Fayetteville, Arkansas

[tubashaman2]

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[Todd S. Malicoate]

OMG Todd I was there Saturday January 10.....wow Todd we could have met up

Yep...I was in the music building the better part of that day and evening. Unfortunately, there wasn't room to take a tuba or we could have played some duets.

As a recap...both the fine bass trombone player I accompanied and the trombone quartet were awarded alternates (second place) in their respective competitions. The chamber music competition was won by a sax quartet from North Texas (again). Sax quartets seem to have an advantage in this format...look at the previous MTNA chamber music national finalists if you don't believe me. The Young Artist Brass winner was a euphonium student of Ben Pierce from U of A...I didn't hear much of him outside the door waiting to perform, but what I did hear was outstanding. Dr. Pierce is building a nationally recognized studio there (heads up, tuba and euphonium seniors!).

It was a fun trip, and thanks again to those who recommended Doe's Eat Place. I'll remember that meal for a long time.

[tubashaman2]

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[Todd S. Malicoate]

I was in there 1-4pm on saturday Todd, could we have possibly have crossed paths and did not even know it

I don't think so (as I didn't see any tuba players in the halls), but were you playing excerpts in Dr. Pierce's office towards the end of that time? I heard a tuba player playing some in there...I was across the hall rehearsing with trombones in a classroom and we left for the hotel around 3:30-3:45. I heard some Prokofiev 5 and Meistersinger in there as we were leaving.