Born in Lexington, Kentucky I have been interested in music since I knew what music was. I briefly started my musical career on saxophone, but by the grace of God, switched to tuba my freshman year in high school and never looked back. After recieving several offers I accepted a music scholarship at Eastern Kentucky University, where I have majored in Tuba Performance with a minor in Political Science. I have performed in virtually all generes of tuba playing, holding principle positions in the EKU Symphony, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Marching Colonels, Dixieland Band, Jazz Band I and II, Brass Choir, University Singers, and I am also a founding member of the Crabbe Street Brass Quintet. I have performed all over Kentucky, and in January 2002 I performed with Fredrick Fennell and the Toyoko Kosai Wind Orchestra as part of the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic. My teachers have included H. Brent Barton, Daniel Eaton, and Jim Willett. I have also studied bass with Dr. Mark Chambers. I am graduating in the Spring of 2004 and plan on pursuing graduate school the following year. Besides tuba, I collect vinyl records (those old things before CD's), golf, and am happily engaged to Jennifer Wilke, with a wedding date of September 4th, 2004. I am also working on a comedy CD with lifelong friend Darren Fielder (a.k.a. Bubby Walker Junior II) entitled "The Adventures of Bubby Walker Junior II and Banjo Samples"
Fall 2003
Concert Etude by A. Goedicke
Tuba Sonata by P. Hindemith
Sonata Breve by J. Gallagher
Danny Boy arr. P. Sheridan
Crabbe Street Brass Quintet
Scherzo by J. Cheetham
Brass Quintet No. 1 by V. Ewald
Ain't Misbehavin' by F. Waller
Spring 2004
Bach Flute Sonata no. 2 by J.S. Bach
Capriccio by K. Penderecki
Variations on a Cobbler's Bench by A. Frackenpohl
"Adagio" from The Limpid Stream by D. Schostakovich
Six Studies in English Folksong by R. Vaughn-Williams
A Piece for Chris Travers (for tuba and electronic medium) by D. Fielder and D. Deaton
I can be reached for individual, as well as group lessons on tuba and bass (doublebass and electric).
My brass quintet is available for any religious or secular function.
You can reach me via telephone at (859) 200-4099
Or contact me via email at banjosamples@hotmail.com
