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Lewis J. Buckley:Lewis J. Buckley, a native of Florida, a 1969 graduate of Eastman School of Music, and a recipient of the Eastman Performer's Certificate for exceptional performance on the trumpet, is a talented performer, arranger, conductor and composer. From 1969 to 1975 he served as trumpet soloist and arranger in The United States Coast Guard Band. In 1975, Mr. Buckley was appointed Director, a position which he held until 2004, by which time he had become the longest-tenured conductor of one of our premiere service bands in American history. He now conducts the Manchester (CT) Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, and he and his wife, Karen, are co-owners, with Bryan Doughty, of Cimarron Music Press. Lew has arranged, transcribed, and composed numerous works for bands, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists, and he is in frequent demand as a guest conductor and clinician. His solo pieces have been performed by John Huling (National Symphony Orchestra), Adam Frey, Oystein Baadsvik, David Werden, Dan Vinson, and Grady Hallman. Main Street Brass commissioned a quintet for a tour, and one of his Tuba Quartets was performed on Prairie Home Companion. His music is not only imaginative and rich in the colors available to the wind composer/arranger, but it also reflects his more than 30 years on the podium - his pieces "work." His writing is well-crafted, imaginative, and, equally important, contemporary and challenging to developing ensembles. Most of all, Lew's music is enjoyed by audiences and performers alike. Elizabeth Raum:Elizabeth Raum is active both as an oboist and as a composer. A native of Boston Massachusetts, she earned her Bachelor of Music in oboe performance from the Eastman School of Music in 1966 and her Master of Music in composition from the University of Regina in 1985. She currently plays principal oboe with the Regina Symphony Orchestra in Regina, Saskatchewan. In recognition of the contributions she has made in the field of musical composition, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Mt. St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An extremely prolific composer, her works include 3 operas, over 60 chamber pieces, 17 vocal works, choral works including an oratorio, several ballets, concerti and major orchestral works. Pieces by Elizabeth Raum have won many prestigious awards, have been heard throughout North America, Europe, South America, China, Japan, and Russia, and have been broadcast extensively on the CBC. She enjoys a reputation of being one of Canada's most "accessible" composers, writing for varied mediums and in remarkably diverse styles. Elizabeth Raum has written for some of the world's finest artists including Canadian soprano, Tracy Dahl; Swedish trombone virtuoso, Christian Lindberg; American tuba icon, Roger Bobo; Canadian tubist, John Griffiths; New York Philharmonic principal horn, Phil Meyers; the percussion ensemble Nexus; the St. Lawrence String Quartet; and her daughter, Canadian concert violinist, Erika Raum. She has been featured in many publications including Opera Canada, Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, ITEA Journal, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, and New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. She is published by Editions BIM (Switzerland), Virgo (Great Britain), Warwick (Great Britain), Southern (US), Alry (US), Tuba/Euphonium Press (US) and Cimarron Music Press (US). James Woodward:Born in California in 1978, James began his music education in Wisconsin. After studying with John Downey and Ronald Foster, he returned to the Southwest in 2001 to continue his studies with Stephen Hartke, Jody Rockmaker, and Rodney Rogers. Recipient of the 2006 BMI Pete Carpenter Film Scoring Fellowship, a residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and a Fellowship at the Virginia Arts Festival John Duffy Composers Institute, James Woodward's music has been performed by the Classics for Kids Philharmonic, the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Etowah Youth Orchestra, the United States Army Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of USC, ASU, and UW - Milwaukee. As a concert pianist, James Woodward has performed in many recitals and concerts including a guest soloist appearance with the Cobb Symphony in Marietta, GA, where he performed his Piano Concerto and his children's work, When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town. Woodward's works are published by Daehn Publications, Tuba-Euphonium Press, GIA Publications, and Gold Branch Music, Inc. and have featured soloists Walter Cosand, Martin Cochran, John Higgins, Judith Lynn Stilman, Keiko Clark, Christine Hayes, and David Zerkel among others. Recordings of James Woodward's works are available on Mark Records and Baer Tracks Music. His tuba concerto, featured on the debut CD of Alan Baer, Principal Tuba of the New York Philharmonic, was called a "Tour de force...a great piece!" by Sergio Carolina of 'Tuba News' and the Oporto National Orchestra (Portugal). Currently, James is writing and performing for various films, projects, and commissions, and finds any available moment away from writing to surf off the Southern California Coast. Barbara York:Barbara York has been working in both Canada and the U.S. for over 35 years as a concert accompanist, choral and theatrical music director and composer. Her score and lyrics for the Canadian musical Colette won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981. She has received commissions from two Canadian symphony orchestras, the Boise State University Symphonic Winds and the BSU Symphony Orchestra, plus numerous private groups and soloists in both the US and Canada. She has presented pieces at three World Saxophone Congresses and at the 2003 International Double Reed Symposium. Her 50-minute scripted, children’s piece, A Butterfly in Time, was recently recorded to CD and was nominated for a Juno Award in 2006. Her first tuba piece, Sea Dreams, was on the required repertoire list for the International Tuba Euphonium Association’s 2004 Young Artists Competition. Conversations, for euphonium and alto saxophone, won the Harvey Phillips Award for euphonium in chamber music at the 2006 International Tuba – Euphonium Conference. As an accompanist, Barbara has played at universities and concert venues throughout the United States and Canada, has recorded for CBC Radio, and has premiered numerous works for other composers at International congresses. Barbara lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Tony Zilincik:Tony Zilincik holds degrees in music composition from Central Michigan University and Bowling Green State University. He is currently an assistant professor of music at Capital University where he teaches tuba and theory, and directs the brass choir and “Capital Thunder”, the university tuba/euphonium ensemble. He is the principal tubist of the Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra and he maintains a large private low brass studio. He is the tubist in the Capital Brass brass quintet, the faculty quintet at Capital University, and the Cathedral Brass brass quintet at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus. He is the former E-flat tuba soloist with the Brass Band of Columbus and has performed with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He is the former music director of the Central Ohio Brass Band and has performed with many Broadway touring shows including Annie and The Lion King. He is active as a freelance soloist, having appeared with the Brass Band of Columbus at the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, with the Central Michigan University Brass Band, the Capital University Trombone Choir and with many area high schools. Also a prolific composer, his works have received performances in the United States and Europe and many are published by Cimarron Music. Mr. Zilincik is in demand as a tuba and band clinician throughout Ohio and Michigan. |
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