Orchestra - Higgins

Don Higgins is beginning his fifth year of directing orchestras at El Dorado Community School. Don is originally from Albany, NY. Don studied music education at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. He began playing the viola at age 9, and tuba at age 10. In addition to teaching orchestra grades 4-8 at El Dorado, he had served on the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association from 2015-2017 and taught at the SFPS Summer Arts camp for several summers. He also has a small studio of tuba and euphonium students. He performs regularly on tuba with the Santa Fe Brass, High Desert Winds, Santa Fe Concert Band, and he has performed with Concordia Santa Fe, as well.