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Students



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


 

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





Adam Stevens

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



 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


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.

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

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.