Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble
The Tuba/Euphonium ensemble currently consists of sixteen members and includes talented players from across the Southeast. The current roster includes students from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
The ensemble performs the highest quality literature available for tuba/euphonium ensemble, ranging from transcriptions of early music to contemporary literature and jazz. Many of the pieces are composed or arranged by the members of the ensemble.
The USM Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble performs one concert on campus each semester, and several more off-campus concerts each year. The ensemble has performed at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences in Regina, Saskatchewan (2000) and Greensboro, North Carolina (2002); and at the Southeastern Tuba-Euphonium Conferences in Lexington, Kentucky (1999) and Tuscaloosa, Alabama (2003), and recently was invited to perform at the 2008 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The current roster of the USM Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble is:
EUPHONIUMS
| Doug Curttright, MM, Austin, TX |
Matt Fitzpatrick, BS/BME, Jackson, MS |
Bryan Quinn, BA, Fairhope, AL |
| Brian Joyce, BA, Huntsville, AL |
Dawn Hunt, BA, Ocean Springs, MS |
Gary Cook, Hattiesburg, MS |
| James Martz, Laurel, MS |
TUBAS
| Patrick Rettger, DMA, St. Mary’s, PA |
Michael Schultz, BME, Pensacola, FL |
Taylor Pierson, BME, Atlanta, GA |
| Jay Spirakis, BME, Pensacola, FL |
Brandon Campbell, BME, Union, MS |
Jared Arrington, BM, Mobile, AL |
| Justin Buford, BM, Mobile, AL |
Stuart Neal, BME, Clinton, MS |
Dawn Perry, DMA, Waynesville, NC |
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
If you are interested in participating in the USM Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, please contact Dr. Richard Perry at 601.266.6441 or via e-mail at Richard.H.Perry@usm.edu.
Euphonium players should be familiar with bass clef. A limited number of instruments are available to students, so you need not bring your own.