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Hey Folks,

My tuba prof is currently taking suggestions on who we should get to come do out here and play next year. We had John Sass last year and Steven Mead before that. These guys were great in working with the studio and performing at an incredibly high level. A lot of who we get depends on their schedules and cost. Putting that aside, though, who would you most like to get a chance to hear/work with for a few days?

I would love to see Walter Hilgers or possibly even Mel Culbertson come over and play and teach in this country.

I definately agree about Walter Hilgers. I would love to see Owen Slade or Chris McShane as well.

This year we had Denis Miller of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra come for a masterclass which was incredible. He is an amazing player and was a wonderfun man to work with. I would like to get a chance to work with James Gourlay or Alan Baer. Floyd Cooley...I (as well as everyone else on this forum) could go on.

Marcus Rojas
Gene Pokorny
Joe Exley

Depends on what you want to work on.
Of course the big and famous names are interesting if you want to feature solo or excerpt playing.

What about working in a tuba section, as in serious symphonic band or brass band ?
Lothar Uth of the Augsburg Symphony (Germany) comes to my mind. He´s tuba instructor at the Augsburg Musikhochschule.
That´s the first university to concentrate on banding in Germany (conducting and instrumentation, mainly, in addition to classical instrumental studies).
What does teamwork sound like in the rare cases of professional tuba sections ?

Winston Morris. 2 hours one time with that man changed 20 years worth of views and ideas about playing the tuba for me.

Dan Perantoni. A half hour lesson with him further altered the way I approach the horn.

I swear those two could teach an elephant how to blow it's trunk musically.

Plug for my prof: Ron Bishop - He's great with groups and fundamental in a studio!

My bias, but hey...

J.c.S.

All of the above are great suggestions. From what I've read and seen I'm starting to really enjoy the approach to teaching and playing of Dave Zerkel. I've considered picking up and moving south for a couple years for further study just from what I've seen/heard of him.

Also, an inspirational and entertaining teacher would be Dave Kutz. His knowledge, skill, approach and charisma would quickly have the group's attention and would most definately be entertaining as well.

Marty Erickson

I'd die a happy man if I was ever fortunate enough to have some time with Floyd Cooley, Dan Perantoni, and Gene Pokorny.