• Tubist; The Denver Brass, Inc., The Bluebonnett Brass, TX., Symphony of the West Valley, AZ.

National/International tours and performances; Washington State, Idaho Colorado, Arizona, Indiana, Texas, New York, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska. Great Britain, Spain, Germany.

DEANNA SWOBODA AS EDUCATOR

• University of Northern Iowa; Visiting Instructor of Tuba
• University of Denver; Visiting Instructor of Tuba
• University of Idaho; Visiting Professor of Tuba
• Young Audiences Presentor; Indiana, Colorado, Oregon
• Masterclasses; United States, Germany and Spain
• Arts Administrator; "Brass Rap!", The Denver Brass, Inc.

Heavy Tuba was founded by director Heimo Schmid in 1993. The musicians are coming from the Upper Austrian classical and Jazz scene. After a successful concert year, they were able to win tuba soloist Jon Sass, who is living in Vienna, for the project. Three bass tubas, four euphoniums, doubling at times on trombone, as well as a thick rhythm section lends to a perhaps untraditional sound. Since 1997 the British vocalist Dorretta Carter is a member of the ensemble.

The common place or usual is not what "Heavy Tuba" is about. Nevertheless, the good old themes cannot be denied - exactly the opposite. It is music that definitely goes in your ear, but cannot be boxed in or easily classified.

Funky - groovy Jazz/Rock and Powerhouse sound sweeps across the stage. Based on complex arrengements and energetic playing. Heavy Tuba's performance is an experience not to be missed.

Robert Childs is a native of South Wales. He began playing the euphonium at the age of seven under the tuition of his father John Childs who was a euphoniumist and band conductor. Robert is an Associate of the Royal College of Music, a Fellow of the London College of Music, and gained a distinction in a Master's Degree from the University of Leeds he also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the Open University.

Robert's status as a professional musician encompasses many fields of music making.

He is Professor of Euphonium at The Royal Northern College of Music and The University of Leeds where he also conducts the Brass Band. He teaches music at St. Mary's College, Hull, and is a consultant to Boosey and Hawkes Musical Instruments Ltd. Robert is a tutor and council member to the National Youth Brass Bands of Great Britain and Wales and is also a council member of the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain.

As a euphonium soloist he regularly gives solo recitals in prestigious halls at home and abroad, he has performed in Carnigie Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, The Grieg Hall, The Royal Festival Hall and Sydney Opera House. He frequently delivers lectures in universities at home and abroad and has several publications to his name. Robert is currently principal soloist and assistant conductor with The Black Dyke Band where he received The Bandsman of the Year Award in 1998 for his services to the Band.

Over the past twenty years he has played with most of Britain's leading Brass and Military Bands and has made guest appearances with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Halle Orchestra. He is very interested in researching old repertoire which might adapt to the euphonium and has arranged and published pieces by Mozart, Hummel, Fiocco, Sarasate and Capuzzi. As well as Robert's interest in old music he is very much a champion of contemporary music and has commissioned numerous solos and concerti including major works by Nigel Clarke, John Golland, Elgar Howarth and Philip Wilby.

The appearance of Mr. Childs
was made possible by the support of :

David Childs is presently studying for three A levels at an independent school in Hull, Hymers College. He has passed his grade VIII on both the euphonium and trombone and recently gained an honours mark when passing his ARCM . He follows in a great family tradition, his grandfather John was a fine euphoniumist like his uncle and father. David recently fulfilled a life long ambition when he was appointed principal euphonium with the world famous Brighouse and Rastrick Band, the youngest member in the band's 117 year history. The band are currently National Champions and David played a significant part in their recent success in becoming European Champions and All England Masters Champions. David also holds the position of principal euphonium with the NYBB and NYBBW.

Along with his father he has toured many countries as a soloist including; Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Ireland and America. David has also played with the Black Dyke band on many occasions including a commercial recording with Elton John. He has also appeared on television, radio and many other CD recordings. David made his debut playing duets with his father in the inaugural concert of the new Bridgewater Hall in Manchester following the British Open Championships in 1996. Since that time he has performed in many of Britain's finest concert halls including: Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The Barbican Centre, The Royal Festival Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall. As well as his immense dedication to the pursuit of musical excellence he finds time to relax by playing various sports including golf, squash and tennis.

The appearance of Mr. Childs
was made possible by the support of :

Dr. Marc Dickman, Assistant Professor of Low Brass and Jazz Studies joined the faculty of the University of North Florida in 1986. He holds degrees from Troy State University, McNeese State University and the University of North Texas. Dr. Dickman played bass-trombone with the University of North Texas acclaimed One O'Clock Lab Band.

In 1990 he won the International Leonard Falcone Euphonium Competition. He was a featured jazz artist at the 2000 International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Regina Saskatchewan. Dr. Dickman is a member of the Modern Jazz Tuba Project, at 10 piece jazz ensemble utilizing euphonium as the lead voice. The MJT has performed in Nashville, Tennessee and in Washington, DC in January 2001.

Dr. Dickman has performed with artists such as; Dizzy Gillespie, Diane Schuur, Buddy DeFranco, Branford Marsalis, and Doc Severinson. He is director of the North Florida Jazz Camp which is held each summer on UNF's campus.

The appearance of Mr. Dickman
was made possible by the support of :

Eran Levi (Israel) was born in 1970 in Naharia Israel. Very soon his parents discovered his musical talent and urged him to take piano and recorder lessons. At the age of 7 he enrolled in the Naharia Youth Band where he first played alto horn. One year later he discovered the instrument, which would be determining for his career: the Euphonium. At the age of 12 he also started the trombone.

At the age of 16 he enrolled in high school musical studies and was accepted as trombonist at the Israel Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.

Following high school, he did his military service as solo euphonium with the Israeli Defence Forces Band where he was featured also as a soloist on several occasions.

During his military service he participated for the first time in a master class given by Roger Bobo and later joined Roger Bobo's class in Rotterdam Conservatory (NL). Simultaneously he continued his trombone studies with Ben Von Dijk, bass trombonist of the Nederland Radio Orchestra.

After graduating, Eran was accepted for the prestigious Boston University artist diploma program. While studying in America he also received two consequential trombone fellowships at the tangle wood music festival. He has given solo recitals throughout Europe and the U.S.A and has performed as a soloist with the Boston Pops orchestra and the United States "Perishings Own" Army Band. In summer 1997 he world premiered two pieces that were written for him in the Tuba and Euphonium conference "Verso il Millenio".

In 1999 Oldenburg (Germany) he performed the Horn Concerto written by R. Gliere with the Oldenburg orchestra. In the year 2000 he participated in the T.I.M competition (IT) and won the first prise of all categories. Later on this year Eran Levi gave a master class for the brass class of the E. Griegs academy of music in Bergen (Norway).

Eran Levi performs exclusively on 451 Melton Euphonium.

The appearance of Mr. Levi
was made possible by the support of :

Kiyoshi Sato received a B.M. from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and attended the University of Southern California. His teachers include Kiyoshi Ohishi, Ikumitsu Tado, Tommy Johnson, Roger Bobo, and Jim Self. He has been tuba player with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra since 1991.

He has been a faculty of Musashino Music Academy, Senzoku-Gakuen University. He is also member of [SOLIDBRASS] Jazz and Funk Music Ensemble and [Shishi-Za] Tuba Euphonium Quartet. He plays for all the major studio warks,movies,animations,and recordings in Tokyo area. He has appeared as soloist throughout Japan, and has been a faculty member at numerous international confereces.

Warren Deck has been the Principal Tubist of the New York Philharmonic since 1979. Warren began playing tuba at age nine in the Denver public schools. His family moved to Ann Arbor Michigan when he was twelve and he went on to attend the University of Michigan where he studied with Abe Torchinsky, former tubist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Before his appointment to the Philharmonic, Warren held the positions of Principal Tubist with the Houston Symphony, and Teacher of Tuba at Rice University for two seasons.

Warren made his solo debut with the Philharmonic in 1989, performing the world premier of Roger Kellaway's Songs of Ascent for Tuba and Orchestra, commissioned by the Philharmonic.

Currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School, he is active with students, and has given master classes in many regions of the world including the former Soviet Union, the Far East, and South America.

Apart from the orchestral records Warren has made with the Philharmonic, he has made four recordings with The Canadian Brass for Sony Classical and Philips labels, and Tuba, a recording of leading tuba and euphonium players from Germany and the U.S. on EMI Angel Records.

The appearance of Mr. Deck
was made possible by the support of :

Pianist Barbara Young's American credits include seven world premieres of chamber works; recitals with members of leading American orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony; and solo and accompanying performances at the Interlochen Arts Camp, where she has been a member of both the faculty and the accompanying staff. European performances include recitals and conferences in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy.

Dr. Young has accompanied faculty members from prestigious universities and conservatories such as 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.

Daniel Perantoni (Dan or "Mr. P." as his students call him), is a legendary tuba artist, teacher and pedagogue as well as a trailblazer in a variety of genres including work as a solo recitalist, chamber musician and even jazz. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the executive board of T.U.B.A. A true legion of former students holds prestigious positions in major performing ensembles and music schools around the world. Their success is the best testimony to his abilities as a teacher, mentor, and friend. He is cited as a "tubist's tubist," featuring in his playing a "lyrical, clear, and singing tone, along with his impeccable musical style". Daniel Perantoni has been a featured artist at Carnegie Hall, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Spoleto Festival U.S.A., the Adelaide Festival in Australia, the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, the Montreux Brass Congress in Switzerland, and recently as a soloist throughout Japan.

He is a founding member of Summit Brass, a member of Symphonia, the St. Loius Brass Quintet, and the Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort, and have released numerous solo and chamber music CD's. Along with Robert Tucci, he has designed the "Perantucci" line of low brass instruments and mouthpieces that has become the equipment choice for thousands of low brass players worldwide. He also serves as the vice-president of educational matters and consultant/clinician for Custom Music Company.

The appearance of Mr. Perantoni
was made possible by the support of :

James Gourlay was born in Scotland and began to play in his local brass band at an early age. He took part in numerous solo competitions at that time and soon became Scottish Champion at junior and open levels. After studying at the Royal College of Music James Gourlay became principal tuba of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra where he stayed for four years. There followed posts in the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Orchester der Oper in Zürich where James worked with most of the World's top conductors.

As a soloist, James Gourlay has won international acclaim. He has toured Japan playing the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto accompanied by the BBC SO and has appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms.

James Gourlay has always had a strong commitment to new music. He has given premières of works by Lachenmann, Gregson, Horovitz, Sparke, Penderecki and Newton to name but a few. As a chamber musician, James Gourlay has been a member of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the English Brass Ensemble with which he has toured the World.

Not content with simply playing the tuba, James Gourlay has made a reputation as an conductor. He has been Music Director of the Brass Band Berneroberland and the Williams Fairey Band (with whom he won the British Open Championship and the All England Masters), has conducted all of England's top brass bands and has worked with the National Youth Wind Orchestra and the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. He has also recorded three CD recordings with the RNCM Wind Orchestra.

Currently, James Gourlay continues his lifelong dedication to music education, at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he is head of Wind and Percussion. James Gourlay plays Besson Tubas.

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, where she was selected as a Bone Scholar, the University's highest academic honor. She earned the Master of Music (MM) and Doctorate of Musical Arts (DMA) degree with highest honors from the University of Illinois. After spending the last 10 years as Assistant Professor of Music at St. Norbert College, a private Liberal Arts college near Green Bay, Wisconsin, she is enjoying a year's leave from her teaching duties. At St. Norbert College, her course load included a variety of Music Education courses such as Instrumental Methods in the Schools, Choral and Instrumental Conducting, Brass and Percussion Methods, and Sightsinging/Ear Training, as well as Applied Euphonium, Trombone, and Tuba. In addition, Dr. Huff was the conductor of the St. Norbert College Concert Band and an assortment of brass ensembles including Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, Trombone Ensemble, Low Brass Ensemble, and Brass Choir. She was also the faculty sponsor of the SNC Pep Band and co-advisor to the Knight Theater group. As part of the General Education program, Dr. Huff taught Introduction to Humanities, and designed and taught a new Senior Colloquium multi-disciplinary course, The Impressionistic Period, which integrated elements of European and American painting, music, and poetry.

Dr. Huff continues to serve for her sixth 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 euphonium instructors include Ed Livingston, Fritz Kaenzig, Mark Moore, and Robert Gray.

Miraphone Tuba Quartet

The quartet has been giving concerts around the world for the past five years - with resounding success and to great acclaim

Unwieldy, heavy and huge is the impression given by the largest of the brass instruments: the tuba. With its deep, resonant tones the instrument rarely emerges out of the background. Four French tuba players, Philippe Wendling (28), Patrick Couttet (26), Philippe Gallet (29), and Olivier Galmant (33), members of the Miraphone Tuba Quartet demonstrate, however, what this often neglected instrument is capable of. For five years the four esteemed musicians have been giving concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and the USA. The quartet has established a reputation as an excellent ensemble that amazes even connoisseurs of brass bands.

The paths of the four musicians crossed several times during their studies, but it was not until 1994 at the National Music College in Paris that all four found themselves at the same place at the same time. Four young students with similar experiences, the same passion for brass music, and the same instruments. No wonder that all four quickly got to know each other both personally and musically. Four tuba players alone do not constitute a classic constellation, yet at the time none of the four musicians considered forming an ensemble. But the joy of experimentation of these four Frenchmen soon showed itself: it had to be possible to introduce these often ignored instruments to a broader public with an entertaining repertoire. "We spent the first few months looking for suitable arrangements that did not so much emphasize the serious character of the instruments as their rich variants," reminisces Philippe Wendling. The search proved to be so successful that all four decided to take the decisive step onto the public state without taking themselves too seriously in the process. Consequently, the quartet's first performance did not take place in a concert hall, but rather on the occasion of a restaurant opening in Paris.

The Miraphone Tuba Quartet brand now stands for an ensemble with an unusually broad repertoire, and the musicians, Philippe Wendling, Patrick Couttet, Philippe Gallet, and Olivier Galmant, are known around the world for their mastery of the instruments.

The quartet's repertoire ranges from Beethoven to Schoenburg, from Joplin to Lennon. The declared goal of the four musicians is to combine classical and modern music in their program and to thereby emphasize the multifaceted versatility of their instruments. "Tuba and euphonium are closely connected to both classical music and jazz," Philippe Gallet explains. In their concerts, the Miraphone Tuba Quartet surprises audiences with unusual arrangements and the ability to perform even the most technically difficult pieces with apparent ease. The intention is to provide a discerning, but always entertaining program that reveals to the public that the tuba and the euphonium have a right to be considered solo instruments. "We do not ascribe to a particular type of music. As far as we're concerned, it's the sound and enjoyment that have to reach the audience.

The Miraphone Tuba Quartet toured the United States in 1999, and in 2000 held a concert at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference 2000 in Canada. It's third CD was released mid November 2000.

Miraphone e.G.

Miraphone eG, a registered cooperative company, is one of the largest instrument producers worldwide. Founded in Germany in 1946, the company with headquarters in Waldkraiburg (Bavaria) offers a wide range of high-quality brass wind instruments. With the share of exports totalin 70%, Miraphone eG is represented in all international markets, in particular in Europe, the United States, and Japan. The company has melded the long tradition of German metal wind instrument makers with state-of-the-art technology and hence endeavors to create trend-setting innovations in the area of brass wind instruments. The ATV system for replaceable valves recently developed by Miraphone eG represents a one-of-a-kind worldwide innovation in this area.

Wilhelm Girschele Manager Sales Traunreuther Strasse 8 D-84478 Waldkraiburg Phone: +49 (8638) 96 82 0 Telefax: +49 (8638) 82 86 3 E-mail: wilhelm.girschele@miraphone.de http://www.miraphone.de

Pianist, Caryl Worthington Conger, continues a career of musical collaboration with euphonium and tuba artists. She performs regularly in low brass recitals and conferences including the International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences and annual appearances at the United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conferences. Among the artists with whom Caryl has performed are tubists, Daniel Perantoni, Roger Bobo, Harvey Phillips, Patrick Sheridan, and Eugene Pokorny, and euphonium artists, Steve Mead, Roger Behrend, and Brian Bowman. As a gift to the low brass repertoire she commissioned "Fantasy" by Daniel Crozier for tuba and piano and recorded it with Daniel Perantoni.

The University of Kentucky is Caryl’s alma mater, studying with pianist Nathaniel Patch. Now she is on the music faculty of Radford University as Director of Accompanying where she coaches and performs with students, peers and guest artists and directs the Bart\k-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition & Festival. Caryl’s other musical interests include 4-hand piano and 2 piano repertoire, the art song repertoire, and promoting, performing and recording new solo and chamber music.

Steven Mead has been a professional euphonium soloist for some 15 years after a successful career with some of the top British brass bands and as a full time music teacher. It is this wealth of experience that has helped to create a musician who communicates with his audiences. Born in Bournemouth , February 26th , 1962, he grew up at this popular south coast seaside town, attending Bournemouth School for Boys from 1973-1980.

His earliest brass 'training' began at the age of 6, with the Boscombe Salvation Army Junior Band. The euphonium was too big at that stage (!) and over the next few years, gravitated lower, onto tenor horn, then baritone, then at the age of 11 to the euphonium. From the age of 8 to 12 he took singing lessons passing his Grade 8 singing exam with distinction, as a boy soprano!

His love for the euphonium seriously developed from the age of 13 and he was entering competitions at local music festivals from this time. Early teachers included Bernhard Roberts and Glyn Bosanko at the Boscombe SA. From the age of 17 Steven took lessons from brass band euphonium legend Trevor Groom, travelling by train from Bournemouth to Kettering regularly, a round trip of 7 hours on Saturdays.

More on Mead on his home site at http://www.euphonium.net/

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.  

Riki McDonnell's extraordinary musical career has been stamped with the twin qualities of versatility and competitiveness. He is the first soloist in the New Zealand Brass Band Associations 121 year history of national competition to win championship title on three different instruments five times on tenor horn, eight on flugel horn and 6 times on euphonium. In 1992 Riki won the prestigious International Brass Musician of the Year title (ahead of the reigning British Open and Australian solo champions, also euphonium players) and in 1993 capped that by winning the Ern Keller Memorial competition in Sydney, Australia. In 2000 Riki added the Australian Champion of Champions title to his successes.

As a boy soprano, Riki's first professional engagement was to play and sing three characters in the Australian production of Oliver. When his voice broke, he turned to brass instruments under the tutelage of Gilbert Morrison, one of New Zealand's most successful teachers. Riki has played as soloist with the Auckland Sinfonia, Auckland Philamonic Orchestra, Christchurch Philamonic Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the National Band and the National Youth Band of New Zealand as soloist. He has previously toured with the Danny La Rue Show on trumpet. He lives and works in Auckland, owning a successful wholesaling business - Music Ways Ltd.

Riki is a frequent visitor to Europe in the course of his business. Because of this he has been able to work with some of the top British Bands and collaborate with other talented players to produce recordings. Midnight Euphonium was recorded with Williams Fairey Band. This was followed by Operatic Euphonium, recorded with Grimethorpe Colliery Band of "Brassed Off" fame. His latest CD Euphonium Songbook was recorded with Marple Band.

Characterized by a virtuosic technique and a warm, rich, velvet tone, Brian Bowman's playing has thrilled audiences for more than a quarter of a century. His superb musicianship and dedication to fine brass playing have made him one of the foremost euphonium soloists in the world today. His history of euphonium "firsts" is impressive:

• First euphonium recital in New York's Carnegie Recital Hall, 1976
• First euphoniumist to serve as president of the TUBISTS UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATION (T.U.B.A)
• First euphonium concert tour of Japan
• First Guest Euphonium Artist-Falcone International Euphonium Competition
• First euphonium master class at the Paris Conservatory Superior of Music, France
• Master teacher at the first Deutsche Tubaforum workshop to include the euphonium, tenor horn and bariton, Hammelburg, Germany, 1991

Dr. Brian L. Bowman enjoys a distinguished career as a soloist, clinician, recording artist, educator and administrator. Dr. Bowman has held the principal euphonium position, in addition to being a featured soloist, in each of the bands he has been associated with: THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SYMPHONY BAND, THE UNITED STATES NAVY BAND, THE UNITED STATES BICENTENNIAL BAND, THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND and THE RIVER CITY BRASS BAND in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He is in demand as a guest soloist with high school, university, municipal and professional ensembles. He has performed as a soloist in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, The Virgin Islands, Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. He has appeared as tenor tubist with the National Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He has performed concertos with the Lexington Kentucky Symphony, the Sapporo Japan, Symphony Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony.

In addition to his live performances, Dr. Bowman can be heard on over 35 service band recordings and his six solo albums. He has appeared as featured soloist on Iowa Public Television with the Karl King Fort Dodge Municipal band and performed with the New Sousa Band in the Wolftrap PBS television special.

Perhaps it is his dedication to outstanding musical performance that makes him such an inspiring clinician and educator. Currently, professor of music (Euphonium) in the College of Music at The University of North Texas, Dr. Bowman has also served on the music faculty of eight other universities. His students occupy prominent positions in professional organizations world wide. He is the author of PRACTICAL HINTS FOR PLAYING THE EUPHONIUM/BARITONE HORN and he frequently publishes articles in professional journals. His edition of the ARBAN COMPLETE METHOD is the only complete bass clef edition of this famous brass method. His work as a clinician and soloist at such conferences as the Mid-West International Band & Orchestra Clinic, The British Association of Symphonic Bands & Wind Ensembles and many national and international brass symposia have won him international recognition. In 1989 he was awarded the British Magazines "EUPHONIUM PLAYER OF THE YEAR", and in 1995 was given the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association. He is the only living euphoniumist to be included in the book TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRASS SOLOISTS by Michael Meckna.

As an authority in the field of euphonium performance, Brian Bowman has been asked to serve as adjudicator of many national and international euphonium competitions over the past thirty years. He has been a member of competition juries for international professional music competitions in the United States, France and Japan. He was the president of the TUBAMANIA euphonium solo competition in Australia in December 1999. In 1994, an annual competition in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, was named the Brian L. Bowman Euphonium Solo Competition in his honor.

Brian Bowman is a member of the SYMPHONIA Ensemble, a Tuba/Euphonium ensemble of professional players and teachers, which has performed throughout the United States and in Europe and recorded two compact discs with that group. He is the euphonium member of the SUMMIT BRASS ENSEMBLE, composed of the leading soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral players in the country. He is a regular artist faculty member of the RAFAEL MÉNDEZ BRASS INSTITUTE. Each summer he is the euphonium artist faculty at the INTERNATIONAL TUBA-EUPHONIUM SUMMER WORKSHOP at the University of Oklahoma.

Brian Bowman has contributed significantly to the field of euphonium instrument design and was instrumental in the development and success of the WILLSON euphonium, produced by the Willson Musical Instrument Company in Flums, Switzerland. He has also been a frequent consultant for other musical instrument companies and has designed a special line of Brian Bowman euphonium mouthpieces distributed by DEG Music Products.

Dr. Bowman has contributed significantly to the body of literature available for euphonium performers today. Not only have composers written new works at Bowman's specific request, but also many compositions have resulted merely from the composer being acquainted with Bowman and having heard his performance capabilities. Of the seven new euphonium works commissioned by the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association since its inception in 1974, Bowman has premiered four. A major thrust of Bowman's career has been working to generate quality new compositions for his beloved instrument.

Many of Dr. Bowman's accomplishments and contributions have been documented in a doctoral dissertation, "The Life and Career Contributions of Brian L. Bowman through 1991," written by Sharon Elise Huff at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994.

Dr. Bowman believes that music is a most effective art form when used to communicate. To hear him or study with him is to know he is a powerful communicator and a master of that art form. Dr. Bowman's current and future projects include: performing solo/clinic/teaching tours throughout the world; creating CD recordings of all levels of literature for euphonium; commissioning and inspiring composers to write for the euphonium; and working to create performance, teaching and research opportunities for future generations of euphoniumists.

    Sponsored by:

Tormod Flaten was born in Oslo, Norway in 1975. He grew up in the small village Vestre Slidre playing euphonium in the local school band. He moved to Bergen on the west coast of Norway in 1994, and is the principal euphonium player with the top Norwegian brass band, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag. Flaten has studied euphonium with Kim Lofthouse and Grethe Tonheim at the Bergen Music Conservatoire, gaining the highest possible marks. He has also taken classes in trombone and arranging/composing and will earn his Bachelor of Music degree this spring.

Tormod Flaten has entered solo contests with numeral successes such as: Winning the Norwegian Solo Championship for Wind Instruments in 1996, 3rd prize in the 1st European Solo Competition for Brass Instruments in Munich-99 and 2nd prize in the RNCM International Tuba Euphonium Festival in Manchester-00.

Flaten has had several pieces written for him, and his repertoire list includes a wide range of pieces and genres. He is regularly featured as a soloist with his own band, other wind and brass bands and in recitals with piano. He plays frequently with the professional military bands, and has performed with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra on different occasions, including Holst's "The Planets". Besides playing the euphonium, he teaches private students, conducts bands and works as a brass instructor all around the Bergen area.

Sverre Stakston Olsrud was born in Oslo, Norway 1967. He is the solo euphonium player in the Norwegian Army Staff Band in Oslo. He studied for four years at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, where he graduated 1991 with top grades. In 1992 he gave the first debut concert on the euphonium in Norway, and the concert received excellent reviews both in Norway and abroad. Olsrud performs widely as a soloist and has a very extensive repertoire. He has performed with most of the professional bands and orchestras in Norway, and has done several solos on television and radio. He is also very often hired for solo work with the best amateur brass and wind bands in Norway.

Several works for the euphonium has been written for him, and he is very active, and have a great interest in finding new music for his instrument. Over the last years he has been a featured soloist on several festivals and conferences in the USA and Europe. He was given the title Euphonium Player of the Year for 1999. He was a finalist in the world competition in Guebwillier, France 1997. Besides playing, he is also a conductor and he does a lot of teaching. In Norway he gives a lot of masterclasses, and teach frequently on several Conservatories. Last summer he was a guest artist at Blekinge International Brass Festival in Sweden, and has been invited back this Year.

Barbara Vestfalen played the trumpet for several years, but at age fifteen she was drawn to the mellow tones of the euphonium. After deciding to change instruments, Barbara's musical career blossomed and she hasn't looked back since.

After high school, Barbara spent a year in Norway preparing for her studies at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She was the first in Denmark to study the euphonium.

At the academy her teachers were Professor Mogens Andresen and Solotrombone in The Danish Radio Symphonyorchestra Jesper Juul Sørensen. She is currently in her final year, studying with the worldknown tubaplayer Jens Bjørn-Larsen.

Early in her career Barbara started playing in professional danish orchestras, performing a variety of pieces including Mahler's 7th symphony and Ein Heldenleben.

She has been employed on a contract basis with several military bands. Her latest employment was a one and a half year term with The Prince's Life Regiments Band, where she often performed solos during concerts.

In addition to her studies in Copenhagen, Barbara has attended lessons in Oslo, Norway with Sverre Olsrud.

This spring Barbara will be the first in Denmark to graduate with a diploma at the euphonium. Unfortunately this title does not guarantee a paid position, especially not in a small country that only has three euphonium positions to offer. Therefore, Barbara has started playing the trombone and this September she will begin her trombone studies at The Royal Danish Academy of Music with Solotrombone in The Royal Danish Orhestra Torbjörn Kroon - wish her luck!!

Patrick Sheridan was ten years old when he started playing the tuba. He made his solo orchestral debut at the age of 15 playing a Mozart Horn Concerto on the tuba. Sheridan studied tuba and conducting at Northwestern University, Arizona State University and George Mason University. He made his professional solo orchestral debut with Minnesota Orchestra. Sheridan was the solo tubist with “The President´s Own” United States Marine Band from 1989 until 1993. He has performed and taught masterclasses throughout the United States as well as England, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Austria and Japan.

Official Patrick Sheridan home page is at http://www.carmenrecords.com

The appearance of Mr. Sheridan
was made possible by the support of :

Jukka Myllys (born 1963), euphonium, has worked as assistant conductor of the Military Band of Pohja and currently plays trombone with the Oulu City Orchestra. He graduated from the Conservatory of Oulu and has done a degree at the Sibelius-Academy.

Myllys has performed as a soloist with several symphony orchestras and wind bands, recorded and has had solo concerts in Europe and the United States. In Lieksa this artist has performed as a soloist many times and he was named by the Lieksa Brass Week the 1994 Brass Player of the Year.

Roland Szentpáli began playing the euphonium at the age of twelve, moving on to the tuba in the following year and studying with Joseph Baszinka and Gábor Adamik. He is currently a student of Lászlò Szabò at the F. Liszt Academy in his native city of Budapest, Hungary. On the international scene, Roland has attended courses held by Roger Bobo, Mel Culbertson and Sam Pilafian and has been the recipient of numerous scholarships for study abroad. In 1993, he was presented with a tuba, a gift from the combined generousity of the Yamaha Corporation and the Stiftung Pro Harmonia Mundi (CH).

Among his numerous successes in solo competitions, the most notable are his recent first prize in the TubaMania international Tuba Competition (Australia, 1999), second prize in the Markneukirchen International Tuba Competition 2000, first prize in the Polish International Brass Competition in 1999 and second prize in the European Brass Band solo competition. Roland won second prize in the Geubwiller International Tuba Competition (France, 1998) and the absolute first prize in the Hungarian National Wind and Brass Competition.

As a concert soloist, he has been an invited guest artist at the RNCM Tuba/Euphonium Festival (England, 2000) and was also a featured guest artist at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Regina, Canada (2000). Other international festival activity includes guest appearances at Verso il Millennio international tuba euphonium conference in Riva del Garda, Italy (1997) where he gave a solo recital, performed as a soloist with the Trentino Wind Band and gave concerts with the Hungarian Tuba Quartet, a solo appearance at Swiss Brass Week and at the international tuba festival in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Roland recently completed his first CD, I Killed my Lips.

Roland is also very active as a composer, having written many works for tuba, chamber ensemble and orchestra in a broad variety of styles. In February of 1994, he performed his own Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra in Budapest for live television broadcast. His music has been played and recorded by the Hungarian Radio Orchestra and the Orchestra Hungarian Music Academy Bela Bartok. His recent CD includes four of his own compositions.

While finishing his undergraduate studies at the Liszt Academy, Roland does freelance tuba work and plays in the National Radio and Television Youth Orchestra of Hungary.

Roland Szentpáli is a Melton/Meinl Weston and B&S artist, playing a Melton / Meinl-Weston 45SLP F-tuba, and a B&S 4197 (PT20P) CC-tuba. Please visit the Melton/Meinl-Weston website for more information.

The appearance of Mr. Szentpáli
was made possible by the support of :

Best known as a founding member of the internationally renowed Empire Brass Quintet, Samuel Pilafian now enjoys a rich career both inside and outside the classical music world. He has performed and recorded with such diverse organizations as the Boston Symphony, Pink Floyd, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Duke ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, the Orchestra of St. Luke, composer Philip Glass and actress/ singer Bernadette Peters. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Music and Conductor of the Concert Jazz Band at Arizona State University and their summer Tanglewood Institute.

As a solo jazz artist, Pilafian has recorded more than 10 compact discs on the Telarc, Summit, and Concord Jazz labels. He has recorded a series of wind music compact discs for the Angel/EMI label with trumpeter Mark Gould. Recently, Pilafian became a member of a Summit Brass . Recital and concerto performances this year will take him to Canada, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, japan, Italy, Austria and England as well as the United States.

Sam Pilafian is past president of T.U.B.A:, a world wide tuba/euphoniium interest organization with over three thousand members.

The appearance of Mr. Pilafian
was made possible by the support of :

Sho-ichiro Hokazono is the solo Euphoniumist of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) serving as a Master Sergeant and is also a member of the Euphonium company. In november 1992, Hokazono won the first prize on the Euphonium Division at the 9th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition (JWPC). He was also awarded the Highest-Award at the JWPC for his performance with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under a conducting of Maestro Naoto Ohtomo at Mielparque Hall.

In 1993, Mr. Hokazono has the first solo recital in Kokubunji, Tokyo. In 1994, mr Hokazono finished the diploma course of the Concervatory Shobi. He has also studied under Toru Miura, kaoru Tsuyuki and Steven Mead.

In 1995, his solo performances were broadcast in the NFK-FM program "Promenade Concert". In June, same year, he was invited to give a solo recital at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference held in Chicago, USA. He also appeared on the stage of the University of Kansas as a soloist for the U.S. Air force, Heartland Band. In August same year, he was awarded the Boosey & Hawkes by Euro-Japanese Academy, which was sponsored by Buffet Crampon, Japan. In January 1997, Mr. Hokazono was awarded honorable "Euphonium player of the year" at the British Tuba Confereence. In July, he performed at the World Tuba and Euphonium Conference held in Italy. In September same year, he was awarded the first prize on the Euphonium Division of the International Tuba and Euphonium Competition held in Guebwiller, France.

Mr. Hokazono has released three CDs. He instructs as well as plays in various professional and amateur bands.

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, 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, as well 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 as well as Program Editor for the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association (T.U.B.A.), 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.

See also Junction.

Lee Harrelson, euphonium
William Hess, euphonium
Ray Jones, Tuba
Matthew Pickering, Tuba

Twisted Steel is made up of past and present members of the University of Southern Mississippi tuba and euphonium studio, under the tutelage of Thomas Stein. The quartet was formed in 1994 as a student group, and has dedicated itself to promoting the tuba and euphonium at a high level. Twisted Steel has performed internationally in a wide variety of venues ranging from church services to full recital competitions. During its brief existence, Twisted Steel has received several awards and honors including winner of the 1997 Southeastern Tuba and Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition, being one of three quartets to be selected to perform and compete at the 1998 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Quartet Competition, in Minneapolis, MN, and most recently winner of the 2000 ITEC Quartet Competition in Regina, Canada.

Skip Gray joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky School of Music in the Fall of 1980 and holds the rank of Professor of Music. He has appeared as a tuba soloist and clinician throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia. He is also Principal Tuba with the Lexington Philharmonic. Skip Gray earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree and Master of Music from the University of Illinois where he was a student of Daniel Perantoni. He earned a Bachelor of Music from Baldwin-Wallace College in his hometown, Berea, Ohio studying the tuba with Ronald Bishop of the Cleveland Orchestra. During the 1988-89 season and in the Spring of 1990, Gray served as Principal Tuba in the Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI in Turin, Italy. In 1982 he was presented in Carnegie Recital Hall by Twentieth Century Innovations in a program of five new works for tuba and woodwind quintet. A special interest has been inducing new works for the solo tuba. He has commissioned and given premiere performances of many new works including the Fantasia for Solo Tuba and Brass Ensemble by Allen Vizzutti, Variations on an Aboriginal Melody for Tuba and Woodwind Quintet by Jim Curnow, and the Sonata for Tuba and Piano by Kent Holliday.

Gray is well known for his arrangements and transcriptions for tuba-euphonium ensemble. Many of his works for this medium have been recorded by groups including the British Tuba Quartet, the Gerhard Meinl Tuba Sextet, and the Melton Tuba Quartet. Currently President-elect of the international tuba-euphonium association (T.U.B.A.), Skip Gray served the organization as Corresponding Secretary from 1982 to 1987 and became its first Executive Secretary, serving two terms in that office from 1987 to 1991. He hosted the 1992 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference held in Lexington at the University of Kentucky.

    Sponsored by:

Dr. Mary Ann Craig is Director of Bands at Montclair State University in New Jersey, where she also teaches applied euphonium conducting. Dr. Craig is Secretary of TUBA and founder of the Colonial Euphonium and Tuba Institute. As a member of the Colonial Tuba Quartet. Dr. Craig and the quartet present numerous concerts annually in schools to promote the tuba and euphonium. The educational skit presented by the CTQ has exposed thousands of young students to our instruments. In addition, many new works have been commissioned by the CTQ and premiered from Japan through the United States to Europe.

Dr. Craig has appeared as soloist and clinician throughout Japan, Europe, Australia, and the U.S., including the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.. Her second solo recording, Euphonium...Out On A Limb, is receiving worldwide acclaim. Having commissioned numerous composers to write for the euphonium, Dr. Craig premiered Anthony Plog's Erica and the Euphonium with the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra.

As a conductor Dr. Craig has recently traveled several times to Russia, where she has guest conducted the Volga Band of Saratov and the Symphonic Band at the prestigious Gnessinaes Academy in Moscow. In May she will guest conduct in Ukraine and in August she will conduct the World Honors Euphonium-Tuba Ensemble at ITEC 2001 in Finland. In the US she has adjudicated, guest conducted, and given numerous clinics for bands from the Midwest to the Northeast. Dr. Craig and has served as Eastern Division Chair for the Society for Music Teacher Education.

At the age of 25, Adam Frey has quickly established himself as one of the best young euphonium soloists in the world by bringing his sharp intellect, mature musicianship, and charismatic stage presence to audiences all over the world. Under the study of Dr. David Randolph, Adam earned a Bachelor's of Music magna cum laude from the University of Georgia in 1997. He later studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and received both his Masters of Music with Distinction and his Professional Performance Diploma with Distinction in 1999.

The last three years have been a busy time with concerts and numerous competition successes in Europe, the United States, Australia, and Japan - 1997 Leonard Falcone Competition, 1997 MTNA National Brass Competition, 1997 Verso Il Millenio Competition, 1998 15th Annual Japan Wind and Percussion Competition, 1998 Colonial Institute Competition, 1998 British National Baritone and Euphonium Festival, and the 1999 Tubamania Competition.

His first solo CD, "Listen to THIS!!" features numerous premiere recordings and has received strong reviews in both European and American brass publications.

In 2000, Mr. Frey served as Temporary Instructor of Euphonium and Tuba at the University of Georgia He also performed as a Guest Artist at the Manchester 2000 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference. He will a present recitals and master classes at a variety of American universities and colleges this fall. Further biographical information and recording reviews can be found at http://www.soloeuphonium.com.

Joseph Skillen on the faculty at Louisiana State University where he teaches applied tuba, euphonium, coaches chamber music, and performs with the faculty brass quintet. He is in demand as a clinician and soloist as well as an active performer in both chamber music and orchestral ensembles.

Prior to his engagement at LSU, Skillen has been principal tubist in several American orchestras, and has performed with touring ensembles across the United States, Europe and Russia. Additionally, he has presented solo performances in the United States, Germany, Italy, and Sweden. He has been a finalist and winner in both American and International solo competitions. During the summer of 1997, Skillen was one of five Americans invited to participate in the Verso il Millenio solo tuba competition in Riva del Garda, Italy where he placed in the top ten of the thirty competitors from around the world. Following that performance he returned to America and won First prize in the Artist Division of the prestigious Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba festival.

As a Fulbright Scholar, Skillen studied in Stockholm, Sweden at the Kungliga Musikhogskolan with the renowned tubist Michael Lind. While in Sweden, Skillen performed frequently with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Other groups with whom Skillen has performed include the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble, The Galliard Brass Ensemble, Detroit Chamber Winds, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, the Western Brass Quintet, and the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble. His performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and on Sweden's National Radio. He can be heard on recordings with the Mark and Bernel Labels. Former teachers include R. Winston Morris, Philip Sinder, and Michael Lind.

Øystein Baadsvik was born 1966 in Trondheim, Norway.

He studied for Michael Lind at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1986-87, and took private lessons for John Fletcher, Roger Bobo, Harvey Phillips and Arnold Jacobs. In 1993 The Swedish Academy of Music awarded him the largest scholarship ever offered to a brass player in Sweden.

1991 Baadsvik was awarded two prizes in the prestigious Concours International dExécution Musicale (CIEM) for soloists in Geneva. Shortly after that his first solo CD was released. It received excellent reviews in international music magazines all over the world. American Record Guide says: "This spectacular recording establishes Baadsvik as one of the best tuba soloists in the world." He has premiered several new works for tuba by composers from USA, Russia, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden. Baadsvik has given recitals and clinics in USA, Japan, Australia and all over Europe, and has appeared on radio and TV in several countries. His interests also embrace other types of music; he has played in big bands and with rock bands and in 1997 he recieved first prize in the Street music competition in Verso Il Millennio, Italy.

Baadsvik has also a great interest in teaching, and from 1997 to 1998 he held the position as Associate Professor and leader of the Brass/Woodwind-department at Trondheim Conservatory of Music. The last few years he has combined tuba playing with conducting, and appears regularly as a guest conductor with both professional and amateur symphony orchestras and symphonic bands.

Steve Rosse has been Principal Tubist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for the past ten years. A native of San Diego, California, Rosse's primary teachers include Brent Dutton, Daniel Perantoni at Arizona State University, Arnold Jacobs, Abe Torchinsky, and Mel Culbertson. Before moving to Australia, Rosse was Principal Tubist with the New Mexico Symphony, RAI Torino (Italy) Radio Symphony Orchastra, World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales, and also spent a summer season as Guest Principal Tuba with the San Diego Symphony. Since moving to Australia, Mr. Rosse has appeared as Guest Principal with the San Francisco Symphony and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

As a soloist Rosse has won prizes at major solo competitions in the USA, Europe, and Australia, has toured four continents as a soloist including recent recitals in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido, Japan. He has performed major concertos with the Sydney, Tasmanian and Adelaide Sydmphony Orchestra in Australia, as well as the Ochcestre Sinfonia de Lyon, Minnesota Pops Orchestra, and several concert bands throughout Japan and the USA.

Mr. Rosse is currently Lecturer of Tuba at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the Canberra Institute of the Arts where he teaches an international class of tuba students from four countries. His former students from these institutions now occupy major positions in Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Mr. Rosse is very active in tuba activities within Australia and abroad. He hosted two TubaMania International Conference ('95&'99), was Director of Solo Competitions at ITEC'97 in Riva del Garda, was International Advisor for ITEC '98, and is currently Vice President of International Relations for T.U.B.A, and served on the Jury for the 2000 Markneukirchen International Competitions.

Mr. Rosse appears at ITEC 2001 courtesy of Wenzel Meinl GmbH and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Rosse plays Melton/Meinl Weston Tubas.

The appearance of Mr. Rosse
was made possible by the support of :

John Griffiths is one of Canada's leading brass soloists. His solo artistry has been heard in major halls all over the world including Italy, Russia and Japan and in many major North American universities. A recent 13,000 k U.S. tour included the Universities of Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas, Texas A & M, Southern Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee Tech, Rhode Island, Michigan State, Texas Christian. A fall, '99 tour took him to the Moscow Conservatory, and the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg Russia. This year's itinerary also includes Eastman, Arizona State and the University of Florida as well as being a guest artist with the United States Army Band ("Pershing's Own") in Washington D.C. where he premiered a new concerto with the band, the eighth major work that has been written for his playing. His performances receive rave reviews and spontaneous standing ovations wherever he plays not only for the pyrotechnic quality, sound and musicality but for his abilities as an entertainer as well.

From Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and the Director of the University of Regina's Conservatory of Music and Dance and principal tuba (and first call bass trombonist...) of the Regina Symphony, John is also Acting Dean of the University's Continuing Education faculty this year. He performed multiple world premieres at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Riva del Garda Italy in July '97, the only Canadian guest artist invited. He repeated that scenario at ITEC '98 in Minneapolis playing to rave reviews and will host ITEC 2000 in Regina from May 30-June 3, 2000. The newly updated version of his book, "The Low Brass Guide" first published in the 80's has just come off the press. It is designed as a brass pedagogy text. Griffiths recorded his first solo CD entitled "Canadian Chops" in '97. The T.U.B.A. Journal called the CD "... a wonderful album by an incredibly talented tubist, a master of the instrument... an album that should be in every tubist's library." All works on the album are by Canadian composers Elizabeth Raum and David McIntyre and all were commissioned for Griffiths' playing. With the assistance of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, he will record his second solo CD in June, 2000, this time with the Orchestra of the Chapel of St. Petersburg (Russia) playing three concertos by Elizabeth Raum. The disc will be titled "CD Raum".

John's been a featured soloist with the RSO three times, twice recording concertos for CBC national's "Mostly Music", featured artist at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and has played in a wide range of productions from world premieres of oratorios to many performances as bass trombonist of Phantom of the Opera. Recent performances include being a featured artist at the B.C. Music Educators' Conference (to an instant and sustained standing ovation) and a guest artist at the Southeast Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Lexington, Kentucky as part of his tour. He played the Canadian premiere of Frigyes Hidas' "Concerto for Tuba" with the National Youth Band in Vancouver in '98. He is an active adjudicator, soloist and educator.

John began his professional career from high school winning the audition (at the age of 19) as solo tuba of the (now unfortunately defunct) RCMP Band in Ottawa. He went from there to the University of Regina where he earned a B.Mus. Ed. (with Distinction) and directed the university's jazz band, to the University of Michigan where he was Abe Torchinsky's grad ass't and a featured soloist with the University Symphony (graduating with a double major M.Mus.). He studied bass trombone with Glenn P.Smith while there. He later taught at Humber College in the early 80's and then returned to Regina to teach at both the U.of Regina and the U.of Saskatchewan.

As an artist/clinician for Yamaha Canada, John plays three YAMAHA tubas: YFB 621S (F), YCB 621 (3/4 size CC) and YCB 661 (large CC) and a Yamaha 613H bass trombone. He lives in Regina with his wife, Nadine, daughter Kelly and son, Ryan.

    Sponsored by: