Euphonium Faculty
Brian L. Bowman
BRIAN L. BOWMAN, Regents Professor of Music at the University of North Texas, has held the principal euphonium position and been a featured soloist in each of the bands he has been associated with: The University of Michigan Symphony Band, The US Navy Band, The US Bicentennial Band, The US Air Force Band, and The River City Brass Band. He has performed as a soloist worldwide, and has appeared as tenor tubist with the National Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and the Orchestra Symphonica of Xlapa, Mexico. His students occupy many positions in the Premier Military Bands in Washington, DC, as well as college and public school teaching positions.
Gail Robertson
GAIL ROBERTSON has a distinguished reputation as a euphonium artist, teacher, and clinician. She has garnered worldwide attention for leadership, her work as composer/arranger, and as a musical-talent. Robertson serves as Associate Professor of Tuba-Euphonium at the University of Central Arkansas. She also is on the faculty of the America Band College in Ashland, Oregon. Robertson is Past President of the International Tuba Euphonium Association and the International Women’s Brass Conference. She is a member of the world-famous Brass Band of Battle Creek, the New Sousa Band, and the Blossom Festival Band. Gail performed for ten years with the Tubafours at Walt Disney World. Robertson’s euphonium of choice is a Willson 2950TA and bronze Warburton/Robertson mouthpiece.
Richard Harris
RICHARD HARRIS is Professor of Trombone and Euphonium at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, a member of the New York City based chamber collective “Decoda”, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, and host of the “RichardTromboneCamp!” He has performed as a regular guest with many of the US’s top symphony orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, and Cincinnati Symphony. Trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Indiana University, Richard has performed and toured alongside a diverse range of musicians such as Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Natalie Cole, Seth McFarlane, Boyz II Men, Megan Hilty, Roseanne Cash, Bryce Dessner, Chris Botti and classical music stars Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.