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Name Dates Biography Brian Bowman: 1946 - A former soloist with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force Bands and the Bicentennial Band. He retired as Regent's Professor of Music (Euphonium) in the College of Music at the University of North Texas (UNT) in 2018 following 19 years of service.
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During this time he held the principal euphonium position of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. David went on to the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied with Steven Mead, graduating in 2000. In July 2000 he was appointed as principal euphonium of the Black Dyke Band. [2] He left the band at the end of 2010.
Brian Leslie Bowman (born July 22, 1946) is an American virtuoso euphonium artist and music professor who, among other things, held the principal euphonium chair and was a featured soloist with the premier concert bands of the United States Navy and Air Force. On March 28, 1976, Bowman performed the first euphonium recital at Carnegie Hall. [1 ...
He went to Rochester, New York to study at the Eastman School of Music with the legendary teacher Emory Remington, and after graduating, joined the Buddy Rich band. In 1975, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles , where he would play with the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band and the Don Menza Big Band and Sextet in the mid/late 1970s.
The euphonium repertoire consists of solo literature and orchestral, or, more commonly, concert band parts written for the euphonium. Since its invention in 1843, the euphonium has been important in ensembles. While the Euphonium is predominantly a concert band instrument, certain composers have featured it in symphonic music.
Goff Richards' Pilatus, Aagaard-Nilsen's Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra, Reeman's Sonata for Euphonium and Ellerby's Euphonium Concerto were all written expressly for Mead. [4] [5] [6] He is married to Misa Mead (née Akahoshi) who is also a renowned euphonium soloist, additionally active as a freelance composer and orchestrator. [7]