The Last Straw! A Simple Tool for Better Embouchure (with appreciation to Dr. Luis Maldonado)
During the summers of 1983 and 1984 it was my privilege to have the late Luis Maldonado in my euphonium studio at what was then…
Author: Jerry Young
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Greetings-and I hope that your fall semester is going well. I hope that most of our membership around the world is honoring the legacy of Harvey Phill…
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
I hope this finds all of our members in the southern hemisphere enjoying a beautiful summer season. Those of us in the northern hemisphere are…
Election Results: Kelly Thomas, President Elect
Congratulations to our new Vice-President/President-Elect, Kelly Thomas. Kelly has been a stalwart of the Association for many years. His work in the conference area…
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
I’m composing my thoughts today in what is in fact the antithesis of spring, near the end of February in Wisconsin. The cold and…
PRESIDENT’S CORNER: A Note from you Past President
As you are reading these words I am the Past-President of ITEA, however at their writing I am still President. I thought it important for…
PERSPECTIVE #1 of #3: When Are You Going to Start Studying Jazz and Why You Must: A Reflection
As I write these words, I am in the last few months of my formal forty-two-year academic teaching and performance career. (I’m only completing that portion of…
MEMBERS AD LIB
I had known Dr. Mark Nelson for about seven years when, as Editor of the TUBA Journal, I appointed him to be in charge of the…
CELEBRATING R. WINSTON MORRIS AND THE TENNESSEE TECH TUBA ENSEMBLE: 50 Unprecedented Years
In mid-October, 2016 there was an historic celebration in Cookeville, Tennessee. As students of Charles Leonhard at the University of Illinois in the late 1970s…