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.
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Erik Kofoed, bandleader • 678.200.7052
www.euphonium.com