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The Boston area has a number of fine tuba players and teachers. Beside Mike Roylance, other tubists with big reputations include Charles Villarrubia, Randy Montgomery and others.

I can also recommend very highly my teacher: Mike Milnarik at http://www.tubastudio.com/index.htm

Mike has the uncanny ability to sense where a student is at, and help that student take the the very next step for him. His teaching range includes very advanced players to beginners.

Send me a message if you would like more details, contact info, etc. Also, have a good time in Boston!

Allen Walker

Charlie Villarubia left Boston this summer to go teach at the University of Texas. I study at BU with Mike Roylance. There's also Randy Montgomery. Other than that I'm not sure.

winston wrote:I'll be travelling down to Berklee, in Boston for a clinic with a group that I play in. I thought that while I was down there, I may as well book a lesson with someone there.

All I can think of right now is Mike Roylance, in the BSO.

Who else is there in Boston?

I'd highly recommend seeing if you can schedule a lesson with Mike. He is a world class player with alot to offer. Not to meniton he's a great guy too!

zachattck514 wrote:Charlie Villarubia left Boston this summer to go teach at the University of Texas. I study at BU with Mike Roylance. There's also Randy Montgomery. Other than that I'm not sure.

Charles Villarubia is not the tuba professor at the University of Texas...Steve Bryant is still very much there

He is coaching chamber ensembles at the University of Texas and is doing some private teaching, but not through the University.

Hey,
I could be wrong, but I think that Randy Montgomery is in The Rochester Philharmonic now.
Bill Pritchard

hmmmm....
Wow, was there an audition? (I'm a little out of the loop here in Korea, and I'm not trying to stir up any controversy).

Bill Pritchard

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Hey, you might also want to contact Matt Gaunt or Chip Halt. I studied with them in highschool. They have both perfected the art of teaching tuba and are fantastic players.

Eric

I love my tuba friends in Boston! Pretty much everywhere I go I have a great tuba player to sit next to.

Mike Roylance is world-class - everything you hear is true. Nice guy, absolutely amazing player, and from what I can tell, a great teacher too. You will rarely hear a sound like this, with so much pitch focus and breadth at the same time.

Randy Montgomery is also a great recommendation. It's true he left the Rochester Phil to come back to Boston. His wife has a great non-musical job here, and they want to live in the same city.

Matt Gaunt is a great friend and a great player, whose career has taken him mostly to chamber music. His sound and approach are slightly more geared to that (although he can more than hold his own in an orchestra), and definitely worth learning from.

It's true that Charlie Villarubia is no longer in the area, and I miss him. Likewise John Manning, who now teaches in Iowa.

Since you will be around Berklee, you should certainly meet Greg Fritze, who is on the composition faculty there and also teaches tube players. Fine player and musician. I play with him in the RI Phil.

Aaron McCalla is also a great player in the area. He left a job in the Colorado Symphony to finish his degree at NEC (begun at Juilliard), and has quickly found a place in the local freelancing scene. He's on this forum.

There are more, of course - Chip Halt and Mike Milnarik are both fine players with great things to share.

I'm sorry if I leave anybody out...

Is Andrew Hitz still in the area? He may be another choice if so. I have had a pleasure hearing him with Boston Brass several times always enjoyed listening to him.