Dr. Gail Robertson (euphonium) and Dr. Stacy Baker (tuba) formed SymbiosisDuo in 2007, and released albums Symbiosis in 2009, Playground in 2015. The duo was featured at the 2017 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Festival, the 2019 International Tuba Euphonium Conference, and will travel to Japan for the 2024 International Women’s Brass Conference. They look forward to the release of their 3rd album Dreams, Dances, and Destinations in 2024.
Dr. Gail Robertson is Associate Professor of Tuba/Euphonium, University of Central Arkansas; Past President - International Tuba Euphonium Association and International Women’s Brass Conference; Vice President - Athena Brass Band; Willson and Warburton International Euphonium Artist; Brass Band of Battle Creek; and BOD - Falcone Festival and Wind and Rhythm. She was honored with ITEA’s Clifford Bevan Award for Excellence in Research for “Restoring the Euphonium’s Legacy as Cello of the Wind Band.” Dr. Robertson has published articles, reviews, and compositions in British Brass Band World, Bandworld, and the International Tuba Euphonium Association’s, ITEA Journal.
Dr. Stacy Baker is Professor of Music - Tuba/Euphonium, Morehead State University, 2016-2017 Distinguished Creative Productions Award recipient and 2014-2015 Distinguished Teacher. She is founding member of Monarch Brass, the Athena Brass Band, and the R.S.V.B. and JUNCTION tuba/euphonium quartets. She has served on the board of directors of the International Tuba Euphonium Association and the International Women’s Brass Conference, and as co-editor of the IWBC Newsletter. Her feature article: “Making and Maintaining a Great Lip-Reed” appeared in the September 2019 edition of the ArbanZone online magazine.
Brazilian-born musician Joseph Augusto Guimaraes immigrated to the United States at age nine. He joined the United States Navy Band, the premier wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy, in 2020 and became principal tubist with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra in 2021. Guimaraes has collaborated as a guest tubist with ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Guimaraes earned the silver medal at the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival artist division competition and the first prize award during the 2016 NERTEC solo competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Florida Atlantic University Band and Orchestra, the Blue Lake Festival Band, and the James Madison University Brass Band. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the Lynn University Wind Ensemble and presented solo recitals at the U.S. Army Band, Tuba and Euphonium Workshop, and regional conferences.
He is the recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and the Sphinx Organization’s MPower Artist Grant for his efforts to eliminate systemic inequities. Guimaraes’s dedication to the arts has garnered national attention from publications including The New York Times, The New American, Yale University News, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Guimaraes holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Georgia, the Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, and the Bachelor of Music degree from the Lynn University Conservatory of Music.
Joseph Guimaraes is a Yamaha and Denis Wick Performing Artist.
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