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  • The IEI Festival forEUPHONIUM and TUBAJune 23-29, 2013

    E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y i n A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a

    10thAnniversary

  • DE SIGN BY CRISTINA DELEON

    Welcome to our 10th Anniversary of IEI Festival‼ My vision of the fi rst event in 2004

    remains crystal clear with humble beginnings of 14 participants and 4 staff . My heartfelt

    thanks go to those 14 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. I am pleased to say

    that 2013 represents our largest year ever with 72 registered participants. When combined

    with our participant numbers from the previous nine years, our registrations number just

    over 400‼

    For this 10th Anniversary Festival, I wanted to feature a number of great aspects of our time

    together. Th ese range from our fi rst international guest artist, Jukka Myllys, to two of the

    original participants from the 2004 IEI Festival that are now world class performing artists,

    Jamie Lipton and Chris Buckley. Th en some of our most popular teachers Brian Bowman

    and David Childs are paired with some new faces of James Jackson, Dan Perantoni, Petri

    Keskitalo, and Patricio Cosentino.

    My most sincere thanks to the participants that make this week possible along with our

    incredible guest artists‼ I must also thank 9 year veteran staff members: pianists Caryl

    Conger and Magi Shumanova, and the Dean of Students, Karen Mullins. Lastly, I must thank

    the Assistant to the Artistic Director (yes I love Th e Offi ce), Janet Frey, for her patience

    with my late hours, intense focus, and compulsion to create the most remarkable musical

    experience for the participants and staff . Enjoy the music, learn much, and be inspired‼

    Adam Frey, Artistic Director

    Welcome • Bienvenidos • TervetuloaDobre doshli • Willkommen

    The 2013 IEI Festivalfor Euphonium and Tuba!

    Presenting and Major Sponsors

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    Program of EventsSunday, June 2312:00-5:00 PM Competitions/Registration at Th arp Rehearsal Hall at the Schwartz Center

    5:00 PM Meeting, Social, and Dinner – Th arp Rehearsal Hall

    7:30 PM Opening Recital – Meet the Staff of IEI Recital

    Monday, June 24 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC)

    8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Bowman / Cosentino (tubas)

    9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal

    11:00 AM Master Class – Jukka Myllys

    12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby

    1:15 PM Chamber Music Introduction

    ARTIST COURSE STUDENT COURSE

    1:45 PM Chamber Music 1:45 PM Master Class – Jamie Lipton

    2:45 PM Practice / Break 3:00 PM Chamber Music

    4:00 PM Master Class – Brian Bowman 4:00 PM Master Class / Practice / Break

    5:30 PM Dinner (DUC)

    7:30 PM Evening Concert – James Jackson, Patricio Cosentino and the Atlanta Youth Wind

    Symphony with Guest Soloists Brian Bowman, Adam Frey, Petri Keskitalo, and Jukka Myllys

    Tuesday, June 25 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC)

    8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Brian Bowman / Cosentino (tubas)

    9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal

    11:00 AM Master Class – James Jackson (Military Except Focus)

    12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby

    ARTIST COURSE STUDENT COURSE

    1:30 PM Chamber Music 1:30 PM Master Class – Patricio Cosentino

    2:45 PM Practice / Break 3:00 PM Chamber Music

    4:00 PM Master Class – Adam Frey (Th e Tool Box) 4:00 PM Master Class / Practice / Break

    5:30 PM Dinner (DUC)

    7:30 PM Evening Concert – Brian Bowman, Jamie Lipton, Petri Keskitalo, and Jukka Myllys

    Wednesday June 26 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC)

    8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Frey / Cosentino (tubas)

    9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal

    11:00 AM Master Class – Vocal Transcriptions on the Euphonium - Dwight Coleman

    12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby

    1:15 PM Master Class – Chris Buckley (Military Excepts—Lighting Round)

    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 27 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC)

    8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Myllys / Perantoni (tubas)

    9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal

    11:00 AM Master Class – Th e View from the Podium – A Conductor’s Perspective

    12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby

    1:30 PM Solo Competition Finals /Exhibits

    4:30 PM Participant Recital #1

    6:30 PM Evening Concert – Chris Buckley and Adam Frey

    7:30 PM Dinner / on the Qu ad / Mercury Orkestar

    Friday, June 28 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC)

    8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Frey / Perantoni (tubas)

    9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal

    10:00 AM Master Class – Dan Perantoni

    11:30 AM Chamber Music – Dress Rehearsal – High School Ensembles

    12:00 AM Chamber Music – Dress Rehearsal – College and Adult Ensembles

    12:30 PM Lunch – Upper Lobby

    1:15 PM Career Roundtable and Discussion / Exhibits

    3:00 PM Participant Recital #2

    4:45 PM Master Class – Rich Ita on Instrument Repair / Exhibits and Break

    6:00 PM Participant Recital #3

    7:30 PM Dinner – Upper Lobby

    8:30 PM Evening Concert – Dan Perantoni and David Childs

    9:30 PM Ice Cream Social – On the Qu ad

    Saturday, June 29 7:30 AM Breakfast – Dining Hall (DUC)

    8:30 AM Warm-up and Fundamentals – Childs / Perantoni (tubas)

    9:15 AM Massed Ensemble Rehearsal

    11:00 AM Master Class – David Childs

    12:30 PM Lunch

    1:30 PM Participant Recital #4

    3:00 PM Break / Exhibits

    3:30 PM Participant Recital #5

    5:00 PM Dinner – Dining Hall (DUC)

    7:30 PM Gala Concert featuring IEI Festival Artists and Participant Ensembles

    Sunday, June 30 8:00 AM Breakfast and Depart

    8:00-10:00AM Participant and Instrument Pickup at Residence Hall

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    Sunday, June 23 - 7:30 PM Meet the Staff of IEI Recital

    Caryl Conger and Magdalena Shumanova, piano

    Th e Volunteer Walter Rodgers Chris Buckley

    Th e Flower Duet from Lakme Leo Delibes arr. Frey Adam Frey and Brian Bowman

    Allegro Moderato from Concerto for Tuba Ralph Vaughan Williams Patricio Cosentino

    Song to the Moon Antonin Dvorak Jamie Lipton

    Glorious Liberation – “Heart in Heart” Ivor Bosanko Adam Frey

    Ordner Seg Øystein Baadsvik James Jackson

    Scherzo Edwin Franko Goldman Brian Bowman

    “Hot ‘Lanta” Comp. by Gregg Allman, Duane Allman, Dickey Bett s, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and JaimoeJohanny Johanson Arr. by Petri Keskitalo

    “Los Conos Revueltos” Comp. by Petri Keskitalo Jukka Myllys and Petri Keskitalo

    Monday, June 24 - 7:30 PMArtist Recital - James Jackson, Patricio Cosentino and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony

    with Guest Soloists Brian Bowman, Adam Frey, Petri Keskitalo, and Jukka Myllys

    Caryl Conger and Magdalena Shumanova, piano

    James Jackson, euphonium

    Concert Piece no. 1 Joseph Turrin Songs of a Wayfarer Gustav Mahler

    Ordner Seg Øystein Baadsvik

    Romanze Gustav Chords

    Patricio Cosentino, tubaConcerto Nr. 2 Op. 9 Tomasso Albinoni arr. Walter Hilgers

    Viaje a lo profundo de mis miedos for tuba and piano Noelia Escalzo

    Música viajera for tuba and piano Gabriel Vallejo

    Invierno porteño for tuba and piano Astor Piazzolla arr. Jorge Tagliapietra

    Los doce for tuba and piano Alvaro Romero arr. Hugo Peña

    Intermission

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    Selections to include:

    Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony Scott Stewart, Director

    Carnival of Venice Del Staigers Adam Frey

    Ballad for Evening John J. Morrisey Brian Bowman

    Where are the Sketch Hikers? Petri Keskitalo orch. Petri Juutilainen I. In the Middle of Nowhere Jukka Myllys & Petri Keskitalo

    Tuesday June 25 - 7:30Artist Recital - Brian Bowman, Jamie Lipton, Petri Keskitalo, and Jukka Myllys

    Caryl Conger and Magdalena Shumanova, piano

    Jamie Lipton, euphoniumFantasy Philip Sparke

    Sonata (Vox Gabrieli) Stjepan Sulek

    Concerto in F minor Oskar Bohme III. Rondo

    Brian Bowman, euphoniumAndante and Rondo Antonio Capuzzi

    Fantasia di Concerto Eduardo Boccalari

    Th e Holy Well Peter Graham

    Intermission

    Jukka Myllys, euphonium

    Petri Keskitalo, tuba“Tubhonium Sketch #2½” Comp. by Petri Keskitalo

    “Länsiranta” (“West Coast”) Comp. by Markku Lepistö Arr. by Seppo Kantonen

    “Losing My Religion” / “Shiny Happy People” Comp. by William Berry,

    Peter Buck, Michael Mills

    and Michael Stipe

    Arr. by Petri Keskitalo

    “Rumanische Volkstänze” (“Romanian Folk Dances”)

    I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)

    II. Brâul (Sash Dance)

    III. Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)

    IV. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)

    V. Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)

    VI. Aprózó / Mărunţel (Fast Dance) Comp. by Béla Bartók

    Instr. Geir Davidsen

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    “Crazy” Comp. by Brian Burton,

    Th omas Callaway, Gianfranco Reverberi

    Arr. by Petri Keskitalo

    “Oravan Pesä” (“Squirrel’s Nest”) Comp. by P.J. Hannikainen

    Arr. by Petri Keskitalo

    “Tubhonium Sketch #2” Comp. by Petri Keskitalo

    Th ursday June 27 - 6:30 PMArtist Recital - Chris Buckley and Adam Frey

    Caryl Conger and Magdalena Shumanova, piano

    Chris Buckley, euphonium

    Tornado Frank Gulino

    Flower Song from Carmen Georges Bizet

    Pearls Roland Szentpali

    Intermission

    Adam Frey, euphoniumEl Resbalon (Milonga) Jorge Tagliapietra

    A Tent Revival Bruce Broughton Consortium World Premiere

    Oblivion Astor Piazzolla arr. Greg Anderson

    Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Franz Liszt

    arr. Patrick Hoff man World Premiere

    Jazzeado from Qu atro Intentiones Jorge Tagliapietra Patricio Cosentino, tuba

    Friday June 28 - 8:30 PMArtist Recital - Dan Perantoni and David Childs

    Caryl Conger, piano

    Dan Perantoni, tubaAdios Nonino for Tuba and Piano Piazzola/Perantoni

    Libertango for Tuba and Piano Piazzola/Perantoni

    Tuba Sonata for Tuba and Piano Anthony Plog

    I. Calm and Flowing

    II. Presto

    III. Slow and with freedom

    IV. Allegro

    David Childs, euphonium(Announced from stage)

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    Saturday June 29 7:30 PMGala Concert featuring IEI Festival Artists and Participant Ensembles

    Flight of the Bumble Bee Rimsky Korsakov

    arr. Harry James

    Adam Frey

    Romanze Gustav Chords

    Chris Buckley

    Tango Image for tuba and piano Adriana Figueroa Mañas

    Patricio Cosentino

    “Tubhonium Sketch #33⅓” (“Myllytys”) Petri Keskitalo

    Jukka Myllys and Petri Keskitalo

    Intermission

    Selections performed by the IEI Festival Participant Ensembles including:

    Caccia Festiva William Brusick

    Tamara Albrecht, organ

    World Premiere

    A Bruckner Symphonic Fantasy Tim Olt World Premeire

    Toccata from Symphony No. 5 Charles Marie Widor

    arr. Adam Frey Tamara Alchrecht, organ

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    Brian Bowman Chris BuckleyDavid ChildsJason CasanovaFyodor CherniavskyDwight ColemanCaryl Conger

    Patricio CosentinoAdam Frey Janet Frey James JacksonPetri KeskitaloDavid KehlerJamie Lipton

    Colleen McHughKaren MullinsJukka MyllysDan PerantoniChester PhillipsMagdalena ShumanovaScott Stewart

    Staff

    George AlbertiJonathan AshleyColin BentonJoshua BishopDavid BjornstadChase BridgesAda BrooksJoe BroomJake BrownJoel BurleyBlake CandebatJason CasanovaRyan ChenRachel CohnMichael ConwayKathleen CowanBrandon DavenportCarlos DeleonPaul DickinsonNick DiPaolaAndrew ElderRaymond FiskDavid FraserJacob Fulkerson

    Nate GalersteinAudrey GarciaAdam GingeryBenjamin GordonChristopher GordonJared GrahamMax GrandGriffi n HansonGrayson HollandBenjamin HorneLaura JamisonMollie JohnsonCandalee JonesConnor JonesChristopher Kendrick Austin Kim David KippArt LeibySam LoBueKendra LuedkeAndrew LysterTeddy MackAnne Malouf Elise Malouf

    Dennis MillerJay MillsFletcher MitchellJacob MorganNathan MullinsJohnny PerezMark PorterSteve PorterBill PritchardKarla RomeroVincent RoseMelinda RussellTyler SimonMichael StoneGeorge StreitenbergerAustin TalbotGordon TolleIan ToyIan TynesMichael WaddellGavin WaiteA. Jarrett WheatleyStewart YanceyJonah Zimmerman

    Participants

    Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony Mercury Orkestar

    Special Guests

    The IEI Festival 2013

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    Artist Division:

    1st Prize

    • $400 and a $200 Scholarship for IEI 2014

    • $100 Gift Certifi cate to Woodwind and Brasswind

    • $50 Gift Certifi cate to LowBrassMusic.com

    2nd Prize

    • $200 Cash and a $100 Scholarship for IEI 2014

    Student Division:

    1st Prize

    • $400 and a $200 Scholarship for IEI 2014

    • $50 Gift Certifi cate to Woodwind and Brasswind

    • $50 Gift Certifi cate to LowBrassMusic.com

    2nd Prize

    • $200 Cash and a $100 Scholarship for IEI 2014

    Adult Division:

    1st Prize

    • $100 Gift Card to the Euphonium.com Store

    • $100 Scholarship for IEI 2014

    • $50 Gift Certifi cate to Woodwind and Brasswind

    • $50 Gift Certifi cate to LowBrassMusic.com.

    Competitors PrizesArtist Division

    Joe Broom

    Carlos Deleon

    Raymond Fisk

    David Fraser

    Adam Gingery

    Grayson Holland

    Johnny Perez

    Vincent Rose

    Ian Toy

    Student DivisionJoshua Bishop

    Ada Brooks

    Jake Brown

    Andrew Elder

    Nate Galerstein

    Max Grand

    Jared Graham

    Benjamin Horne

    Kendra Luedke

    Mark Porter

    Jonah Zimmerman

    Adult/Amateur DivisionDavid Bjornstad

    Joel Burley

    Dennis Miller

    George Streitenberger

    Gordon Tolle

    Presenting And Major Sponsors

    The IEI Festival 2013

  • DAVIDTHORNTON will appear at theIEI Festival 2014!

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    BRIAN BOWMANUniversity of North TexasDr. 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, Th e United States Navy Band, Th e

    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

    Lexington Kentucky Symphony, the Sapporo Japan, Symphony Orchestra the North Carolina Symphony and the

    Madison Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra.

    CHRIS BUCKLEYUS Army Band, Pershing’s OwnDr. Christopher Buckley is one of the newest members of the United States Army Band. He grew up in a large family on the South Texas border. While in Texas he competed in several international euphonium solo competitions, including

    the Leonard Falcone International Solo Competition where he won 1st place in 2009. While at the University of North

    Texas he played in many professional ensembles including the Dallas Wind Symphony, Lone Star Wind Ensemble,

    and the Dallas Civic Wind Ensemble. He also performs on tuba and trombone in many jazz ensembles. He lives in

    Arlington, Virginia with his wife Leah where they are constantly searching for Mexican food as good as the food

    in Texas.

    FYODOR CHERNIAVSKYFyodor Cherniavsky was born in London into a family of musicians; his great-grandfather, Avrum, was a conductor of youth orchestras in the Ukraine during the end of the nineteenth-century. Aft er his education at Repton School and

    Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, Mr. Cherniavsky received his formal musical training at the Guildhall

    School of Music and Drama in London where his studies included bassoon, viola and piano. He is an Associate of the

    Guildhall School of Music and Drama and aft er being awarded the post-graduate Certifi cate of Advanced Musical

    Studies, he studied conducting with Brian Brockless at Morley College in London and with the legendary Sergiu

    Celibidache in Munich, Germany.

    DAVID CHILDSUnited KingdomKing Edward III once said: “If you want to train a longbowman, start with his grandfather.” Th is adage holds just as

    true for euphonium soloist David Childs who was born in 1981, to a family whose name had been synonymous with the euphonium for the last two generations. His grandfather, John was born in the Welsh Valleys and was a well-

    respected euphonium player who inspired his sons, Robert & Nicholas to play euphonium. Robert began teaching his

    son David from an early age and today David is widely regarded as one of the fi nest brass soloists of his generation.

    Dr. Bowman is a Willson Performing Artist.

    David Childs is a Besson Performing Artist.

    Dr. Buckley attended the IEI Festival as a Participant in 2004,

    2005, and 2006.

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    He has toured extensively performing as a soloist throughout Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Japan, Hong Kong,

    and the United States. He is a keen advocate of new music and has premièred six concerti for euphonium, including

    a Royal Albert Hall radiobroadcast of Alun Hoddinott ’s, ‘Th e Sunne Rising - Th e King Will Ride.’ Back home in Wales

    David is Professor of Euphonium at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, and was the principal euphonium

    soloist with the world famous Cory brass band.

    DWIGHT COLEMANProfessor of Voice, Georgia State UniversityW. Dwight Coleman is currently Professor of Voice at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the general/stage director of the nationally recognized Harrower Summer Opera Workshop and resident stage director of the La

    Musica Lirica Summer Opera Festival in Italy. He has degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    and Northwestern University.

    Maintaining an active performing career in opera, recital and oratorio, Mr. Coleman has performed leading and secondary baritone roles with the Atlanta Opera, Pensacola Opera, New Orleans Opera, Teatro di Verdi in Busseto, Italy, Skylite Opera, Shreveport Opera, Mississippi Opera, North Carolina Symphony and Milwaukee Symphony. His roles include: Sharpless in Madama Butterfl y, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Silvio in I Pagliacci, Valentin in Faust, Germont in La traviata, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Ping in Turandot, Peter in Hansel and Gretel,Ford in Falstaff and others. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992 in Ein Deutches Requiem by Brahmsand in 1994 he was featured at Avery Fischer Hall in Lincoln Center as baritone soloist in Five Mystical Songs byVaughan Williams.

    CARYL CONGERPianist, 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-

    Euphonium Conferences and the recent ITEA conferences in Finland and Greensboro and Denver. Her special niche

    of interest has been her collaboration with tuba and euphonium artists including tubists, Daniel Perantoni, Patrick

    Sheridan, Oystein Baadsvik, Roger Bobo, and Harvey Phillips, and euphoniumists, Steve Mead, Adam Frey, Roger

    Behrend, and Brian Bowman.

    PATRICIO COSENTINOBuenos Aries Philharmonic (ARGENTINA)Patricio Cosentino is currently one of the main artists of tuba in South America. He has an intense schedule as an educational soloist and working to help develop a new generation of professional musicians in

    South America. He has performed chamber and orchestral music and currently works as tubist with the

    Symphony Orchestra National Argentina and as Tuba Professor at the Conservatory Superior of Music

    “Manuel de Falla” in Buenos Aires. In 2009, he received his diploma from the Hochschule, Germany

    in Weimar.

    His international activities include concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra of Lima, Peru, Orchestra of

    camera of the Pontifi cal University Javeriana de Bogota, Colombia, Symphonic Band of the Pontifi cal University

    Javeriana de Bogota, Colombia, Symphonic Band of the Faculty of Philosophy and Lett ers of the University of

    Buenos Aires, Argentina, Symphony orchestra of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, Symphony orchestra of Salta, Argentina,

    Symphonic Band of the summer course of Brasilia, Brazil, Symphony orchestra of Campiñas, Brazil and with the

    Symphonic Band of Cordoba, Argentina.

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    ADAM FREYUnited StatesA native of Atlanta, Georgia, Adam Frey received his musical training at the University of Georgia 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 orchestras the

    world over, including the world famous Boston Pops, Cheju Symphony Orchestra (South Korea), US Army Orchestra

    (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 (Colombia), Asia

    Pacifi c Band Directors Conference (South Korea), Tubmania (Th ailand), and Orquesta Latinoamericana de Vientos

    (Colombia) to name a few.

    CHIEF MUSICIAN JAMES JACKSON IIIUS Coast Guard BandChief Musician James E. Jackson III, principal euphonium, is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. In addition to his position with the Coast Guard Band, Jackson is presently the director of the Connecticut College

    Orchestra, the music director and conductor of the Thames Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, Lecturer

    of Euphonium Studies at the University of Connecticut, and Professor of Euphonium at the Hartt School.

    As a performer with the tuba and euphonium quartet Alchemy, he appears annually in Northern Germany,

    presenting solo performances, lecturing at master classes, and conducting brass ensembles.

    He has been a clinician throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe at numerous universities, colleges, and

    public schools. He is pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in euphonium performance with an emphasis

    in instrumental conducting at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He received a Master of Music degree in

    euphonium performance in 1995 from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Music degree in music education

    from the University of Kentucky in 1993.

    DAVID THOMAS KEHLERSince 2009, David Kehler has served as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Kennesaw State University where he oversees all aspects of the University’s band program while serving as Music Director and

    Conductor of the KSU Wind Ensemble. During his short tenure, the KSU Wind Ensemble has been featured several

    times on 90.1 FM (WABE- Atlanta public radio), and has garnered praise from composers including Steven Bryant,

    Jennifer Higdon, Karel Husa, David Maslanka, Scott McAllister and Joel Puckett . In 2012, Kennesaw State University

    hosted the Southern Division CBDNA/NBA Conference.

    Previous teaching appointments were at Southern Methodist University, Th e University of Rhode Island, and Bay

    City Western High School, in Bay City, Michigan. Dr. Kehler received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from

    Michigan State University and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Th e University of Texas at Austin. During

    his tenure in Texas, Dr. Kehler also served America’s Premier Windband; Th e Dallas Wind Symphony as Associate

    Conductor. In addition, from 1999-2009, Dr. Kehler was Founder and Conductor of the GDYO Wind Symphony, an

    ensemble affi liated with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestras, Inc.

    Adam Frey is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

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    PETRI KESKITALOHelsinki Philharmonic (FINLAND)Finnish tuba player Petri Keskitalo (b.1972) begun his studies at the Military Music School, from which he graduated as a military musician in 1992. He has studied under tuition of Eino Takalo-Eskola and Juha Salmela and participated

    in master classes by Michael Lind, Melvin Culbertson and Jens Bjørn-Larsen. Keskitalo is one of Scandinavia’s top

    soloists, teachers and chamber musicians. Keskitalo won the national competition for wind instruments in 1994 and

    the national competition for military musicians in 1996. He was nominated the Military Musician of the Year in 1996

    and the Finnish Brass Player of the Year by Lieksa Brass week in 1998.

    Keskitalo has premiered numerous works by Finnish contemporary composers. His repertoire ranges from the 19th

    century romantics to modern jazz. He is a member of such ensembles as Pipoka trio, Gourmet sextet, Tubhonium duo

    and Kivitalo duo. Keskitalo is also an active composer and arranger. His works include repertoire for solo instruments

    and various chamber and jazz ensembles. Petri Keskitalo has held the principal tuba position in the Armour Band in

    1994-2000. Since the year 2000 he is the principal tuba of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and teacher of tuba

    at Sibelius Academy.

    JAMIE LIPTONHenderson State UniversityDr. Jamie Lipton is the Assistant Professor of Low Brass at Henderson State University, where she is also co-director of the newly reformed Henderson State University Brass Band. Dr. Lipton has been on faculty at Texas Woman’s

    University and Tarrant County College, held a prestigious teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas, and

    taught private lessons and masterclasses for several of the top high school band programs in Texas. She has also served

    as a faculty member at summer workshops throughout the United States, including the International Euphonium

    Institute (Atlanta, GA), Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Twin Lake, MI), the Brass Chamber Music Workshop (Arcata, CA),

    the Cosmopolitan Tuba/Euphonium Workshop (Beverly, MA), and various events throughout Texas and Arkansas.

    Dr. Lipton has won many of the major euphonium competitions, including the 2006 Leonard Falcone Competition,

    the 2006 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC) Competition, the 2006 Tubonium Competition, and

    the 2005 Potomac Festival Competition. She also received 3rd Place in the Japan Wind and Percussion Competition in

    2007. She has performed solos with the “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band and “Pershing’s Own” Army Orchestra.

    Originally from the Chicago area, Dr. Lipton received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, where

    she was a student of Rex Martin. She completed her master’s degree and her doctorate at the University of North

    Texas, studying euphonium with Dr. Brian Bowman and trombone with Dr. Vern Kagarice. Dr. Lipton is a Willson

    artist and performs on a Willson TA-2900 euphonium. She currently resides in Arkadelphia, AR with her Shetland

    Sheepdogs, Emma and Sassy.

    JUKKA MYLLYS Oulu Philharmonic, Sibelius AcademyJukka Myllys is the artistic leader and conductor of Kemi City Orchestra. He obtained a Master’s degree from the Sibelius Academy in 1996, majoring in the euphonium, He is internationally one of the best known Finnish brass

    players. Before becoming trombonist in Oulu Symphony Orchestra he played the euphonium and was assistant

    conductor of the Pohja Military Band.

    Myllys has been soloist in recitals, with most of the Finnish symphony orchestras and with symphony, professional

    wind and brass ensembles in many European countries and the United States. In addition to his orchestral

    commitments Myllys teaches at the Sibelius Academy, the Oulu University of Applied Sciences and the Oulu

    Conservatoire. He has studied orchestral conducting with Kalervo Kulmala and Kari Tikka and has been conducting

    the Viventi wind orchestra, winner of a number of competitions, for many years.

    Jukka Myllys is a Willson Performing Artist.

    Dr. Lipton attended the IEI Festival as a Participant in 2004,

    2005, and 2006.

    Dr. Lipton is a Willson Performing Artist.

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    Jukka Myllys was Military Player of the Year in 1993, Brass Player of the Year in 1994 and Young Artist of the Year of

    the Province of Oulu in 1994. He got “Th e Baton of the Year” prize in 2008.

    DAN PERANTONIIndiana UniversityTuba artist, teacher, pedagogue, and solo recitalist, Daniel Perantoni is an innovator in a variety of genres including chamber music and jazz. He has appeared as the featured artist at Carnegie Hall, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the

    Spoleto Festival U.S.A., the Adelaide Festival in Australia, the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, the Montreux

    Brass Congress in Switzerland, and recently as a soloist throughout Japan. Mr. Perantoni was a founding member

    of Summit Brass, a member of Symphonia, the Saint Louis Brass Qu intet, and the Matt eson-Phillips Tubajazz

    Consort. He has produced numerous solo and chamber music CDs. Along with Robert Tucci, Mr. Perantoni designed

    the “Perantucci” line of low brass instruments and mouthpieces. Mr. Perantoni serves as the vice president for

    educational matt ers and consultant/clinician for Custom Music Company. He received the Lifetime Achievement

    Award from the executive board of T.U.B.A. His students hold prestigious positions in major performing ensembles

    and music schools around the world.

    CHESTER B. PHILLIPSA native of Newnan, GA, Chester B. Phillips is in his third year as Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at Georgia State University. Dr. Phillips received the Bachelor of Music degree in music education from the

    University of Georgia, the Master of Music degree in music education from the University of Illinois and the Doctor

    of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the University of Georgia.

    With nearly 20 years of marching band experience, Dr. Phillips is well versed in all aspects of the activity. He is a

    guest clinician for bands in the state of Georgia and a visual designer and adjudicator for marching bands throughout

    the Southeast and Midwest. He serves as an adjudicator for Music for All, Band of America, and Drum Corps

    International. He was a member and soloist with the Cadets of Bergen County.

    SCOTT A. STEWARTEmory UniversityScott A. Stewart is the Director of Wind Studies at Emory University, where he joined the faculty in the fall of 1999. He serves as music director and conductor of the Emory Wind Ensemble andthe Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, and

    teaches courses in instrumentalconducting, wind band literature, and fi lm music. He holds bachelors and doctoral

    degrees from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and the Butler School of Music at the University

    of Texas.

    MAGI SHUMANOVAMagdalena Shumanova was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria and started playing piano at the age of 4. She att ended school at the Secondary Music School “Dobrin Petkov” in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and was awarded the Special Faculty Award for

    Academic and Performance Excellence as well as soloing with the City Philharmonic Orchestra of Plovdiv playing

    Saint-Saens’ 2nd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. While att ending school there, she studied with Julia Girginova

    and Svetlana Kosseva and received her diploma in Piano performance and for secondary specialized education in

    music and art in 2002.

    Mr. Perantoni is a Perantucci

    Performing Artist.

  • MERCURY ORKESTARAtlanta’s Balkan Brass Band

    Circa 2007 Erik Kofoed, Miranda Dohrman,

    Paul Poovey, and Bill Pritchard were

    searching for a way to use their musical

    talents to connect more directly and

    viscerally with our audiences. How could

    we be rock stars on Alto horn, Clarinet,

    Trumpet, or Tuba? Inspired by Serbian

    and Romanian brass bands, we combined our love of Balkan

    and Pop music and decided to bring it to Th e People in a no-

    electricity-required, turbo-charged brass instrument delivery

    system! Th us, Mercury Orkestar was born.

    We go where the audiences are; playing in recital halls,

    beer halls, and community gatherings. We’ve played at

    the Atlanta Arts Festival, Smith’s Olde Bar, Th e 5 Spot, the

    International Euphonium Institute, Red Light Cafe, 5 Seasons

    Brewing, the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, the Atlanta

    Food Truck Park, and house parties all over Atlanta.

    We released our debut recording in January 2013 and it

    features 4 original, danceable tracks that merge traditional

    Balkan music with Pop and Jazz and captures the high

    energy, virtuoso playing, and wild improvisation that we’re

    known for. We have also performed and

    recorded with members of the Zac Brown

    Band, and can be heard on Coy Bowles’ CD

    Love Takes Flight.

    When you need something to brighten your

    day, Mercury Orkestar is there to deliver with

    fun music and lively performances. Our spitfi re

    trumpets, wailing clarinets, and booming tubas

    are guaranteed to make you move.

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    Mercury Orkestar is the ultimate party band!

    Fusing Middle Eastern rhythms, Gypsy fl air, and Germanic precision, Mercury Orkestar brings virtuosic skill to bear on traditional Balkan music as well as disturbingly fun Pop music covers.

    Their spitfi re trumpets, wailing clarinets and booming tubas are guaranteed to make you move.

    YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AT THEIR WEBSITE: Mercuryorkestar.com as well as on Facebook, Twitter.com/mercuryorkestar and Youtube.com/orchestar76.

    s on

    Erik Kofoed, bandleader • 678.200.7052

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