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.

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 (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Euphonium players should be familiar with bass clef. A limited number of instruments are available to students, so you need not bring your own.

The current roster of the USM Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble is:

EUPHONIUMS
Quinton Parker, Stateline, MS
Dawn Hunt, Ocean Springs, MS
Faith Broom, Woodstock, GA
Chris Evans, Terry, MS
Gary Cook, Sumrall, MS
Paul Weikle, Jacksonville, FL
Kenneth Bearden, Jackson, MS

TUBAS
Mackenzie Edgley, Portland, OR
Pat Rettger, St. Mary’s PA
Wayne Schmidt, Hurlock, MD
Justin Buford, Mobile, AL
Michael Schultz, Pensacola, FL
Stuart Neal, Clinton, MS
Brandon Campbell, Union, MS
Andrew Williams, Mobile, AL
Casey Nation, Gulf Breeze, FL
John Margrave, Poplarville, MS
Demetrius Robinson, Mobile, AL
Carter McMillan, Bay Minette, AL
Tim Crawford, Mobile, AL
Michael Roberts, Mobile, AL