2018 Texas Tuba/Euph Camp Faculty
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June 11,12,13, 2018
Denton Guyer High School | Denton, Texas
Space is limited!
$220 Registration Fee
Includes Meals and a Camp T-Shirt
Tim Buzbee, tuba
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Tim Buzbee "is a fine musician who can make his tuba varously sing like a violin and bark like an
angered dog, and touch all those bases in between. His sense of phrasing is as astonishing as his
sense of his instrument's tone coloring" raved Fanfare Magazine about Tim's debut solo cd,
BUZZED. In 2011, Tim joined the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as principal tuba. Besides the
Melbourne Symphony Tim has held the same position with many orchestras including Iceland
Symphony, Malmo Symphony, Galve Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Civic Orchestra of
Chicago, and the Acapulco Philharmonic. Tim has won jobs in 8 different countries! Buzbee has
been invited to perform as guest tubist with many other orchestras including the Chicago
Symphony, Danish Radio Orchestra, Swedish Radio Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Hong Kong
Philharmonic, Western Australia Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Wind Symphony, Malaysia
Philharmonic and the Helsingborg Symphony among others.
As a soloist he has performed concerts and masterclasses around the world including the most
prestigious universities and conservatories. Currently Tim has three solo cds on the Albany
Record label including “Raw Emotions”, consisting of 4 concertos from North America with the
Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Buzbee also recorded a cd entitled Eruptions, consisting of standard
excerpts for low brass section for the Albany Record label. He has been soloist with the Melbourne
Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Acapulco Symphony, Marshall Symphony,
and the "Pershing Own" Army Band in Washington D.C. Buzbee recently was asked to be a
featured artist at the Texas Music Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Buzbee was also
recently featured on the front cover of the International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal, and
has been featured in several other magazines in the past. Tim is on faculty at Australia National
Academy of Music and The University of Melbourne.
Buzbee knows he would probably be flipping burgers if not for the help of teachers Ed Jones,
Gene Pokorny, and Matt Good. Tim enjoys spending any free time with his wife Jessica, and their
five kids, and the two family dogs which think they are children number 6 and 7!!!
Matt van Emmerik, euphonium
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Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in 1978, Dr. Matthew van Emmerik started playing at age 7.
He is the former principal euphonium player of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force in
London, United Kingdom and all Royal Australian Navy Bands.
He has held high profile and principal positions with the worlds leading bands and orchestras
including: Black Dyke, Fodens, Leyland, Desford Colliery, Brighouse and Rastrick, Dalewool and
Kew Band Melbourne, Tasmanian Symphony orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Melbourne
Symphony, Sydney Symphony, West Australian Symphony Orchestras, Malaysian Philharmonic
and the Oporto National orchestra in Portugal.
In 2007 he was awarded the coveted, Champion of Champions title at the National Brass Band
Championships, Melbourne and in 2011 became only the second Australian in History to win the
Open Euphonium championship at the New Zealand Brass Band Championships. He has
competed at the Ern Keller International Soloist of the year competition 6 times. Matthew has won
the Victorian Champion of Champions title four times. Matthew has adjudicated contests all across
Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe.
Matthew has completed his PhD studies and graduatedas a Doctor of Music from the Sydney
Conservatorium of Music and University of Sydney in 2011. Matthew recorded two commercially
available CDs towards his PhD studies, the first titled ‘Neath Austral Skies and his second ‘Utaki –
The Sacred Grove’ which is full of new repertoire, features the euphonium with chamber brass,
piano and The Flinders String Quartet from Melbourne.
Matthew took over as the Musical Director of Box Hill City Brass in 2013 and led them to their most
successful year to date. 2014 and 2015 proved to be incredibly exciting years with the release of
the bands inaugural CD '125 Years - The Box Hill City Band' and new concert and contest success
locally and throughout Australia and promotion to the coveted A grade (championship) section.
Matthew is proud to be an Adams Custom Brass Artist and Clinician and an endorsee of Reunion
Blues gig bags. Matthew uses his own VAN EMMERIK signature mouthpiece range when
performing.
To keep up with Matthew’s activities feel free to follow him at his website:
Jeff Baker, tuba
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Jeff Baker is the Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Dr. Baker received music degrees from the University of Oklahoma (BM) and the University of North Texas (MM and DMA). He was a graduate teaching fellow at the University of North Texas and has also taught applied low brass instruction at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. In addition to his experience as a university educator, Dr. Baker maintained a healthy studio of young aspiring musicians in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex for over ten years.
Dr. Baker is the Principal Tuba/Cimbasso for the Dallas Opera Orchestra. As a freelance musician on tuba, bass trombone, and cimbasso, he has performed with numerous ensembles throughout the southwest including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Winds (formerly the Dallas Wind Symphony), the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lone Star Wind Orchestra, and the Wichita Grand Opera. Dr. Baker has also been a part of over fifteen recording projects on the EPR, Klavier, Mark, and Naxos labels. He has performed as a featured soloist with the US Army Band and as a concerto competition winner with the University of North Texas Symphonic Band.
Dr. Baker is the conductor and coordinator for the annual Tuba Christmas celebration held in downtown Commerce and is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, the International Trombone Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Dr. Baker is a Buffet Artist/Clinician.
Donald Palmire, euphonium
Donald Palmire has been an active euphonium soloist, clinician and educator for more than three decades. He began his career as a euphoniumist with The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Band at Parris Island, SC in 1980. While at Parris Island, he was a regularly featured soloist.
Don served as euphoniumist with The United States Marine Band (“The President’s Own”) from 1987-1991. He was a euphoniumist and soloist with The Dallas Wind Symphony from 1992-1994.
He joined The United States Army Band in 1994 and recently retired as Principal Euphonium in the Concert Band and Chairman of The United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Workshop.
He is currently a member of The Dominion Brass and has performed with The Virginia Grand Military Band, The Maryland Symphony, The Harrisburg Symphony and The Sarasota Orchestra. Don has been a guest soloist and clinician with high school, college and community bands. He has been a regular clinician for the Music For All National Concert Band Festival and Summer Symposium. His debut solo CD, “Amber and Musk”, was released in 2014.
Don is an Adams Artist and Clinician.