Celebration of Paul Haugan's Life Mon Aug 6th (details)

[David Spies]

"brianf wrote:There will be a celebration of Paul Haugan's life on Monday, August 6, [2012] at 3:00 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 6840 North 107th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53224. Bring your horn, plans are underway for a brass choir to perform."

There will be a brass choir and a tuba-euphonium ensemble, along with a small group from the First Brigade Civil War Band.

If you would like to play, please wear a white shirt (tie optional), bring a stand and your instrument/mouthpiece. Music will be provided.

Additional information:

Musicians for service:
The church will be open on Monday.
Bring a music stand, there will be chairs.
Let's plan on rehearsing the tuba/euphonium pieces at 12:45pm first and add the brass ensemble at 1:15pm.
Be sure to check in with Ann Bowen if you would like to play... email her at abowen@madisonsymphony.org" target="_blank so she can have music for you.

White shirts (ties if you can) for dress, to provide a little uniformity.

So for music we have:
Bach's Come Sweet Death tuba/euph
John Stevens' Benediction tuba/euph
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzona per Sonare #2 brass choir
Amazing Grace arr. Dan Woolpert brass choir
First Brigade Band hymns

David Spies
Principal Tuba, Racine Symphony Orchestra

[brianf]

I will be saying a few words about Paul during this clebration. If you would like me to include a few words from you, please email them to me at brianf@windsongpress.com" target="_blank . Since I will be leaving Monday morning, please send your message by Sunday night.

[brianf]

Obituary:

Paul William Haugan, 57, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 28. A resident of Milwaukee, Paul grew up in Madison where he attended Nakoma, Cherokee and West High Schools. He attended UW Madison briefly and went on to study in Montreaux, Switzerland.

Music was a huge part of Paul's life once he discovered the tuba in junior high. Paul would say, "I have never remembered a day when I didn't love playing the tuba." A descendant of J. S. Bach, and a distant cousin of Richard Wagner, perhaps his talent had historic roots. He began musical training at age 12 and over the years studied with renowned tubists Arnold Jacobs, Chester Schmitz, and Abe Torchinsky.

Paul started his career under the bigtop at age 15 with a night with Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers Circus Band as a last minute replacement for their tuba player. The circus wanted to hire him but his parents objected. Friends sometimes jokingly referred to him as the "Last of the Bigtop Tubaists". As an adult he played on the band wagon in the Milwaukee Circus Parade.

Paul became Principal Tuba of the Nuremberg Philharmonic at age 18. Returning to the USA he played in the Chicago Brass Ensemble and worked as a studio musician in Chicago. Primarily an orchestral player, Paul traveled to Europe 3 times as a featured soloist with separate musical organizations. He played and/or recorded with various diverse groups including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; The Lyric Opera of Chicago; The Moody Blues; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Blood, Sweat and Tears; The Bavarian Radio Symphony, Tony Brown and the Landing Crew; Preservation Hall Jazz Band and others. He played backup for Sinatra, Streisand, Arlo Guthrie, Count Basie and various classical artists on their stops in the Midwest. At the time of his passing he was playing tuba with The Madison Symphony, The Rockford Symphony, The Green Bay Symphony, The Milwaukee Festival City Symphony, and The Capitol City Band.

Paul's other interests included natural history and zoology. He even one time captured and handled rattlesnakes as part of a Wisconsin DNR wildlife relocation program. He said that what his symphony colleagues didn't know was he was more concerned about the future of endangered species than the future of the tuba or symphonies. He combined both interests when he practiced outside. He admitted his oddest practice quarters may have been playing tuba on the shores of Horicon Marsh surrounded by hundreds of geese.

Paul is survived by sister Judi Haugan Ryan, by nephews and niece Noah, Henry and Lark Ryan and by dear friend Walter Marozick. Paul was predeceased by parents Robert William and Dorothy Bach Haugan.

Memorial contributions in Paul's name can be made to The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin. We know he would love to think that a small piece of the nature he loved was being preserved in his name as a way to honor his memory.

A music filled memorial celebration will be held to honor Paul's life at 3 pm Monday, August 6. at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 6840 N 107th St, in Milwaukee.

[brianf]

From Sunday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries ... 34906.html" target="_blank

[alexwill]

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