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for EUPHONIUM and TUBA
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Welcome to our 12th Anniversary of International Euphonium
and Tuba Festival‼ My vision of the fi rst event in 2004 remains
crystal clear with its humble beginnings of 14 participants and
4 staff . My heartfelt thanks go to those number that had the
courage to att end and help start something special that has
helped create a lifetime of friendships around the world, a trail
of inspiration that has led to numerous professional musicians,
and a plethora of players that have gained insight into being
the best they can be. It warms my heart and soul to see this
dream achieved and I thank YOU for being a part of this grand
tradition of excellence, motivation, and global camaraderie. You
join a special group of people from around the world. Th ank
you for being here‼
Adam Frey, Artistic Director
Major Sponsors
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Program of EventsSunday, June 21 1:00-5:00 PM Competitions/Registration at Th arp Rehearsal Hall 5:30 PM Meeting, Social, and Dinner – Th arp Rehearsal Hall 7:30 PM Opening Recital – Meet the Staff of IET Recital
Monday, June 22 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC) 8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Childs / Davis (tubas) 9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal 11:00 AM Master Class –David Childs 12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby 1:15 PM Chamber Music Introduction - Dave Brubeck
ARTIST COURSE STUDENT COURSE 2:00 PM Chamber Music 2:00 PM Master Class – Curran 3:00 PM Practice / Break 3:00 PM Chamber Music 4:00 PM Master Class – Gourlay 4:00 PM Master Class/Break 5:30 PM Dinner (DUC) 7:30 PM Evening Concert – Lauren Curran, James Gourlay and Adam Frey
Tuesday, June 23 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC) 8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Curran / Davis (tubas) 9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal 11:00 AM Master Class – Vocal Transcriptions with Richard Clements (tenor) 12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby
ARTIST COURSE STUDENT COURSE 2:00 PM Chamber Music 2:00 PM Master Class – Hunsberger 3:00 PM Practice / Break 3:00 PM Chamber Music 4:00 PM Master Class – Preparing for Auditions 5:30 PM Dinner (DUC) 7:30 PM Evening Concert – MDC Brass Groups, Ron Davis, and David Childs
Wednesday June 24 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC) 8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Brubeck/ Hunsberger (tubas) 9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal 11:00 AM Master Class – Adam Frey 12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby 1:30 PM Presentation - Th e Helicon - Igor Krivokapic 2:30 PM Prepare to travel to Johns Creek, GA 3:00 PM Departure for Johns Creek First United Methodist Church 4:30 PM Dress Rehearsal for Concert 5:30 PM Dinner – Gathering Room 7:00 PM Outreach Concert at Johns Creek First United Methodist Church
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Program of EventsTh ursday, June 25 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC) 8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Bowman/ Hunsberger (tubas) 9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal 11:00 AM Master Class – A View from the Podium 12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby 2:00 PM Solo Competition Finals 4:00 PM Chamber Rehearsal Student Course 4:45 PM Chamber Rehearsal Artist Course 5:30 PM Dinner (DUC) 7:30 PM Evening Concert - Helicon Ensemble, Jay Hunsberger, and Brian Bowman
Friday, June 26 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC) 8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Sheridan 9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal 10:00 AM Chamber Music – Dress Rehearsal – High School Ensembles 10:30 AM Chamber Music – Dress Rehearsal – College and Adult Ensembles 11:00 AM Master Class – Patrick Sheridan 12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby 1:30 PM Career Roundtable and Discussion / Exhibits 2:30 PM Participant Recital #1 4:30 PM Master Class –Brian Meixner 5:30 PM Dinner (DUC) 7:30 PM Evening Concert – Brian Meixner, Patrick Sheridan and the Cobb Wind Symphony with Guest Soloist James Gourlay & Adam Frey 9:15 PM Ice Cream Social – On the Qu ad with Mercury Orkestar‼
Saturday, June 27 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC) 8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Sheridan 9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal 11:00 AM Master Class – Brian Bowman 12:30 PM Lunch 1:30 PM Participant Recital #2 3:30 PM Break / Exhibits 4:00 PM Participant Recital #3 5:30 PM Dinner – Dining Hall (DUC)
7:30 PM Gala Concert featuring IET Festival Artists and Participant Ensembles
Sunday, June 28 8:00 AM Breakfast and Depart 8:00-10:00AM Participant and Instrument Pickup at Residence Hall
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Sunday, June 21 - 7:30 PM Emerson Concert Hall - Emory Univeristy
Meet the Staff of IET Recital
Sonata Henry EccelsJames Gourlay, tuba & Caryl Conger
Journey Home Martin MiklesLauren Veronie Curran, euphonium & Magdalena Shumanova
Call of the Seasons Phillip CatelinetAdam Frey, euphonium & Caryl Conger
Beau soir Claude DebussyDavid Brubeck, bass trombone & Magdalena Shumanova
Concert Etude, Opus 49 Alexander Goedicke (1877-1957) Transcribed by Rudy Emilson
Ron Davis, tuba & Magdalena Shumanova
Ziguernerweisen Pablo SarasateDavid Childs and Caryl Conger
--INTERMISSION--
Litt le Symphony Joseph Haydn Allegro Moderato Presto
Helicon Ensemble of the Conservatory of Music and Ballet LjubljanaIgor Krivokapic, conductor
IET Faculty & Freinds Ensemble
Rolling Th under Henry Fillmore arr. RobertsonVirgens del Sol Daniel RoblesAdagio John Stevesns
Dedicated in memory of Kelly Th omas
Saint Michael the Archangel from Church Windows Ott orino Respighi arr. OltWorld Premiere
Members:Euphoniums: Jason Casanova, Martin Cochran, Lauren Curran,
Adam Frey, Rick Mason, Fred Meyer, Cale Self, David ZerkelTubas: Steven Bontempi, Jeremy Crawford, Robert Coulter,
Ron Davis, James Gourlay, David McLemore, Th omas Peacock, Bill Pritchard
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Monday, June 22 - 7:30 PM - RecitalEmerson Concert Hall - Emory Univeristy
Lauren Veronie Curran & Magdelana ShumanovaVariations on a Brazilian Folk Tune Fernando MoraisAria and Toccata J. Scott McKenzie
World Premiere“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns Franz Lehar
James Gourlay & Caryl Conger
Oboe Conccerto Benedett o Marcello Song for Lott a Jan SandstromAllegro Fuoco Roland SzentpaliJenny Jones William Rimmer
Adam Frey & Caryl Conger
Alien Loop de Loops Howard BussWorld Premiere
Ella lo sabe Roberto PintosWorld Premiere
Night Song Ron NelsonDedicated in memory to Kelly Th omas
Rule Britt ania John Hartt mann arr. FreyLa Forza del Desitiny Giuseppe Verdi arr. James Gourlay
James Gourlay, tubaWorld Premeire
Tuesday, June 23 - 7:30 PM - RecitalEmerson Concert Hall - Emory Univeristy
Miami Dade College KENDALL Campus Brass Chamber GroupsHabanera, from Carmen Georges Bizet arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr. Allegro molto from Qu artet No. 4 Wilhelm Ramsoe Rondeau Jean Joseph Mouret arranged by David Th omas Fugue in C minor J. S. Bach arranged by Raphael Valencia
Alain Rodriguez & Jose Romero, trumpet
Bradley Gagne, French horn Gabriel Benitez, tenor tromboneArmando Alicandu, euphonium
David Brubeck, coach and coordinator of chamber music program
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All Blues Miles Davis arr. BrubeckSenor Blues Horace Silver arr. Brubeck
Gabriel Benitez, tenor tromboneArmando Alicandu, Euphonium and Bass Trombone
Michael Contreras, EuphoniumAnthony Lupo, Tuba
David Brubeck, coach and coordinator of chamber music program
David Brubeck, bass trombone & Magdalena Shumanova, piano
Allegro non troppo from Sonata in E minor Johannes Brahms
--INTERMISSION--
Ron Davis, tuba & Magdalena Shumanova, piano
Sonata No, 2 in E-fl at major Johann Sebastian Bach I. Allegro moderato Transcribed by Floyd Cooley II. Siciliano III. Allegro
David Childs, euphonium & Caryl Conger, piano
Brillante Peter GrahamRomanza from Concerto for Euphonium Karl JenkinsFantasy J. N.. HummelMyfanwy Parry
Th ursday, June 25 - 7:30 PM - RecitalEmerson Concert Hall - Emory Univeristy
Vidor Krivokapic, soprano helicon & Bratko Krivokapic, tenor heliconKatalin Krivokapic Peter, piano
Th ree Hungarian Songs Katalin Krivokapic PeterJuvinile Trio Igor Krivokapic Allegro moderato Larghett o ma Triste Ardito
Jay Hunsberger & Caryl Conger
Tuba Concerto David CarlsonBright and Bouyant from Beloved Bass Gwyneth Walker
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Friday, June 26 - 8:00 PM - RecitalEmerson Concert Hall - Emory Univeristy
Brian Meixner, euphonium and Nathan Daughtrey, marimba
Spitfi re Nathan DaughtreyEl Alacrán David CutlerEvenStar Nathan Daughtrey with James Gourlay, tuba
Patrick Sheridan, tuba & Caryl Conger, piano
Vier Ernste Gesange (Four Serious Songs) Johannes Brahms
--INTERMISSION--
COBB WIND SYMPHONYAn All Adult Community Band
Alfred L. Watkins, conductor
Robert J. Cowles, assistant conductor
Fanfare and Flourishes James Curnow
Symphony #3, mvt 1 Alfred Reed
Sheltering Sky John Mackey
Music from “1941” John Williams/Paul Lavendar
Pantomine Philip Sparke
Adam Frey, euphonium
Song for Lyndsay Andrew Boysen
Czardas Vitt orio Monti
James Gourlay, tuba
Bullets and Bayonets John Philip Sousa
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EnergyCrafted for incredible projection and articulate response, the 1680 CC tuba
empowers even the most ambitious performers. From the quietest pianissimo
to the greatest fortissimo, this instrument delivers a sensitivity and power
that defi nes itself as the sound of professionalism.
Andrew HitzSoloist, Clinician andInstructor of Tuba,
George Mason University
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Student Division:
1st Prize
• $400 and a $200 Scholarship for IET 2016
• $50 Gift Certifi cate to Cimarron Music
2nd Prize
• $200 Cash and a $100 Scholarship for IET 2016
• $50 Gift Certifi cate to AbsoluteBrass.com
Artist Division:
1st Prize
• $400 and a $200 Scholarship for IET 2016
• $50 Gift Certifi cate to Cimarron Music
2nd Prize
• $200 Cash and a $100 Scholarship for IET 2016
• $50 Gift Certifi cate to AbsoluteBrass.com
The 5th Annual IET Festival Solo Competition
Artist DivisionDalian Bryan
Carlos Deleon
Sean Eberlin
Michael Fahrner
Andrew Geocaris
Sarah Keene
Erik Lundquist
Robert Madeson
Dennis Miller
Conrad Shaw
Student DivisionWill Beaudry
Andrew Berry
Ada Brooks
Max Dobson
Spencer Edwards
Kevin Flanagan
Jared Graham
Mark Grand
Gabriel Hart
Kendra Luedke
Ernesto Moor
Josie Strader
Connor Sullivan
Kaitlyn Valeros
Tyler Wise
Competitors Prizes
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THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIUM AND TUBA FESTIVAL STAFF
Andrew AcsGal Soukal Avsec George AlbertiArmando AlicanduAlex AullWill BeaudryGabriel BenitezKathryn BernardAndrew BerryLauren BrackAda BrooksHaley BrooksDonald BrownRobert BrozowskiDalian BryanBlake CandebatJesse CendejasHenry De ArazozaCarlos DeleonPaul DickinsonBob DobsonMax DobsonSean EberlinSpencer EdwardsMichael FahrnerKevin FlanaganBradley Gagné
Marshall GagnéNathan GalersteinAndrew GeocarisTrent GibsonJared GrahamMax GrandHailey HamiltonGabriel HartDante HenschenBenjamin HorneGlen JohnsonCandalee JonesSarah KeeneVanja Kranjec Bratko Krivokapic Vidor Krivokapic Salvatore LaRosaArt LeibySeth LeighIan LesterJoshua LewisJames LongKyle LoughmanKendra LuedkeErik LundquistAnthony LupoTeddy Mack
Robert MadesonNoah McDonaldDennis MillerDenis MillinerSamuel MinkerTroy MoellerErnesto MoorIrena NadlerTerry PaananenMario PallazolaJesus PerezTodd PerryAlain RodriguezJose RomeroVincent RoseEric ShallowayConrad ShawKyle SmithJosie StraderConnor SullivanGordon TolleKaitlyn ValerosTyler WiseDerrick WrightJason YangGlenn ZekserBruno Zizmond
THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL EUPHONIUM AND TUBA FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS
Brian Bowman David BrubeckJason CasanovaColleen CasanovaFyodor CherniavskyDavid ChildsRick ClementsCaryl Conger Kathy CowanLauren Veronie CurranRon Davis
Adam Frey Janet Frey James GourlayJay HunsbergerIgor KrivokapicBrian MeixnerBill PritchardDevin ReidPatrick SheridanMagdalena ShumanovaJanez Žnidaršič
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Saturday, June 27 - 7:30 PM - Gala ConcertGala Concert featuring the IET Festival Artists and Massed Ensembles
Emerson Concert Hall - Emory Univeristy
Cello Suite No 2 – Prelude J.S. Bach Patrick Sheridan, tuba
Oblivion Astor Piazzolla arr. Anderson Adam Frey, euphonium & Caryl Conger, piano
Blue Bells of Scotland Athur PryorBrian Bowman, euphonium & Caryl Conger, piano
Coming Home Nathan Daughtrey Brian Meixner, euphonium & Nathan Daughtrey, marimba
Brillante Peter GrahamAdam Frey, euphonium & Patrick Sheridan, tuba
Five Slovenian Popular Songs Slovenec sem (I’m Slovenian) Gustav Ipavec Lipa (Linden Tree) Davorin Jenko Po jezeru, bliz Triglava (On the Lake, Near the Triglav) Miroslav Vilhar Nocoj pa, oh, nocoj (Tonight, Oh, Tonight) Folk Song Triglav moj dom (Triglav My Home) Jakob Aljaz
Helicon Ensemble of the Conservatory of Music and Ballet LjubljanaIgor Krivokapic, conductor
--INTERMISSION--
Selections chosen from or announced from stage:
Discontinuity Drew BonnerLyric Poem Marcel G. FrankDual of the Fates John Williams
World PremiereTh e Eagle Ensemble
Devin Reid, conductorJotunn Jesse McConnellGeorgia Hoagy CarmichelEagle Th unders James Gourlay
Th e Panther EnsembleDr. James Gourlay, conductor
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen arr. SlusherChimes of Liberty Goldman arr. BricaultAdagio from Symphony No. 3 C. Saint-Saens arr. Hanson
Dedicated in memory of Tamara AlbrectSaint Michael the Archangel from Church Windows Ott orino Respighi arr. Olt
IET Massed EnsembleAdam Frey, conductor
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PAUL BHASINEmory University Conductor Paul Bhasin joins the faculty of Emory University as Director
of Wind Studies in 2015. In this capacity, he will direct the Emory Wind
Ensemble and teach conducting. Praised for his “crisp, clear” conducting
and “highly expressive” interpretations, Bhasin has led a variety of
ensembles throughout North America and abroad including recent
performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and throughout
the People’s Republic of China. Bhasin’s recent guest engagements include
appearances with the Interlochen Arts Academy Concert Band, Virginia
Symphony Brass and Percussion, and the American Youth Philharmonic. He is in demand as a guest
conductor and adjudicator and was recently invited to present at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic
(in collaboration with the U.S. Marine Band), the College Band Directors National Association Southern
Division Conference, and the Music Teachers National Association Conference. His transcriptions
and arrangements have been performed and commissioned in the US and abroad by the United States
Marine Band, St. Louis Opera Th eater, the United States Air Force Brass in Blue, Grand Tetons Festival
Orchestra, La Unió Musical l’Horta de Sant Marcel·lí (Valencia, Spain) and the Washington Symphonic
Brass (DC). His upcoming Centaur Records release features the music of Brian Hulse and is performed
by principals from the Richmond and Virginia Symphonies as well as the College of William & Mary
Wind Ensemble.
BRIAN BOWMANUniversity of North Texas
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: Th e University of Michigan
Symphony Band, The United States Navy Band, The United States
Bicentennial Band, Th e United States Air Force Band and Th e River City
Brass Band in Pitt sburgh, 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, Th e Virgin Islands,
Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Great Britain,
France, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Tonga Taiwan, Th ailand and
the People’s Republic of China. He has appeared as tenor tubist with the National Symphony, the
Pitt sburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, Oklahoma
City Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Symphonica of Xlapa, Mexico.
He has performed concertos with the Sapporo Japan, Symphony Orchestra the North Carolina
Symphony and the Madison Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Bowman is a Willson Performing Artist.
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DAVID BRUBECKMiami Dade CollegeDr. David William Brubeck serves as Professor of Music at the Kendall
Campus of Miami Dade College where he coordinates the chamber music
program and teaches trombone as well as courses in Music Th eory and
Jazz. Brubeck performs regularly with the Miami City Ballet Orchestra,
Brass Miami, DUO BRUBECK, DUO BRASS and DUO WINDS. Brubeck’s
occasional performances have included the likes of Stevie Wonder, Th e
Bolshoi Ballet,Ray Charles, the American Ballet Th eatre and as a solo
artist for the International Trombone Festival, and the International
Tuba and Euphonium Conference. Brubeck’s compositions, entitled
Stereograms, have been performed and recorded throughout the globe
and three were recently recorded by Boston Symphony bass trombonist
James Markey on his latest CD, “Psychedelia”. Th ese self-accompanied
rhythmic etudes inspired by the Cello Suites of Bach and the unaccompanied works of Bobby McFerrin
have been transcribed for saxophone and tuba. As a soloist, Brubeck has been featured with the Miami
Wind Symphony, Th e Florida Atlantic University Orchestra, Greater Miami Symphonic Band as a
soloist with pianist Bronwen Rutt er. Brubeck has comissioned,premiered and performed countless
works for bass trombone. His website is www. davidbrubeck.com.
Mr. Brubeck is an Artist for John Duda at Earl Williams/Calicchio.
DAVID CHILDS
Royal Welsh College of Music David Childs has appeared as soloist with the BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Concert
Orchestra, Sinfonia Cymru, DCINY Symphony and BBC
Philharmonic; made solo appearances at the Singapore
International Festival, Welsh Proms, Harrogate International
Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Melbourne International
Festival, BBC Proms and New York Festival; performed solo
recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Bridgewater
Hall; given Concerto performances at the Concertgebouw,
Carnegie Hall, Qu een Elizabeth Hall, Symphony Hall, New
York’s Lincoln Center and London’s Royal Albert Hall; and regularly records as a solo artist for radio,
television and commercial disc. He teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music.
David Childs is a Besson Performing Artist.
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RICHARD CLEMENTSGeorgia State University
Grammy-winning American tenor RICHARD CLEMENT has
performed with most of America’s major orchestras and mu-
sic directors. He recently earned particular acclaim with the
National Art Centre Orchestra in Ott awa in Beethoven’s Missa
Solemnis under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman and for the title
in Elgar’s Th e Dream of Gerontius with the North Carolina Sym-
phony and Sacramento Choral Arts Society and Orchestra. In
addition, he premiered and recorded Th eofanides’s Th e Here and
Now (nominated for a Grammy) with Robert Spano and the At-
lanta Symphony, including performances in Atlanta and Carn-
egie Hall. Among the most in demand tenors for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, invitations include the
Boston Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and other orchestras throughout the United States.
Recent engagements include a debut at the Casals Festival in San Juan Puerto Rico, the Vermont
Symphony Orchestra and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra the Cincinnati Opera and a return
to the Tanglewood Music Festival for Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music. Mr. Clement’s opera
engagements include performances with the New York City Opera, Belgium’s De Vlaamse Opera,
Opera Frankfurt, the Vancouver Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera among others in operas ranging
from Handel to John Adams. Mr. Clement graduated from Georgia State University and the College
Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. He is currently an associate professor of
voice and artist-in-residence at Georgia State University.
CARYL CONGERCollaborative PianistPianist, Caryl Worthington Conger, continues her passion
of musical collaboration, performing regularly with wind and
brass artists in recitals and conferences throughout the U. S.
and abroad including the annual U.S. Army Band Tuba-Eupho-
nium Conferences and the recent ITEA conferences in Finland
and Greensboro and Denver. Her niche of interest has been her
collaboration with tuba and euphonium artists including Dan-
iel Perantoni, Patrick Sheridan, Oystein Baadsvik, Roger Bobo,
and Harvey Phillips, Steve Mead, Adam Frey, Roger Behrend,
and Brian Bowman.
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LAUREN VERONIE CURRANUS Army Field Band
Sergeant First Class Lauren Curran plays euphonium with the United
States Army Field Band in Washington, D.C. As a member of the Army’s
premier touring ensemble, Lauren travels and performs across the United
States over 120 days each year. She has been a featured soloist with the
Concert Band in 18 states and regularly performs with the US Army
Field Band Brass Qu intet. Lauren is a graduate of the University of North
Texas, where she studied euphonium with Dr. Brian L. Bowman. She is
the winner of the 2004 Potomac International Euphonium Competition.
Lauren is a passionate performer and teacher, and works hard to balance
the life of a euphonium rock star with her new role as “mom” to an
energetic baby boy. She loves hiking, science fi ction, and cooking Cajun
food. Lauren maintains a blog about her travels at www.laureneuph.com.
RON DAVISUniversity of South CarolinaRonald Davis is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the
University of South Carolina School of Music and principal tuba
with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra. Ron was born
and raised in southern California and during his early career
was an active free-lance musician in the Los Angeles area. For
fi ve seasons he was the principal tuba with the Santa Barbara
Symphony Orchestra, and had also performed with the Los
Angeles Master Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra under Roger
Wagner, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles
Civic Light Opera. During his college years Ron and three of
his friends formed “Th e Tubadours”, a professional euphonium/
tuba quartet that played seasonally at Disneyland and capped
its early years by winning television’s Th e Gong Show. He was
an original cast member of the Pioneer Hall Hoop-De-Doo
Review at Walt Disney World, Florida (playing banjo) and also
performed regularly at Knott ’s Berry Farm and Ghost Town, Six
Flags Magic Mountain and Universal Studios Tour.
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ADAM FREYGeorgia State University, Emory University, & Reinhardt University
Adam Frey is the Artistic Director of the IET Festival for the
past 12 years and travels the world sharing his music with
audiences and students. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Adam Frey received his musical training at the University of Geor-
gia and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester,
England. As a major ambassador of the euphonium, Adam
has more than ninety works that have been composed or
specifi cally arranged for him. Adam has soloed with orches-
tras the world over, including the world famous Boston Pops,
Cheju Symphony Orchestra (South Korea), US Army Orches-
tra (Washington DC), Harvard Pops (MA), Fort Collins (CO),
Indian Hill (MA), the Vaasa Symphony Orchestra (Finland), Atlanta Philharmonic (GA), Cascade
(WA), Greensboro (NC), Clemson (SC), LaGrange (GA), Minot (ND), Bellevue Philharmonic (WA),
and Northeastern (MA) Symphony Orchestras. Adam has also been guest soloist at festivals around
the globe, including twice at the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic (USA), the WASBE Convention
(Singapore), Melbourne International Festival of Brass (Australia), Trombonanza (Argentina), Carlos
Gomez Festival (Brazil), International Tuba Euphonium Conference (Finland, Italy, Canada, and USA),
Jeju International Wind Festival (South Korea), Asia Pacifi c Band Directors Conference (South Korea),
Westby Low Brass Workshop (Norway), Peru Low Brass Festival (Peru), Colombia Festubal (Colom-
bia), Tubmania (Th ailand), and Orquesta Latinoamericana de Vientos (Colombia) to name a few. His
website is www.euphonium.com.
Adam Frey is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
JAMES GOURLAYRiver City Brass Band
James Gourlay was born in Scotland where, at an early age, he was
volunteered to play in the local school brass band. He made rapid
progress and soon became Scott ish National solo champion at
junior and senior levels. Gourlay later studied tuba performance
at the Royal College of Music, London, but left aft er a short time to
take up a full time position in the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra. Th ree years later, he became principal tuba of the
BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. Aft er 10 great years at
the BBC, working with some of the world’s greatest conductors,
Gourlay was invited to become the solo tubist of the Zurich Opera House Orchestra in Switzerland.
Today, James Gourlay is the General Director of Pitt sburgh’s own River City Brass, the world’s only
full-time professional brass band, performing 70 concerts annually all over the USA, and Director of
Instrumental Music and University Bands at Wheeling Jesuit University, West Virginia.
James Gourlay is a Besson Performing Artist.
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JAY HUNSBERGERUniversity of South Florida, Sarasota SymphonyTuba legend Harvey Phillips wrote “Jay Hunsberger is one of
America’s premiere orchestral tubists, an experienced soloist and
sensitive chamber music performer.” Mr. Hunsberger is the principal
tubist with the Sarasota Orchestra and Professor of Tuba and
Euphonium at the University of South Florida in Tampa. During his
tenure at USF, he has developed a tuba/euphonium studio which rivals
that of major universities in the US. In addition to the OCTUBAFEST!
Series (which features guest and student performances), the studio
brings world-renown tuba and euphonium soloists to the Tampa
campus for recitals and master classes with USF students. Mr. Hunsberger received both BM and MM
degrees in performance from the Indiana University School of Music. His teachers have included Dan
Perantoni, Harvey Phillips, Roger Bobo, and Sam Pilafi an.
IGOR KRIVOKAPICIgor Krivokapic was born on 10 November 1965 in Ljubljana, and
now lives in Polhov Gradec. He studied tuba at the Academy of
Music in Ljubljana, graduating in 1988, and then achieved a Master
of Music at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, USA,
studying tuba with Toby Hanks, electronic composition with Caleb
Morgan, classical composition with Robert Ceely and orchestration
with Malcolm Peyton. Before dedicating himself completely to
composition, he was a tuba soloist with the RTV Slovenia Symphony
Orchestra (1985-1995), a symphonic music producer at Radio Slovenia
from 1996 until 1999 and also taught at various music schools in
Ljubljana. He has become a promoter of brass instruments. His fi rst symphony was presented by the RTV
Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in 2003.
VIDOR AND BRATO KRIVOKAPICAt age of seven, Vidor (b. 2003) started to learn Soprano helicon with his father at the Ljubljana
Conservatory of Music and Ballet. Brato (b. 2001), at the age of secen, began the accordian and later
learned the tenor helicon in 2011. Both won special fi rst prizes (100 points) at 17th International Music
Competition in Novi Sad (Serbia). Both have been playing numerous concert occasions in Slovenia,
Serbia, Germany, Austria, Latvia and Spain. Both have appeared with the Symphony orchestra of Emila
Melngaila Liepajas muzikas vidusskolas in Liepaja Latvia and were guest artists of ITEC 2014.
KATALIN PETER KRIVOKAPIC Katalin Péter Krivokapič graduated from the music school in Subotica with her teacher Prof. Maria
Szekely. and earned a Master’s degree in Novi Sad with Arbo Valdma. During her studies she was
awarded many fi rst prizes at the states and federal competitions of young musicians. She performed
in the Vojvodina Youth Orchestra, the chamber orchestra of Novi Sad, the Philharmonic Orchestra of
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Subotica and various other orchestras.She performed concerts in the biggest cultural centers of former
Yugoslavia ( Zagreb, Sarajevo,Belgrade, Ljubljana) as well as abroad. She’s made broadcasts for the Radio-
Television Novi Sad and Belgrade.she is employed at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana.
BRIAN MEIXNERHigh Point UniversityBrian Meixner is an active euphonium soloist, conductor and educator, currently on the faculty at High
Point University where he serves as the Assistant Director of Bands and teaches studio low brass. Brian
is also is the Founder, Music Director and President of the newly formed North Carolina Brass Band,
the newest professional brass band in the United States. Th e NCBB released their debut album, “First in
Flight”, in 2014. Brian has held the position of Assistant Conductor of the River City Brass Band, where
he played euphonium full time for six years. Brian has been
featured with the RCBB on several performances, both as a
euphoniumist and conductor. He has also been featured as a
euphonium solo artist and clinician with several professional
ensembles, various universities, community bands, high
school ensembles, brass bands, and state, national and
international music conferences. Brian has previously served
on the faculties of UNC-Greensboro, Slippery Rock University,
the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas Woman’s
University. He also served as the Euphonium Teaching Fellow
at the University of North Texas, where he completed a DMA
in Euphonium Performance.
Dr. Meixner is a Willson Artist.
NATHAN DAUGHTREYHigh Point UniversityPercussionist, composer, & educator Nathan Daughtrey (b.
1975) is a musical chameleon who uses his wide-ranging
talents to adapt comfortably to a variety of environments. As a performing artist and clinician for
Yamaha percussion, Vic Firth sticks & mallets, Zildjian cymbals, and Black Swamp accessories, he has
performed and given masterclasses and clinics throughout the United States and across three continents.
Nathan has recorded two solo marimba albums to date – “Spiral Passages” and “Th e Yuletide Marimba”
– as well as several chamber music albums, including a recent collaboration with euphoniumist Brian
Meixner titled “Praxis.” With over 60 publications for percussion ensemble, concert band, orchestra,
chamber ensembles, and soloists as well as an ever-growing number of commissions, Nathan balances
his performing with composing, and to great acclaim. He is the only composer in the history of the
Percussive Arts Society International Composition Contest to procure both 2nd and 3rd place in the
same year with his percussion ensemble works “Limerick Daydreams” and “Adaptation,” respectively.
Nathan’s compositions appear regularly on performances at PASIC, the Midwest Band and Orchestra
Clinic, the Bands of America National Percussion Festival, and in concert halls and other performance
venues around the world.
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DEVIN REIDLanier Middle SchoolT. Devin Reid is currently an active musician and educator
throughout the southeast. A native of Fayett eville, NC,
Mr. Reid is a 2005 recipient of the North Carolina Teaching
Fellows Scholarship. He holds a Master of Music in Wind
Band Conducting from Georgia State University and a
Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro. His primary conducting
teachers include Dr. Robert Ambrose, Dr. Chester Phillips,
and Dr. Kevin Geraldi. He studied percussion with Dr.
Andrew Dancy, Dr. Cort McClaren and Mr. Peter Zlotnick.
In 2015 Mr. Reid accepted the position as Director of
Bands at Lanier Middle School in Sugar Hill, GA. Prior
to his appointment at Lanier, Mr. Reid served as Graduate
Assistant for the Georgia State University Bands and
previously, Director of Bands at James Kenan High School
in Warsaw, NC.
PATRICK SHERIDANSalt River Brass & International SoloistPatrick Sheridan is one of the most celebrated soloists in his instrument’s history. He has performed
more than 3,000 concerts in over 50 countries in venues ranging from the White House to NBA half-
time shows to the Hollywood Bowl. At 20 years of age,
Patrick became a member of “Th e President’s Own”
United States Marine Band. During his military service,
he thrilled audiences across the United States with
his amazing virtuosity and musicianship as one of the
band’s primary soloists. Since then, Patrick has gone
on to become an incredibly diverse artist with concert
performances transcending stylistic genres and building
fans around the world for his instrument, the tuba. He
has been featured in television and radio broadcasts on
4 continents including appearances most recently on
NBC’s Today Show and NPR’s All Th ings Considered and Performance Today. Patrick maintains a
busy international career with more than 75 concerts annually with orchestras, bands, and chamber
ensembles and in recital.
Patrick Sheridan is a Jupiter Performing Artist.31
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MAGDALANA SHUMANOVACollaborative PianistOriginally from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Magdalena Shumanova
started her piano studies at the age of 4, and att ended Secondary
Music School “Dobrin Petkov” from 1st - 12th grade. After
graduating with honors, she continued her studies at Florida
State University, pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Piano
Performance. She recently graduated with her Masters of Music
in Collaborative Piano at the San Francisco Conservatory
of Music. Magdalena has accompanied world renowned
musicians at the Summer Brass Institute for 4 years, and at the
International Euphonium Tuba Festival for the 10th year now.
Some of the musicians include international brass soloists and
brass members from the San Francisco Symphony, Opera, and
Ballet Orchestras, as well as Chicago Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra. Ms. Shumanova has the
pleasure to reside and currently work as a Music Director and Pianist for the Musical Th eatre Works in
San Francisco.
JANEZ ŽNIDARŠIC Principal Tuba, Slovenia Philharmonic OrchestraJanez Žnidaršič, born in 1969 in Postojna, Slovenia, started his musical training in 1979 at the Fran
Gerbič Music School in Cerknica where he played the trombone.
After only two years’ training, he joined the Godba Cerknica
wind orchestra. At the time, the orchestra was in need of tuba
players, so upon request of the conductor, Tone Urh, and also in
his own wish, he switched to tuba. Even as a trombone player, he
wanted to pursue musical career, but that was not possible at the
time because a profession in music was still a big unknown.Aft er
completing secondary vocational school in Postojna and a few
years’ work in one of the local factories, his wish to engage in music
professionally grew even stronger. In 1993, he started training to
enroll at the Secondary Music and Ballet School of Ljubljana with
professor Dragiša Mišković. In 1996, he entered the class of professor Igor Krivokapić as a tuba student
and completed the course in 2002. In the same year, he enrolled at the Ljubljana Academy of Music
and successfully completed his studies under the mentorship of professor Darko Rošker four years
later.While still a student, he started teaching at the Ajdovščina Music School and later at the Postojna
Music School where he remained for ten years. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Slovene
Philharmonics Orchestra. In the past years, he has att ended seminars of renowned professors and
musicians (Velvet Brown, Mario Barsott i). Among others, he has also completed a two-year masterclass
for tuba with Roger Bobo.32
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COBB WIND SYMPHONYFormed in September 1999, the Cobb Wind Symphony (CWS) is comprised of 110 adult musicians
from all over the Atlanta area. Th e CWS was created to provide a musical outlet for musicians of
Cobb County and the Atlanta area as a means to further the development of band music. Th e group
has grown from its initial 77 members to over 100, and includes musicians from all professions
including music, education, medicine, law, engineering, and management and technology. Brought
together by a common love of music, the members of the Cobb Wind Symphony bring a unique new
sound to the metro Atlanta area. Th e charter committ ee and current board are made many of Lassiter
High School Band alumni and past students of Alfred Watkins. In 2009, the Cobb Wind Symphony
was awarded Sudler’s Silver Scroll Award, North America’s most prestigious award for community
concert bands. Th e purpose of this award is to identify, recognize and honor those community bands
that have demonstrated particularly high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period
of several years, and which have played a signifi cant and leading role in the cultural and musical
environment in their respective communities. Th e Sudler Award is sponsored by the John Philip
Sousa Foundation, which seeks to uphold the standards and ideals of the American icon, John Philip
Sousa. Some of CWS’s past performances include: 2006 and 2008 NBA/CBDNA Southern Division
Conference; 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015 GMEA Convention; and the 2003 and 2010 Midwest Band Clinic.
ALFRED WATKINS Conductor, Cobb Wind SymphonyMr. Alfred L. Watkins was Director of Bands at Lassiter High School for 31 years. For six years
prior to joining Lassiter, Watkins served as Director of Bands
at Murphy High School in the APS. Bands under Watkins’
direction have performed four times at the Midwest Band Clinic,
six performances at the BOA National Concert Band Festival
and fi ve performances at the GMEA In-Service Conference. Th e
symphonic band has performed on the college campuses of the
University of Georgia, Florida State University, the University
of South Carolina and Troy State University. The Lassiter
Percussion Ensemble has performed twice at the Midwest Clinic,
PASIC, National Percussion Festival and three times at the
Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference. Th e
Lassiter Marching Band was the 1998 & 2002 Bands of America
Grand National Champion and the band has also won nine
BOA Regional Championships. Th e band has also participated
in four Tournament of Roses Parade, three times in the Macy’s
Th anksgiving Day Parade, twice in the Orange Bowl Parade and once in the Citrus Bowl Parade. Th e
band program is one of only fourteen high bands in America to have received both the Sudler Flag of
Honor for concert and the Sudler Shield for marching. Mr. Watkins was selected as a member of the
Florida A & M Gallery of Distinguished Alumni, the Bands of America Hall of Fame, the American
SPECIAL GUEST ENSEMBLES FOR THE IET FESTIVAL 2015
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EUPHONIUM TUBA FESTIVAL
COMMISSION FUND
Due to the continued success of the IET Festival and its strong commitment to new music for the euphonium and tuba, we are pleased to establish the IET Festival Commission Fund.
Th is fund is supported by every participant of the festival as well as by individuals and corporate sponsors that share the vision and donate directly to this mission.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY: Each purchase of Cimarron Music this week from the Euphonium.com Store will go directly to the IET Commission Fund‼
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Bandmasters Association and the Georgia Chapter of the Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame. He has
received sixteen Certifi cates of Excellence from the National Band Association, the Sudler Order of
Merit from the John Philip Sousa Foundation and the Band World Magazine Legion of Honor. Mr.
Watkins is Co-Founder, Conductor and Musical Director of the Cobb Wind Symphony, an all-adult
community band based in the Atlanta. Th e $1.5 million Lassiter Band Building bears his name.
HELICON ENSEMBLE OF THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND BALLET LJUBLJANA Th e Helicon Ensemble was formed in September 2014 at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet
Ljubljana. It is the fi rst and currently the only one in the world. Members of the Helicon Ensemble
are mostly young musicians led by professor Igor Krivokapic. Th e Conservatory of Music and
Ballet Ljubljana is also the musical educational institution where the idea of the new instruments
was born as well as the pioneer on the education of these splendid new brass instruments. In
2012, aft er eight years of intensive research, development and cooperation with musicians of at
least four European countries led by. Igor Krivokapic, an eminent music instrument maker from
Germany, Wenzel Meinl GmbH, fi nally constructed a brand new family of brass instruments - the
New Helicons. Aft er almost two centuries of invention of valves and research in construction, a
consistent theory if acoustics have been successfully applied to a whole new family of wide bore
conical brass instruments. Th e six new instruments from soprano down to contrabass are a genuine
but decisive step in the evolution of an ancient concept based on the golden ratio.instruments from
soprano down to contrabass are a genuine but decisive step in the evolution of an ancient concept
based on the golden ratio.
Members of the Helicon Ensemble are:
• Irena Nadler, Vidor Krivokapic and Bruno Zizmund, Soprano Helicon
• Gal Soukal Avsec and Vanja Kranjec, Alto Helicon
• Bratko Krivokapic, Tenor Helicon
• Daniel Kozica Brzovic and Janez Znidarsic, Bass Tuba / Bass Helicon
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MIAMI DADE COLLEGE KENDALL CHAMBER GROUPSWith its nine campuses, Miami Dade College is the largest college or university in the US, and
Kendall is her largest campus.
Th e Romero Brass Qu intet is
one of seven small chamber
music groups at the campus.
Pioneers of innovative
arrangements and street
performances in Miami’s
Wynwood District, they have
been coached by Boston
Brass, Dallas Brass and Chuck
Lazarus and have been praised
for their professionalism and
musical acumen. Th e MDC “Romero” Brass Qu intet single handedly re-launched the 609
Brickell Concert Series, and Bookstore Concert Series and have performed as part of the
Concert Series of Arts at St. John’s, Music in Miami, Th e Cleveland Clinic and others.
The MDC Kendall Mixed Low Brass Quintet has performed throughout South Florida,
launched the Jazz at Th e Clinic series at the Cleveland Clinic-Weston and has been coached by
Delfayo Marsais and the Ahn Trio. Th e group is among the fi rst dedicated to the mixed low
brass genre which includes tenor trombone, euphonium, bass trombone and tuba.
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MERCURY ORKESTARMercury Orkestar fuses Middle Eastern rhythm, Balkan melody, and Jazz improvisation in lively
performances that are a shot of pure excitement. Th eir spitfi re trumpets, wailing clarinets and
booming tubas will get any party started.
Mercury Orkestar combines their love of Balkan and Pop music to bring it to Th e People in a no-
electricity-required, turbo-charged brass instrument delivery system! Th eir lively performances
are a shot of pure excitement guaranteed to get any party started.
Mercury Orkestar was formed in 2007 out of a desire to play fun and challenging music in the
Balkan and Roma traditions. Th e band is led by Erik Kofoed and includes some of the best classical,
jazz, and pop musicians in the Atlanta region. With repertoire stretching from traditional folk
songs and groove heavy originals to kitschy Rock covers, Mercury Orkestar is guaranteed to get
the party started.
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