Steve Maxwell

Dr. Steven Maxwell - Class of 1996

Dr. Steven Maxwell is Assistant professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Kansas State University.  In addition, he teaches brass techniques and History of Rock and Roll.  Maxwell is also the tubist with the K-State Faculty Brass Quintet and the director of the K-State Tuba Euphonium Ensemble.  Dr. Maxwell received his Bachelor of Music in Education from Iowa State University, his Master of Music in Performance from Kansas State University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Missouri- Kansas City Conservatory of Music.  He has studied with Toby Hanks, Paul Hunt, Michael Short, Thomas Stein, and David Stuart.  Dr. Maxwell has held the position of principal tubist of the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra in New York and the principal tubist of the Central Iowa Symphony.  He is an active clinician, adjudicator, and soloist throughout the Midwest and Great Plains regions.  Maxwell has been a guest artist at numerous conferences including the 2003, 2005, and 2009 Great Plain Tuba Euphonium Conferences and will be performing at the 2012 United State Army Band Conference in January.  The KSU Tuba Euphonium Ensemble under his direction performed at the United States Army Band Tuba Euphonium Conference in January, 2011.

Dr. Maxwell is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha, Kansas Music Educators Association, and the International Tuba Euphonium Association.