Music Events
Ben Pierce, Guest Artist Euphonium
Date and Time
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 7:30 PM
Description
A guest artist euphonium recital featuring Ben Pierce, euphonium and
Julianne Vanden Wyngaard, piano.
Benjamin Pierce is an accomplished low brass artist and teacher.
He is a professor at the University of Arkansas, teaching a large
studio of tuba and euphonium players and directing the tuba/euphonium
ensemble. His studies took place at Bowling Green State University and
the University of Michigan. His primary teachers were David Saygers,
Velvet Brown, Fritz Kaenzig, and Wesley Jacobs.
Pierce has notably been the winner of some dozen international
tuba and euphonium artist competitions held in the United States,
Japan, Germany, Finland, South Korea, England, and Italy. He is a
frequent soloist at home and abroad performing many solo recitals as
well as concerti with such ensembles as the premier United States
military bands, top American brass bands, and such orchestras as the
Tokyo Symphony, Oulu Symphony (Finland), and Vogtland Philharmonie (Germany).
Enjoying a varied ensemble career, Pierce has performed with the
Detroit Symphony, the Detroit Chamber Brass, the Toledo Symphony, the
Flint Symphony, and the Tulsa Symphony. He has served as principal
tubist of the Ann Arbor Symphony and is principal tubist of SONA,
formerly the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the
acclaimed Brass Band of Battle Creek, featuring many of the worldýs
greatest brass players. With the BBBC, he has performed on three
different instruments.
Recently Pierce was appointed Editor in Chief of the Journal of
ITEA (International Tuba Euphonium Association.)
Benjamin Pierce can be heard on three recordings available from
major online retailers. He is a Miraphone performing artist.
Contact
Paul Carlson
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