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Be sure to see our GUEST ARTISTS page. Our guests present performances, masterclasses and clinics throughout the week.
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TUBA / EUPHONIUM FACULTY
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PIANO FACULTY
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Pauline Fox, Pianist
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STAFF / FACULTY ASSISTANT
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STAFF
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Stephanie Yehlik • McKenna Nilsson
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| Michael S. Milnarik |
| Tuba/Workshop Director |
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| Michael S. Milnarik was born in New York City and grew up in the small town of Stillwater, Pennsylvania. He received a Masters of Music degree from Boston University and a Bachelors of Music degree from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. His primary study was with Richard E. Martin, Donald A. Stanley and J. Samuel Pilafian. |
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| As a PERFORMER Michael is a member of the Innovata Brass, Brass Sect, Keys & Brass, Dr. Fidgety Dixieland Jazz Band, and the Cosmopolitan Tuba Quartet. He has performed with most of the orchestras in northern New England, the Albany Symphony, the Key West Symphony, as well as with ensembles ranging from new music to jazz, and also as a soloist. |
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| As a TEACHER for 22 years Michael has had a passion for providing direction to young musicians so that they can achieve their own personal goals and dreams. Young tuba and euphonium players that study with Michael learn the techniques involved to improve their performance level and the skills necessary to survive in today's highly competitive performance and educational environments. Michael is the tuba and euphonium instructor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Tufts University, Brandeis University, Salem State College and Anna Maria College. Formerly, he taught tuba and euphonium at the University of Southern Maine (8 years) and the Lexington (MA) Public Schools (11 years). |
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| Outside of these institutions Michael has a large private teaching studio and is the founder/director of the Cosmopolitan Tuba Euphonium Workshop (formerly the Northeast Tuba Euphonium Workshop) or C.T.E.W. for short. C.T.E.W. is a non-competitive summer camp for high school, college and adult age participants geared toward enhancing the current level of each individual participant. |
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| As a BUSINESS person Michael is the founder, president and senior booking agent of MSM Music Service, a company based in Boston, Massachusetts that researches performance opportunities, develops artists, negotiates performer fees and manages high level musical talent. He is also the owner and manager of TubaStudio.com, a web store that carries sheet music, compact discs, instruments and accessories. TubaStudio.com was opened to help other tuba players by offering free resources, making commonly used educational materials and supplies readily available, and providing quality pre-owned instruments. In addition Michael has been a clinician and consultant to many arts organizations giving lectures to groups on the business of music; how to set up their organization; marketing and advertising their product (organization); and providing guidance in the contract negotiation process. |
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| Outside of these areas Michael has arranged numerous works for brass quintet, has served on the board of the New England Philharmonic as both a board member and as president of the orchestra, and has been a consultant for other non-profit organizations. |
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Michael is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
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| Sanae Kanda |
| Pianist/Composer |
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| Sanae Kanda enjoys a varied career as not only a pianist but also as a composer, arranger and educator. As a pianist, Dr. Kanda has given recitals in the United States and Japan. She has accompanied vocalists, strings, woodwinds and brass in a variety of styles and genres. She is a member of Keys and Brass. |
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| As an educator, Dr. Kanda instructs all levels from beginner through professional and has taught in Japan, as well as in the United States. Currently she is a faculty member at Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts and Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Rounding out all of these areas, Dr. Kanda is also a composer and arranger. She has written several solo works for tuba and piano, euphonium and piano, trombone quartet, and has recently completed her sixth brass quintet piece. Her first work for brass "Karen" was written for Karen Antonio-Muenzinger and the Innovata Brass. It was released on the first CD recording of the Innovata Brass titled "Brass a la carte" by Stillwater Digital. |
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| A native of Kyoto, Japan, Dr. Kanda studied music in both Japan and the United States. She holds a Masters degree in Piano Performance and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano Performance from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Patrick Nyren |
| Euphonium (Staff / Faculty Assistant) |
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| In May of 2010 Patrick Nyren completed the Masters of Music Performance Degree program at the University of North Texas, where he studies with Brian Bowman. In September of 2010 Patrick will continue his studies with Dr. Bowman in the Doctoral program at UNT while serving in his newly awarded "Teaching Fellowship" position to Dr. Bowman. In this position Patrick will teach all entering freshman euphonium majors. |
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| He received his Bachelors of Music Degree in Music Education at the University of Southern Maine School of Music, where he studied with Michael S. Milnarik. Patrick began his college education at the early age of 16. Although a young student, Patrick had the honor of being principal euphonium of the USM Concert Band during his three and a half years in the ensemble. In 2006 he was selected, by audition, to perform on the School of Music's Honors Solo Recital. He was also the winner of the school's Concerto-Aria Competition, which earned Patrick the honor of soloing with the University's Orchestra. |
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| Most recently, Patrick was a finalist in the Tubonium7 Solo Competition in April 2009, was a semi-finalist (artist division) in the Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival Solo Competition in August 2009, in March 2010 he commissioned a new work for euphonium and piano by composer Sanae Kanda called "Beautiful Mind", in April of 2010 he was a finalist for a position with the Air Force Band of the Golden West, .and in May of 2010 he was a featured soloist and chamber musician at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Tuscon, Arizona. |
