2009 - 2010 GUEST ARTISTS


Previous Artists: 2003 - 2004; 2004 - 2005; 2005 - 2006; 2008 - 2009

 

 

Dr. Benjamin Pierce, euphonium
Date TBA

Dr. Benjamin Pierce is a member of the music faculty at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium and directs the tuba/euphonium ensemble. Ben holds a bachelors degree in euphonium performance from Bowling Green State University, a masters degree in euphonium performance from the University of Michigan, and a DMA in Tuba Performance from Michigan.

Ben has performed with several major ensembles including the Detroit Symphony, the Detroit Chamber Brass, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Toledo Symphony, and the Flint Symphony. He has frequently been a featured soloist with the Toledo Concert Band. He has served as principal tubist of the Ann Arbor Symphony and the Ann Arbor Brass Quintet and is currently principal tubist of the Northwest Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He is also a founding member of Boston Mountain Brassworks, the University of Arkansas faculty brass quintet.


Ben has performed several guest recitals and master classes in the United States and abroad. He has also performed concerti with numerous international ensembles, including the Tokyo Symphony, the Oulu Symphony of Finland, and the Friuli Veneziano Giulia Symphony Orchestra of northern Italy.

 

Julie Marie Wilder, tuba
Date TBA

 

 

Past guest artists: Thomas Bough, Velvet Brown, Neal Corwell, Jason Ham, Lee Harrelson, Howard Johnson, Steve Maxwell, Steven Mead, Ben Pierce, Pat Sheridan, Jason Roland Smith, Sotto Voce Quartet, Helen Tyler, Kevin Wass, Scott Watson, Louis Young.

 

Thomas G. Stein
Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium

The University of Missouri - Kansas City
Conservatory of Music, 4949 Cherry St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
816.235.5949 fax: 816.235.5264
SteinT@umkc.edu