Journal 49:4: Tubists Craig Knox, Cristina Cutts, and Paul Krzywicki
NEW Journal (Winter Volume 49:2): An Interview with Fu-Hsuan Duan by Dr. Kevin Weng Lin
2021 Pokorny Low Brass Seminar
James Shearer & Friend: "Secret Frets"
Officially founded in 1973 as the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association, the International Tuba Euphonium Association is dedicated to promoting and advancing the tuba and euphonium instruments. The organization comprises performers, educators, students, and amateurs of all backgrounds. As a non-profit organization, it is supported by membership dues and donations.
Congratulations to Scott Watson, recipient of the 2022 ITEA Dan Perantoni Teaching Award!
Scott Watson is the Professor of Tuba-Euphonium at the School of Music, University of Kansas, an association that dates back to 1979. His solo efforts can be heard on his “Thoughts of a Cow“ Solo CD, and the educational recordings “Stepping Stones for Tuba, Volume I & II”, both on Potenza Records. Scott is the inaugural Music Director and conductor of the Free State Brass Band since 2014. He also plays Eb tuba in the acclaimed Fountain City Brass Band of Kansas City which is the most successful brass band in American history, having won eight North American titles, as well as their historic Scottish Open win in 2009. In 2018 he served as Principal Tuba of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Australia. While there, he taught at the Conservatorium of Music of the University of Melbourne/Victoria School of the Arts as well as being Principal Eb tuba of the Glenferrie Brass Band. As a teacher, his legions of former students can be found throughout orchestras, major military service bands, college-university positions, and acclaimed public school music programs across the United States.
Dr. Justin Benavidez is the professor of tuba and euphonium at Florida State University and performs as principal tuba of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. In the summer, he is on faculty at the Round Top Music Festival in Texas.
With his playing noted for its "tremendous virtuosity and stylistic versatility", Benavidez has performed in North America, Europe, and Asia. His debut solo album, EMBLEMS, won Silver Medals in the Classical Album and Instrumental Solo Album categories of the Global Music Awards. The International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal described it as "an impressive and highly entertaining record" on which Benavidez "shreds with enthusiasm, exuberance, and precision".
As a scholar, Benavidez was awarded the McKnight Faculty Fellowship to complete his research on the most significant solo repertoire for tuba, culminating in a critical volume that will be published by Oxford University Press for release in 2023. He also served as the editor for Flow Studies through Mountain Peak Music, a daily routine regimen for tuba.
Benavidez is a Melton Meinl Weston performing artist and Denis Wick performing artist.
Congratulations to Roland Szentpáli, Zoltán Juhász, and Gerhard Meinl for winning the 2021 James and Jamie Self Award for Creativity presented at VTEC 2021
Project Abstract:
If you ever played a solo in front of huge crowd, with an orchestra behind you, if you ever played in a jazz band or a chamber group, you know the feeling of being stuck to your seat, with weak projection of your sound to the audience, and being covered by your tuba.
THE SOLUTION IS here: the DOUBLE SIDED PISTON SYSTEM made by ROLAND SZENTPÁLI, ZOLTÁN JUHÁSZ, supported by GERHARD MEINL gives you TWO INTRUMENTS IN ONE. A traditional positioning tuba with all its benefits and the NEW WAY OF HOLDING your instrument with FREE BODY COMMUNICATION to your audience and the BEST EVER PROJECTION of your playing.
TWOBA: STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
For additional, information, please visit: https://twoba.hu/.
Clayton Maddox, a native of South Bay, Florida, is an active soloist, educator, and freelance musician. He is Visiting Lecturer of Music and Adjunct Instructor of Music at Henderson State University. He is also the Huel D. Perkins Fellow at Louisiana State University pursuing doctorate studies.
Clayton has competed in and placed in many solo tuba competitions including, the Leonard Falcone International solo artist competition, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference solo artist and chamber music competition, and the University of Alabama's Concerto-Aria Competition. As an award winning chamber artist he is the 1st tuba of the Boreas Quartet, which debuted its first album, “The Serpent’s Kiss”, in 2014, and has since received the Roger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording from the International Tuba and Euphonium Association.
Click to view the first installment of Clayton's Recording Tutorial: Maddox Tutorials
I am deeply saddened to announce that Howard, my beloved partner of many years, passed away the morning of January 11th after a long illness. Plans for a memorial service will be announced in the near future.
During his remarkable life, Howard dedicated himself to creating a distinctive jazz legacy, and to advancing the stature and versatility of his signature instrument, the tuba. It is his wish that—in lieu of flowers or other tributes—memorial donations be made to benefit The Howard Johnson Tuba Jazz Program Fund at Penn State, an endowment which will provide a residency program for low brass musicians and baritone sax. Donations to the fund can be received at: raise.psu.edu/CelebratingHowardLJohnson
Thanks for all the love and appreciation you have shown Howard over the many years he has charmed and amazed us. And for your kind support during this difficult time.
Nancy Olewine
(posted from hojo.com)
Dr. Charles Guy is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at SUNY-Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. Active as a performer, he has performed more than 600 concerts as a member of the Potsdam Brass Quintet and is in demand as a soloist. His students have enjoyed great success as performers, educators and entrepreneurs.
Dr. Guy created his "Tuba Tutorials" as part of his 2019 sabbatical project. Dr. Guy states,
They include information for music educators and inquisitive tuba students. For educators, I hope that this collection serves as a refresher to the Tuba Techniques course and clarifies some of the most common aspects of tuba performance. For students, I see this as a supplement to the instruction they are receiving from their music teachers. The initial project consists of six videos and a brief introduction. If these videos prove to be helpful I will expand to include other topics as well as digging deeper into these fundamentals."
Click to view the tutorials: Charles Guy's Tuba Tutorials
Benedict Kirby (b. 1966, St. Paul, Minn.) began playing the tuba in the public schools of Willmar, Minn. and has earned degrees from the University of Minnesota (B.M., B.S. MuEd. and M.M.) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (D.M.A.). His teachers include Frank Bencriscutto, Ross Tolbert, Arnold Jacobs and John Stevens. His work as a musician is multifaceted and includes performing, teaching and conducting as well as composition and arranging.
Click to view the guide: Ben Kirby's Guided Warm-up
Vincent and Ethel Simonetti's Historic Tuba Collection
by Matthew Shipes
A Labor of Love from a Lifelong Tuba Enthusiast
View videos supplementing Matthew Shipes' article on the Simonetti Tuba Museum
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