Results for "tuba"

Ben Stapp

Born: January 14, 1982

Tubist and Composer, Ben Stapp, although classically trained with Tommy Johnson and Roger Bobo and moonlighting as jazz tubist, opened up his palette while living in Portugal, hanging out at Clean Feed's music store. Since then he's been living in New York since 2017 and experienced the diversity of New York's music scene including engagements with Steven Bernstein's Universal Melody Brass Band, ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), toured with Red Barrat, played with the Garden State Philharmonia at Carnegie Hall, with Slavic Soul Party, played some Earle Brown with the ECCE Ensemble at MIT, frequent traditional jazz and brass band freelancer, tubist for the Chelsea Symphony, Sousaphone player for Jacob Sac's live Heavens Trombone Choir, and plays tuba in Stephen Haynes Quintet with Joe Morris, Warren Smith, and William Parker, and dedicated Colombian music tubist and euphonium player with Martin Vejarano's Cumbia River Band, Chia's Dance Party, Pablo Mayor's Folkore Eurbano, and the experimental Alejandro Florez' Tin Throat Ensemble

Marcus Rojas

Born: February 23, 1963

"Phenomenal tubist Marcus Rojas" (Whitney Balliet, The New Yorker) is a native of New York City. Considered one of "the best all around tuba players in the world" (Harvey Pekar,Jazziz); among the diverse groups in which he has played are the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, American Symphony, American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the New York Pops, EOS, Radio City Music Hall, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis, ensembles led by Gil Evans, George Russell, Jim Hall, Lionel Hampton, Dave Douglas, Wayne Shorter, David Byrne, and P.D.Q

Dan Peck

Born: March 30, 1983

Dan is a tubist, multi-instrumentalist, and creative artist currently living and working in New York City. Described as a "tuba maverick" by the Gothamist, Dan has been active since his move to New York as a soloist, improviser, creative performer, composer, and artistic collaborator in a wide variety of settings. He has premiered solo tuba works by Robert Sirota, Craig Woodward, and Ignacio Baca-Lobra, and has played solo works/recitals at St. Bartholomew's Church, Merkin Hall, and the Stone. In group settings, Dan has worked with conductors such as James Levine and Herbert Blomstedt, composers such as Anthony Braxton and Neely Bruce, and New York luminaries such as Dave Taylor and Dave Liebman

Benjamin Stapp

Born: January 14, 1982

Tubist and Composer, Ben Stapp, although classically trained with Tommy Johnson and Roger Bobo and moonlighting as jazz tubist, opened up his palette while living in Portugal, hanging out at Clean Feed's music store. Since then he's been living in New York since 2017 and experienced the diversity of New York's music scene including engagements with Steven Bernstein's Universal Melody Brass Band, ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), toured with Red Barrat, played with the Garden State Philharmonia at Carnegie Hall, with Slavic Soul Party, played some Earle Brown with the ECCE Ensemble at MIT, frequent traditional jazz and brass band freelancer, tubist for the Chelsea Symphony, Sousaphone player for Jacob Sac's live Heavens Trombone Choir, and plays tuba in Stephen Haynes Quintet with Joe Morris, Warren Smith, and William Parker, and dedicated Colombian music tubist and euphonium player with Martin Vejarano's Cumbia River Band, Chia's Dance Party, Pablo Mayor's Folkore Eurbano, and the experimental Alejandro Florez' Tin Throat Ensemble

Dorian L. Parreott II

Born: November 23, 1965

The contemporary Tuba player must be well versed in several genres of music today. Dorian Parreott II has demonstrated this ability through his continuing Jazz, Dixie, Broadway, and Classical performances. Dorian has performed in the New York jazz community with the monstrously creative super group called “the Next Legacy Orchestra.” This group contained members of saxophonist/composer David Murray’s Big Band, which Dorian Parreott was a part of for a few years. Dorian also toured jazz festivals in Europe and the Middle East with composer and saxophonist Henry Threadgill along with his world renowned “Very, Very Circus.” He also appears on one of Henry’s many albums, Too Much Sugar for a Dime, on Axiom Records

Bob Stewart

Born: February 3, 1945

Over the last 40 years Bob Stewart has established himself as both an innovative tuba player and equally creative jazz educator. In addition to embracing the tuba’s historical position as the original bass instrument in jazz, Mr. Stewart’s focus on reintroducing the Tuba into a contemporary band setting has encouraged many tuba players and band leaders to explore this approach. As a band leader, recording artist, and featured soloist Mr. Stewart’s playing has been featured on over 80 recordings. He has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Gil Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Charlie Haden, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Carla Bley, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Moran, Lester Bowie, Muhal Richard Abrams, Henry Threadgill, Arthur Blythe, Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, David Murray, Chaka Khan, Dap Kings, Aretha Franklin to name a few. With decades of experience in public education Mr

Tom Heasley

Born: July 26

B>Composer, Tuba, Didjeridu, Voice, Electronics, Loops, Throat Singing

The unique musical voice of Tom Heasley is heard internationally as composer, performer and recording artist. At live performances and in recordings, Heasley gathers the warp and woof of tuba, didjeridu, throat-singing, looping and electronics and weaves them into a musical tapestry of great originality and power. He creates “a rich and sonorous aural experience that flies in the face of all the dumb cliches about what tuba music is…” A true "father of invention", Heasley has turned his Achilles' heel - the tuba - into a force majeure.

From Silicon Valley to Siberia, Tom Heasley’s music has been featured on radio programs throughout the world, such as National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Carl Stone’s Ears Wide Open, John Schaefer’s New Sounds (WNYC), Kalvos and Damian’s New Music Bazaar, John Diliberto's Echoes, and BBC Radio's Mixing It and Late Junction

Jake Pegg

I play tuba, elecric bass, and brazilian percussion. I'm not so hot on wagner, and for christ's sake don't call giant steps, but I am a real tuba/bass player, not someone who doubled down from trombone or guitar; I lay down nice, simple, solid, funky lines. I learn the tunes, show up to rehearsal and gigs on time.

John J. Palatucci

John Palatucci enjoys a career as a performing musician, conductor, clinician, an adjudicator and educator. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education and a Master of Arts degree in music performance from Montclair State College of New Jersey where he studied euphonium and trombone with Ward Moore, John Elwood Williams and Don Butterfield. In 1983, Mr. Palatucci made his New York City solo debut with the Mark Heter Brass Band. He became the euphonium soloist of the famous Goldman Memorial Band in 1986, that season making his Lincoln Center solo debut with this ensemble (from 2000 through 2005, Mr

Alan Baer

Alan Baer joined the New York Philharmonic on June 21, 2004, as Principal Tuba. He was formerly principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His other performing credits include recordings with The Cleveland Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy, performances with the Peninsula Music Festival of Wisconsin, New Orleans Symphony, Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Ojai Festival Orchestra (California), Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as a featured soloist, touring several countries in Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France. Mr