The official page of the UMKC Tuba and Euphonium Studio Students study from the standard solo literature for the euphonium and tuba.
The students of the UMKC Tuba and Euphonium Studio hail from throughout the United States; most commonly from the Missouri area (Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee) as well as Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, South Carolina, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Kyoto, Japan. Students are involved in a variety
02/16/2025
Tuba/Euphonium Day 2025 ✅!
This event, designed for high school and college aged tuba and euphonium players from the region, allowed participants to play in a warm up class and masterclass with KC Symphony Principal Tubist Joe LeFevre, culminating in a performance by UMKC Conservatory Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble.
10/03/2024
We’re so excited to present OCTUBAFEST at the UMKC Conservatory later this month! Stay tuned for info about all the events featuring solo and ensemble performances by studio members and a tuba/euphonium day for KC area low brass enthusiasts! More info to come 🎼👀
06/25/2024
Even though we’re already enjoying our summer vacations ☀️, we’re looking forward to seeing 7 new faces in the studio in the Fall!
Sam Schon, MM Tuba Performance
Michael Walker, BM Music Education (Euphonium)
Michael Marrone, MM Tuba Performance
Zach Hardee, BM Music Education
Jake DuPont, MM Tuba Performance
Chris Hovis, MM Tuba Performance
Jackson Gearing, MM Composition/Tuba Performance
10/18/2023
We're looking forward to welcoming Christopher Bassett, bass trombonist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Santa Fe Opera, to campus soon for a masterclass in collaboration with the UMKC Trombone Studio!
This masterclass is free and open to the public.
Now that we posted Dr. Harrelson's arrangement on his birthday, we are excited to share our final ITEC piece, NGC 7320, by recent studio graduate Ian Lester, this one on his birthday! NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy located within Stephan’s Quintet but is not considered a true member of the quintet due to it being the most isolated of the five galaxies. We had a fantastic time working up this new space-themed work for tuba quartet (played by the entire ensemble here). And a final thank you to Scott Sutherland for the recording and editing of our set! Help us wish Ian a happy birthday and enjoy our performance of NGC 7320!
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The UMKC Tuba Euphonium Studio has a rich tradition of our students composing and arranging works for the ensemble in addition to performing in it! The next piece we want to share from our ITEC performance is studio alumnus Logan Jungman's work for tuba/euphonium octet Outburst!! Outburst is a challenging and exciting piece that we had a ton of fun working up! You can also buy the sheet music to Outburst below if you are interested! Once again, a HUGE thank you to Scott Sutherland for the recording and editing!
Sheet music to Outburst: https://www.cimarronmusic.com/outburst
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It is a little late in the day to posting this, but while it is still Dr. Harrelson's birthday (WOOOOOO!!), we want to share our 2nd ITEC piece, Dr. Harrelson's gorgeous arrangement of Vienna Teng's Hymn of Acxiom, a stunningly beautiful work addressing the pros and cons of the surveillance through marketing-data companies, of all things! Help us wish Dr. Harrelson a happy birthday and enjoy our premiere performance of the tuba/euphonium ensemble version of Hymn of Acxiom!! Again, a HUGE thank you to Scott Sutherland for his expert recording and editing job!!
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Over the next few days, we will be posting the pieces we performed in our set at ITEC in Arizona last month under the baton of Dr. Harrelson! First up is our performance of Kevin Day's Ignition! We thoroughly enjoyed working on this challenging and exciting work form one of today's leading composers!! Thank you to Scott Sutherland for the amazing recordings!!
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06/04/2023
We had a fantastic time at ITEC! Thank you to Dr. Deanna Swoboda, ASU, and everyone involved in making this a fantastic conference! We're stopping for a quick breakfast in Flagstaff before continuing our trek to Amarillo, then we'll get back to KC on Monday! Enjoy our ITEC photo dump!
