Thomas G. Stein
Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium

The University of Missouri - Kansas City
Conservatory of Music, 4949 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64110


Phone: 816.235.5949
Fax: 816.235.5264
E-mail: SteinT@umkc.edu

Thomas G. Stein, tuba, is Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at The University of Missouri - Kansas City. A native of Michigan, he received the Bachelor of Music (with high distinction) and the Master of Music degrees in Tuba Performance from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Prior to coming to Missouri, Stein taught at Central Michigan University, The University of Colorado at Boulder, and The University of Southern Mississippi. He has performed with numerous orchestras, wind ensembles, and chamber ensembles: Mississippi Symphony, principal tuba; Colorado Mahler Festival Orchestra, principal tuba; Colorado Festival Orchestra; Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestras; Detroit Symphony; American Tuba Euphonium Quartet; Twisted Steel; Missouri Brass; Capital Brass; and the Colorado Brass Quintet to name a few.

Stein is very active throughout the United States as a recitalist, clinician, soloist, and has been a guest artist in residence at several universities and academies. As a Soloist/Artist he has appeared with several orchestras and wind ensemble throughout the U.S., has been featured in variety of state, regional and national/international conferences including the 2000 and 2002 International Tuba-Euphonium Conferences, 2003 Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference; the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conferences, and has appeared in six European countries.

Stein's students are very active and successful in state, regional, national and international competitions. Recently, his students have won numerous awards in major competitions: Falcone Solo Euphonium Competition (Artist Division); International Tuba-Euphonium Solo and Quartet Competitions; Colonial Euphonium-Tuba Institute Solo Euphonium Competition; National Music Teachers Association State, Regional and National Collegiate Artist Solo Competitions; National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Solo Competition; Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference Solo Competition; and the Southeast Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference Solo and Quartet Competitions.

Stein has studied with Abe Torchinsky, Warren Deck, Wesley Jacobs, and Rex Conner.

Stein plays on Willson tubas and euphoniums and is a clinician for DEG Music Products, Inc. and Willson Instruments.


Recent Performance Honors Awarded to Professor Stein's Students:

Third place (honorable mention), 1996 Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Regional Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
First place, 1996 USM Bands Concerto Competition
Second place, Mississippi Music Teachers Association Junior/Senior Chamber Ensemble Competition (Tuba/Euphonium Quartet)
Second place, 1996 Mississippi Music Teachers Association State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
First place, 1997 Southeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference (SERTEC) Solo (Tuba) Competition
Second place, 1997 SERTEC Regional Solo (Tuba) Competition
Third place, 1997 SERTEC Solo (Euphonium) Competition
Honorable mention, 1997 SERTEC Solo (Euphonium) Competition
Second place, 1997 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Freshman/Sophomore Chamber Ensemble Competition
First place, 1997 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Freshman/Sophomore Solo Brass Competition
Third place (honorable mention), 1997 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition
First place, 1997 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Junior/Senior Solo Brass Competition
First place, 1997 SERTEC Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition
First place, 1997 Mississippi Music Teachers Association State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
|Winner, 1997 USM Orchestra Concerto Competition
First place, 1997 USM Bands Concerto Competition
Third place (honorable mention), 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Regional Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Finalists (one of three), 1998 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition
Finalist, 1998 Colonial Euphonium and Tuba Institute Solo Euphonium Competition
First Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Freshman/Sophomore Solo Brass Competition
Second Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Freshman/Sophomore Solo Brass Competition
Third Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Freshman/Sophomore Solo Brass Competition
First Place, 1998 MMTA Freshman/Sophomore Chamber Ensemble Competition (Tuba/Euphonium Quartet)
First Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Junior Senior Solo Brass Competition
Second Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Junior Senior Solo Brass Competition
Third Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Junior Senior Solo Brass Competition
First Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Brass Concerto Competition
Second Place, 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association Brass Concerto Competition
First Place, 1998 MTNA Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Third place (honorable mention), 1999 MTNA State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Finalist, 1999 Leonard Falcone Artist Euphonium Solo Competition
Finalist, 2000 Des Moines Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition
First Place, 2000 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition
Second Place, 2000 MTNA State Collegiate Artist Chamber Competition
First Place, 2000 MTNA State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
First Place, 2001 MTNA Regional Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
First Place, 2001 National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors (NACWPI) National Solo Brass Competition
Second Place, 2001 MTNA National Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Third Place (honorable mention), 2001 MTNA State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
First Place, 2002 MTNA State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Second Place, 2002 MTNA State Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Overall winner, 2002 Kansas City Music Club Scholarship Competition
First Place, 2002 Missouri Music Teachers Association Graduate Brass Solo Competition
Semi-finalist, 2002 Naftzger Solo Competitions
Second Place, 2003 MTNA Regional Collegiate Artist Solo Brass Competition
Winner, UMKC Concerto/Aria Competition
First Place, 2003 Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference (GPRTEC) Solo Competition
Second Place, 2003 GPRTEC Solo Competition