The IEI Festival for EUPHONIUM 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

10th Anniversary

DE SIGN BY CRISTINA DELEON

Welcome to our 10th Anniversary of IEI Festival!! My vision of the first 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 attend 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. These range from our first 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. Then 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 guest artists, THE pianists Caryl and Magi, Karen Mullins, and Janet Frey for her patience with my late hours and intense focus. Enjoy the music, learn much, and be inspired!!

AdAm Fre y, Artistic Director

Welcome • Bienvenidos • TervetuloaDobre doshli • Willkommen

The 2013 IEI Festival for Euphonium and Tuba!

Presenting and Major Sponsors

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Program of EventsSunday, June 2312:00-5:00 PM Competitions/Registration at Tharp Rehearsal Hall at the Schwartz Center 5:00 PM Meeting, Social, and Dinner – Tharp 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 (The 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 EventsThursday, 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 – The 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 Quad / 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 Quad

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 Depart8:00-10:00AM 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

The Volunteer Walter Rodgers Chris Buckley

The 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 Betts, 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, euphoniumConcert 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

The 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 / Mărunțel (Fast Dance) Comp. by Béla Bartók Instr. Geir Davidsen

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“Crazy” Comp. by Brian Burton, Thomas 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

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

Caryl Conger and Magdalena Shumanova, piano

Chris Buckley, euphoniumTornado Frank Gulino

Flower Song from Carmen Georges Bizet

Pearls Roland Szentpali

Intermission Adam Frey, euphoniumA Tent Revival Bruce Broughton World Premiere

Oblivion Astor Piazzolla arr. Greg Anderson

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 Franz Liszt arr. Patrick Hoffman World Premiere Jazzeado from Quatro Intentiones Jorge Tagliapietra Patricio Cosentino, tuba

Friday June 28 - 8:30 PMArtist Recital - Dan Perantoni and David ChildsCaryl Conger and Magdalena Shumanova, 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

Karen MullinsJukka MyllysDan PerantoniChester PhillipsMagdalena ShumanovaScott Stewart

Staff

George AlbertiJonathan AshleyColin BentonJoshua BishopDavid BjornstadChase BridgesAda BrooksJoe BroomJake BrownJoel BurleyBlake CandebatJason CasanovaRyan ChenRachel CohnMichael ConwayKathleen CowanBrandon DavenportDavid KippCarlos DeleonPaul DickinsonNick DiPaolaAndrew ElderRaymond FiskDavid Fraser

Jacob FulkersonNate GalersteinAudrey GarciaAdam GingeryBenjamin GordonChristopher GordonJared GrahamMax GrandGriffin HansonGrayson HollandBenjamin HorneLaura JamisonMollie JohnsonCandalee JonesConnor JonesChristopher KendrickAustin KimArthur LeibySam LoBueKendra LuedkeAndrew LysterTeddy MackElise MaloufAnne Malouf

Dennis MillerJay MillsFletcher MitchellJacob MorganNathan MullinsJohnny PerezMark PorterSteve PorterBill PritchardKarla RomeroVincent RoseMelinda RussellTyler SimonMichael StoneGeorge StreitenbergerAustin TalbotGordon TolleIan ToyIan TynesMichael WaddellPeter WeimerA. 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 Certificate to Woodwind and Brasswind

• $50 Gift Certificate 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 Certificate to Woodwind and Brasswind

• $50 Gift Certificate 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 Certificate to Woodwind and Brasswind

• $50 Gift Certificate 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

Artist Division:

1st Prize

• $400 and a $200 Scholarship for IEI 2014

• $100 Gift Certificate to Woodwind and Brasswind

• $50 Gift Certificate 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 Certificate to Woodwind and Brasswind

• $50 Gift Certificate to LowBrassMusic.com.

DAVID THORNTON will appear at the IEI 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: The University of Michigan Symphony Band, The United States Navy Band, The United States Bicentennial Band, The United States Air Force Band and The River City Brass Band in Pittsburgh, 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, The Virgin Islands, Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Tonga Taiwan, Thailand and the People’s Republic of China. He has appeared as tenor tubist with the National Symphony, the Pittsburgh 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. After 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 after being awarded the post-graduate Certificate 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.” This 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 finest 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, ‘The Sunne Rising - The 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 Butterfly, 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 Brahms and in 1994 he was featured at Avery Fischer Hall in Lincoln Center as baritone soloist in Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan 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 Pontifical University Javeriana de Bogota, Colombia, Symphonic Band of the Pontifical University Javeriana de Bogota, Colombia, Symphonic Band of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters 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 specifically 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 Pacific Band Directors Conference (South Korea), Westby Low Brass Workshop (Norway), Peru Low Brass Festival (Peru), Colombia Festubal (Colombia), Asia Pacific Band Directors Conference (South Korea), Tubmania (Thailand), 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, The 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 The University of Texas at Austin. During his tenure in Texas, Dr. Kehler also served America’s Premier Windband; The Dallas Wind Symphony as Associate Conductor. In addition, from 1999-2009, Dr. Kehler was Founder and Conductor of the GDYO Wind Symphony, an ensemble affiliated 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.

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 “The 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 Quintet, and the Matteson-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 matters 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 film 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 attended 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 attending 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 Orkestar Atlanta’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 The People in a no-electricity-required, turbo-charged brass instrument delivery system! Thus, 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, The 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 spitfire 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 flair, and Germanic precision, Mercury Orkestar brings virtuosic skill to bear on traditional Balkan music as well as disturbingly fun Pop music covers.

Their spitfire 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.

Erik Kofoed, bandleader • 678.200.7052

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