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Tubas win Brass Competitions at MTNA

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:42 pm
by MomX4
Tubas win 3 top spots at MTNA-2006

MTNA Senior Brass winners (15-18 )

1st place was won by

Southern Division: Ibanda Ruhumbika, TUBA, Georgia;
David Zerkel, teacher

2nd place was won by

Northwest Division: Brandon Davis, TUBA, Washington;
Ryan Schultz, teacher

MTNA Young Artist winner (19-26)

1st place was won by

Eastern Division: D. Lee Jacobs, TUBA, Pennsylvania;
Velvet Brown, teacher

MTNA isn’t just for pianos any more. Nice work men!

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:59 pm
by tuba114
Go Ibanda!!!

Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:30 pm
by Norm in Bellevue
Good work, Brandon!

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:09 am
by The Impaler
Ibanda = the man.

I've had the good fortune to hear this young cat play on a couple of occasions, and I must say that he is a great young tubist as well as a fabulous kid. He came up and played for my roomate and I, plus his teacher Heather Richter a week or so ago, and I was amazed at how quickly he absorbed comments and put them to positive use in his playing. BTW, he's got two years of high school left, if memory serves correctly. Congrats, Ibanda!!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:44 am
by ken k
What is MTNA?
ken k

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:28 am
by LoyalTubist
Music Teachers National Association--They're mostly private piano teachers.

Way to go Tubas!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:16 pm
by MomX4
Tubas win 3 top spots at MTNA-2006

MTNA Senior Brass winners (15-18 )

1st place was won by

Southern Division: Ibanda Ruhumbika, TUBA, Georgia;
David Zerkel, teacher

2nd place was won by

Northwest Division: Brandon Davis, TUBA, Washington;
Ryan Schultz, teacher

MTNA Young Artist winner (19-26)

1st place was won by

Eastern Division: D. Lee Jacobs, TUBA, Pennsylvania;
Velvet Brown, teacher

MTNA isn’t just for pianos any more. Nice work men!

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:17 pm
by Albertibass
congrats lee

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:04 am
by smurphius
Can anyone tell me who won the Collegiate Chamber Competition at MTNA this year? My brass quintet competed in it only to be beaten out by a sax quartet from The Julliard School and a brass quintet coached by Velvet Brown. Tubas everywhere in MTNA!

2006 MTNA Chamber Music National Winners

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:28 am
by MomX4
Winner: ViM, Eastman School of Music, NY, E Div, Chien-Kwan Lin Teacher/Coach

Second Place: Morrison Center Chamber Players, Boise State University, ID, NW Div, Jeanne Belfy Teacher/Coach

Third Place: NDSU Saxophone Quartet, North Dakota State University, ND, WC Div, Matthew Patnode Teacher/Coach

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:17 am
by iiipopes
Gross Herren mit tuben!!
(Big men with tubas)
Congrats!

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:01 am
by Philip Jensen
That makes two in a row at MTNA for the studio of Velvet Brown. In case some you forgot, it was just a year and a half ago when Lee asked for advice on how to persuade his parents to co-sign for a student loan to buy an F tuba.

Convincing my family I need F tuba

Sounds like he just demonstrated the value of his owning an F tuba.