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Jason Scott Ladd
Dr. Jason S. Ladd is the director of Nicholls State University Wind Ensemble, which he conducted at the 2022 Southern Division CBDNA Conference. He also teaches low brass lessons and music education courses. Previously, he taught at Marquette University, where he led the orchestra and other ensembles. He has taught courses at Florida State University,…
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Thomas J. Ricer
Dr. Thomas J. Ricer teaches Tuba, Euphonium, and Music Education at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and plays Tuba with the Royal Hawaiian Band. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, a Master of Music from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee and a Doctor of Musical Arts…
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Katie Bonner Russo
Katie is a passionate arts and education advocate, dedicated to inspiring future generations and upholding racial and gender equity in the classical music field. She is an innovative non-profit manager with more than 15 years of experience in marketing, public relations, fundraising, and event planning.
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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith’s musical journey has taken him all over the globe as a low brass performer, higher educator, and leader in the music industry. Andrew is the Product Manager of Repair Parts at Conn-Selmer, the US’s largest manufacturer of band and orchestra instruments. Andrew has served on the faculty of Campbell University, Methodist University, and…
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Brett Copeland
Brett Copeland is a tuba player, educator, composer, and music technologist living in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. He is a private lesson teacher and maintains a tuba and euphonium studio. Brett also teaches guitar, bass, music production, and composition lessons privately. Brett is the tubist and founding member of Flower City Brass, a brass quintet…
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Jeffrey Meyer
Freelance tuba artist and composer Jeffrey Meyer resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he teaches and performs with the Triangle Brass Band and has performed with the Durham Symphony. His music has been played by the wind ensembles at Northern Illinois University, Minnesota State University Moorhead, DePauw University, and Washington and Lee University; and his…
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Stephen Lamb
Stephen Lamb, tuba, currently serves as a tuba player in the United States Coast Guard Band, a position he has held since 2003. Additionally, he is Principal Tuba of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and currently serves at the orchestra’s Personnel Manager. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and a master’s…
