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Principal tubist of the Opera de Marseille (since 2006) [75] Aubrey Foard: c. 1990s – American Classical Principal tubist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (since 2018); formerly principal of the CSO and WVSO [76] [77] Theon Cross: 1993– British Jazz Tubist of the London-based group Sons of Kemet [78] [79] August Schieldrop: 1999 ...
While attending university, Jantsch auditioned for the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. She was a semi-finalist for the New York tuba position. She won the Philadelphia position of Principal Tuba in February 2006, [5] appointed by music director Christoph Eschenbach. She assumed the chair, full-time, with the 2006–2007 ...
The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra, based in Philadelphia. One of the " Big Five " American orchestras, the orchestra is based at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts , where it performs its subscription concerts, numbering over 130 annually, at Marian Anderson Hall (formerly Verizon Hall).
When he was fifteen years old, he entered Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music on a scholarship and continued to major in tuba. After his graduation from Curtis in 1936, he played two seasons in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Fabien Sevitzky. From 1939 until 1944, he was the tubist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Fritz ...
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A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Vernon attended Brevard College and Georgia State University, where he studied with William "Bill" Hill and Gail Wilson.His principal teachers outside of university were bass trombonist Edward Kleinhammer and tubist Arnold Jacobs, both former members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Akins studied the tuba with Ronald Bishop of the Cleveland Orchestra, Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Robert Ryker of the Montreal Symphony, Fredrick Schaufele Jr. at Lakewood High School, and Robert LeBlanc of Ohio State University. He received his Bachelor of Music in 1978 and Master of Music in 1982 from Ohio State University.