Dr. Amy Schumaker Bliss
Dr. Aaron K. Campbell
Dr. Joshua Marzan, piano

Sunday, May 19, 2024

9:30 A.M. Donnell Theatre
Wolfe Center for the Arts

Program

Fearless | Andrea Hobson (b. 1986)

Fantasy of a Japanese Childhood | Keiko Iwata (b. 1976)

First | Matthew Kennedy (b. 1987) 
          1. Bright-eyed
          2. Echoes
          3. Kaleidoscope
          4. "Hard No"
          5. Attaboy
        *World Premiere

Tundra | Cait Nishimura (b. 1976)

Brillante Fantasy on 'Rule Britannia' | Peter Graham (b. 1958)

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Dr. Amy Schumaker Bliss is a clinician, teacher, and euphonium soloist. Recently, she has soloed with Athena Brass Band, Kent State Wind Ensemble, Lancaster Allegro Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Brass Band, Rowan University Wind Ensemble, and Rowan University Concert Band. She was a featured artist at the 2017 International Women’s Brass Conference. Amy released her solo album Couleurs en Mouvements in 2019 and she is featured on two of Atlantic Brass Band's albums. She regularly plays solo euphonium in both Dublin Silver Band and Athena Brass Band.

Amy teaches in-person and online students on low brass, music theory, and beginner piano. She conducts the Dublin Youth Brass Band in Columbus, Ohio. Amy co-hosts a podcast called New World Brasscast with Aaron Campbell and Tony Granados. The podcast features some of the biggest influences on the North American British brass band scene. She has also written a children's book, "Amy's Brass Band," which is available worldwide and introduces the British brass band genre to the next generation of musicians.

Amy graduated from Capital University Conservatory of Music in Columbus, Ohio where she double majored in euphonium performance and music education with additional work completed on trombone. She earned her master’s degree in euphonium performance studying with Steven Mead and David Thornton at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England where she graduated Honors with Distinction in Performance. In 2015, she graduated from Rutgers University as the school's first doctoral euphonium student, studying with Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen and working with Aaron VanderWeele. Dr. Bliss is a Besson Performing Artist and plays a Besson Prestige 2051.

Dr. Aaron K. Campbell is a multi-award-winning euphonium soloist, low brass specialist and is the instructor of tuba and euphonium at the University of Tampa. Dr. Campbell is the founder, president, and solo euphonium of the Tampa Brass Band, and serves as principal euphonium for the Florida Wind Band. Aaron regularly performs with other groups throughout Florida such as the Florida Orchestra, the Florida Wind Symphony, and the Brass Band of Central Florida. Aaron also performs frequently as a solo, chamber, and musical theater musician.

Aaron is a Besson performing artist and performs exclusively on a Besson BE 2052 Euphonium. He is also a Denis Wick and Lefreque performing artist. Aaron is the first to graduate from the University of Florida with a Doctor of Musical Arts in euphonium performance. He also holds a Master of Music in Euphonium Performance from James Madison University, and a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of South Florida. Primary teachers include Carlyl Webber (Army Field Band Euphonium, Retired), Jay Hunsberger (Former Principal Tuba, Sarasota Orchestra), Kevin Stees (Tuba/Euphonium professor, James Madison University) and Dr. Danielle VanTuinen (Tuba/Euphonium professor, University of Florida).

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Updated: 09/19/2024 09:41AM