Jayna Andersen Year in
School: Freshman Instrument: Tuba Major: Music Performance Equipment: King 2341, and Conn Helberg Hometown: Altoona, Iowa Career Goals: Play professionally, and teach lessons. Fun Fact #1: I am obsessed with hedgehogs Fun Fact #2: I am also obsessed with Chewbacca and make the 'Wookie' noise often
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Tiffani Fulton Year in
School: Freshman Instrument: Tuba Major: Music Education
Equipment: St. Petersburg BB-flat tuba
Hometown: Solon, IA
Career Goals: High School Band Director
Fun Fact #1: I am fluent in Pig Latin
Fun Fact #2: My cat died in my tuba |
Aaron Gaither
Year in School: Senior Instrument: Tuba
Major: Bachelor of Music
Equipment: Yamaha Custom YFB-822(S) F, B&S PT-4P CC, Dennis Wick 3L
(Gold), Perantucci PT-44
Career Goals: Teach tuba/euphonium/trombone on the collegiate level,
performing solo and chamber music as much as possible. Fun Fact #1: I have a collection of over 30 vintage bow ties.
Fun Fact #2: I am a phlebotomist. |
Ben Reid Year in School: Junior
Major: Bachelor of Music
Equipment: Adams Custom Series Euphonium, Steven Mead Ultra Mouthpiece
Career Goals: To become an international soloist and teach
Fun Fact #1: I am still afraid of the dark Fun Fact #2: I have eleven toes
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Year in
School: 2nd year MA Instrument: Tuba
Major: Master of Music
Performance
Equipment: Miraphone 1291 CC and PT-10 F
Career Goals: To perform
professionally with an orchestra and teach tuba at the college level
Fun Fact #1: In his free
time, Adam is an avid hockey player and can be found cheering on his
home team, the St. Louis Blues
Fun Fact
#2: Adam enjoys talking in the third person
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Devin Jacobsen
Year
in School: Senior Instrument: Tuba
Major: Bachelor of Music
Equipment: 1291 Miraphone CC Tuba
Hometown: Atlantic, IA
Career Goals: I hope to become a high school band director and give private lessons.
Fun Fact #1: My shoe size is 15
Fun Fact #2: I used to weight 345 pounds
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Steve Neilssen
Year in
School: Senior Instrument: Euphonium
Major: Music Education
Equipment: Yamaha YEP-642, Yamaha 51L & Bach 6-1/2AL
Hometown: Davenport, IA
Career Goals: High School Band director designing marching drill
Fun Fact #1: My favorite artist is Ozzy Osbourne.
Fun Fact #2: I'm a published poet.
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Katharine Wohlman
Year in
School: 2st year DMA, Graduate Teaching Assisstant Instrument: Tuba Major: DMA Equipment: MW 2250 F, Denis Wick 2SL
Hometown: Huddersfield, UK Career Goals: To become a successful college teacher and professional chamber musician
Fun Fact #1: I am British Fun Fact #2: I really like Subway sandwiches
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FORMER STUDENTS:
Dodzi Dzakuma, tuba - Member through Fall 2004
Amy Letcher, euphonium - Graduated Fall 2004, currently teaching
Greg Mazunik, tuba - Graduated Spring 2005, now a church music director in Iowa City
Alex Prevett, tuba - Member through Spring 2005, currently serving in the US Army
Mitch Monson, euphonium - Member through Spring 2005
Beth Sears, euphonium - Member through Spring 2005
Ivan Miller, tuba
- Member through Fall 2005
Leila Sjoholm, euphonium & tuba - Member through Fall 2005
David Ancelet, euphonium - Graduated Spring 2006
Tom Isaacson, euphonium - Graduated Spring 2006, currently teaching
Jake Kline, tuba - Member Fall of 2007, currently performing in Germany
Claire Sievers, tuba - Graduated with a Masters degree in May 2007
Josh Calkin, tuba - Member through Spring 2007, currently Professor at Wayne State, NE
Justin Kvedaras - Graduated 2008, currently teaching
Jeremy Crawford, tuba - Graduated Spring 2008, attended graduate school at Northwestern University, and is currently the graduate teaching assistant to Demondrae Thurmon at Alabama
Karl Zelle, tuba - Graduated Spring 2008, currently attending graduate school at the University of North Texas
Chris Dickey, euphonium - Graduated with a Masters degree in May 2009, is completing his Doctoral degree at Northwestern University, and is currently Professor of low brass at the University of Washington.
Melissa Reiff, euphonium - Member 2008-2009, married in May 2009 and transferred to East Carolina University
Chet Aliga, euphonium - Graduated Spring 2010, Director of Bands at West Liberty High School.
Andrew Philbrick, euphonium - Member through 2009
Joe Pawlowicz, euphonium - Member through 2009
Michael Hart, tuba - Director of Bands at California Lutheran College
Patrick Bigsby - Graduated Spring 2010, currently attending graduate School at USC for Journalism
Kristina Gavin - Graduated Spring 2010, and is a graduate student at the University of Iowa in the School of Library and Information Science.
Blaine Cunningham - Has completed his coursework for his DMA degree, is principal tubaist with Orchestra Iowa, and is on the faculty of Grinnell College.
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