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TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTERS OF WELCOME 8 MAPS AND EXHIBITOR INFORMATION ���������������������������������������������11 CONFERENCE CREDITS 13 COMPETITIONS �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������15 REGIONAL CONFERENCES 18 KELLY THOMAS MEMORIAL FUND AND ENDOWMENT ���������������19 MASTER SCHEDULE 20 MONDAY, MAY 30TH �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������24 TUESDAY, MAY 31ST 38 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST 58 THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND 77 FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD 95 SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH �������������������������������������������������������������������������������117 ARTIST BIOS �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������134 COLLEGE ENSEMBLE BIOS 191 CONFERENCE ACCOMPANIST BIOS ���������������������������������������������������204 2016 INTERNATIONAL TUBA EUPHONIUM CONFERENCE 7 LETTERS OF WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE COORDINATOR... Welcome, and thank you for joining us for a week of amazing music and good company. The planning of ITEC 2016 has been guided by the theme “Foundations of Pedagogy”, which was the focus of our dear colleague, Kelly Thomas. His vision has provided the foundation of this conference, and we hope your week will be inspiring and instructional. Special thanks to my fellow ITEA Conference Committee members: Kent Eshelman, John Manning, Justin Benavidez, and Alex Lapins; to our Conference Manager, Genevieve Clarkson; to our Competitions Coordinator, Chris Combest; and to the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Tennessee - Knoxville for all their tireless work preparing for this week. KENYON WILSON ITEA Conference Coordinator • • • FROM THE SITE HOST... Welcome to Knoxville and welcome to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville School of Music on behalf of the Kelly Thomas chapter of ITEA! This has been a whirlwind two years since the 2014 ITEC of anticipation, achievement, grief, reorientation, restoration and celebration for our studio. SERTEC 2015, also hosted at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, was an unqualified success, and this studio was benefiting immeasurably from the leadership and wisdom of Kelly Thomas. The gifts he brought to his work could never be replaced, identically replicated or fully appreciated. The students hosting you this year for ITEC have worked tremendously hard in tragic and disorienting circumstances to assure you of a wonderful week filled with celebrations of our lost leader, fantastic music making, in-depth explorations of pedagogy, and general good cheer. Thank you for being a part of this week and welcome to ITEC 2016! ALEXANDER LAPINS, DM Assistant Professor of Tuba/Euphonium University of Tennessee-Knoxville 8 MAY 30TH - JUNE 4TH, 2016 - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE LETTERS OF WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT OF ITEA... Welcome to ITEC 2016 at our home for the next several days, the stunning facilities here at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville! We are so grateful to our hosts here, Dr. Jeffrey Pappas and his staff and UT-Knoxville’s Tuba and Euphonium teacher and our friend Alex Lapins, who has (in my old Navy lingo) “hit the deck with both feet running” in preparation for this event. Special thanks go to our Conference Committee Chair, Kenyon Wilson and his staff, including our manager Genevieve Clarkson, and to all of you as well, who have decided to share part of your lives with all of us in the International Tuba Euphonium Association. Many, many people have worked hard here at the University and in ITEA to provide you a week of inspiration, pride, and renewal, and a chance to recharge your low brass batteries! We will hear some amazing performances from artists around the world performing a huge range of repertoire. The clinicians and special presentations are a don’t miss and we have our wonderful exhibitors rolling out the newest innovations in instruments and accessories, as well as the opportunity to peruse stacks of music from our publishers. Each night there is a special feature concert, but please take the time to go through our beautiful program and plan to attend as many events as you can. Support these people who have put hours into their craft to present the work they love. During the meal times and our special barbeque night, and at the after hours events, you’ll be able to visit, meet some heroes and some old friends while making many more NEW friends. This is a time for sharing ideas, passion for our instruments and for honoring many of those who are responsible for inspiring us and helping create and sustain the ITEA we love now. Please do NOT miss the special banquet Thursday night when we celebrate and honor ITEA’s award winners, and pay tribute to those to whom we bid farewell since our last ITEC in Indiana. Naturally, we remember and honor our dear, departed friend and colleague, Kelly Thomas, who was taken from us way too early, but left us with an amazing legacy. Many of the events and extras you’ll enjoy this week were a direct result of Kelly’s vision for this ITEC many months ago. HIs friends and students have picked up the reins to help guide his dream to this point in our history, and you are about to enjoy the fruits of his (and their) labors. Have a great week and take time to thank all of those folks who have worked and will continue to work all week to provide you with this amazing UT-Knoxville ITEC!! Respectfully, MARTIN D. “MARTY” ERICKSON President; International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA) 2016 INTERNATIONAL TUBA EUPHONIUM CONFERENCE 9 LETTERS OF WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE UT KNOXVILLE SCHOOL OF MUSIC... Welcome to Tennessee! We are thrilled to have you in Knoxville and at our beloved University of Tennessee. On behalf of all of my colleagues and students in our School of Music, we hope you enjoy our town, campus and our magnificent Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. As you know, bringing the 2016 International Tuba Euphonium Conference to UT was due to the energy, vision and passion our dearly departed colleague, Dr. Kelly Thomas, had for the organization and his new musical home. Although not here physically to enjoy this time of concerts, workshops, networking and renewing old and making new friendships, Kelly’s dream is becoming a reality. My thanks to everyone with the ITEC Board of Directors for staying the course and for our new colleague, Dr. Alex Lapins, for taking over the important task of leading the local effort to make this conference possible. As you participate in this conference, it is my hope that the renewal each of us finds in these experiences stays with you long after you leave and head back home. One of the many beauties of our intoxicating art is that the inspiration, strength and support each of us provides one another through our numerous and various interactions has the unique ability – whether or not we are recognizing it at the time – to make everyone better. Enjoy the convention. I’m certain it will have a lasting impact on everyone! DR. JEFFREY PAPPAS Director, School of Music University of Tennessee 10 MAY 30TH - JUNE 4TH, 2016 - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE MAPS AND EXHIBITOR INFORMATION EXHIBITS HOURS Tuesday - Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EXHIBITS LOCATIONS Band Room (Located on Level One) Absolute Brass Adams Musical Instruments Army Music Baltimore Brass Co. Big Mouth Brass Brixton Publications DF Music – Denis Wick/John Packer Eastman Music Company eBrassMusic.com - The Music of Mike Forbes & Friends Euphonium.com Hickey’s Music Center ITEA (CDs of ITEC artists; ITEC T-shirts and program books) Just for Brass (Tuesday through Friday only) LFM Publications LLC M. A. Wilk Brass, LLC nu mouthpieces Parker Mouthpieces Mid-South Music—Sellmansberger Tuba Mouthpieces (Thursday through Friday only) Quick Horn Rinse by ESW The Tuba Exchange (Thursday through Saturday only) Warburton Music Products Wessex Tubas LLC Wiseman Cases Ltd Sousaphone Room (Located adjacent to band room on Level One) XO Professional Brass (Wednesday through Friday only) Classroom #7 (Located on Ground Level) Willson Instruments Classroom #9 (Located on Ground Level) B&S, Melton Meinl Weston Classroom #22 (Located on Ground Level) Miraphone eG Classroom #25 (Located on Ground Level) Yamaha Corporation of America 2016 INTERNATIONAL TUBA EUPHONIUM CONFERENCE 11 MAPS AND EXHIBITOR INFORMATION 12 MAY 30TH - JUNE 4TH, 2016 - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CONFERENCE CREDITS ITEA MISSION STATEMENT The International Tuba-Euphonium Association is a worldwide organization of musicians whose purpose is to maintain a liaison among those who take a significant interest in the instruments of the tuba and euphonium family - their development, literature, pedagogy, and performance. The objectives are: • To expand performance and employment opportunities. • To enhance the image and role of our instruments and performers. • To explore pedagogical approaches through new teaching resources. • To promote activity in new instrument design. • To generate new compositions for the tuba and euphonium. • To explore new directions in technique. • To establish and maintain appropriate libraries of recorded and printed materials.