George Palton, Tubist

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1 Education George Palton, Tubist 1678 Wiltshire Blvd., Huntington, WV (859) Doctor of Musical Arts University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (GPA: 3.9/4.0) Master of Music in Music Performance University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (GPA: 3.9/4.0) Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Music Performance Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio (GPA: 3.9/4.0) Primary Teachers Skip Gray, Velvet Brown, Thomas Selby University Teaching Experience Adjunct Professor of Tuba,, Huntington, West Virginia Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium, Teach Studio Class, Conduct Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, Perform with Faculty Brass Quintet, Teach MUS 142 Music in Society. Adjunct Instructor, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia Duties: Teach GE 100 Origins, an interdisciplinary, team-taught course that serves as the foundation of the General Education curriculum. Tuba-Euphonium Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Tuba/Euphonium Students During Spring 2007, Teach Tuba/Euphonium Component of Low Brass Methods. Adjunct Professor of Low Brass, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Low Brass Students Present Professional Teaching Experience Low Brass Instructor, Trinity High School, Washington, Pennsylvania Duties: Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals, Assist During Full Rehearsals. 2009, 2011: PIMBA Class AAA Champions. Brass Assistant, Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Brass Students, Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals, Assist During Full Rehearsals. 2007,, 2011: KMEA Class 5A State Champions Low Brass Instructor, Cabell-Midland High School, Ona, West Virginia Duties: Teach Applied Low Brass Students, Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals. Low Brass Instructor, Spring Valley High School, Huntington, West Virginia Duties: Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals. Low Brass Instructor, Ripley High School, Ripley, West Virginia Duties: Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals, Assist During Full Rehearsals Ensemble Coach, Bethel Park High School, Bethel Park, Pennsylvania Duties: Coach Student Brass Ensemble. Low Brass Instructor, Quaker Valley High School, Leetsdale, Pennsylvania Duties: Teach Applied Low Brass Students, Direct Brass Sectionals. Low Brass Instructor, Beaumont Middle School, Lexington, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Low Brass Students, Direct Sectionals as Needed Present 2007-Present

2 Professional Teaching Experience (continued) Music Instructor, Central Music Academy, Lexington, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Brass Students, Assist the Cassidy Elementary School Summer Program for Students with English as a Second Language. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Scott County High School, Georgetown, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium Students. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Paris High School, Paris, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Low Brass Students. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Clark County Schools, Winchester, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium Students, Direct Sectionals as Needed. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Woodford County High School, Versailles, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium Students, Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Lafayette High School, Lexington, Kentucky Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium Students. Licensed K-12 Music Teacher, State of Ohio Student Assistant, Bowling Green State University Brass Camp Duties: Assist BGSU Brass Faculty in Teaching, Camp Consoler. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Bedford High School, Temperance, Michigan Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium Students. Tuba/Euphonium Instructor, Bowling Green State University Creative Arts Program Duties: Teach Applied Tuba and Euphonium Students. Low Brass Instructor, Wapakoneta High School, Wapakoneta, Ohio Duties: Direct Marching Band Brass Sectionals, Assist During Full Rehearsals Assistant, Lakewood City Schools Middle School Summer Band, Lakewood, Ohio Duties: Teach Applied Brass Students, Librarian Duties, Assist Directing Rehearsals , 2004, , Teaching Honors Students George Arrington, Jared Davis, Allison Eason, Anthony Reynolds Members of the WVMEA All-State Band Student Sam Appleton Member of the OMEA All-State Band Students Jared Davis, Guy Parker, Allison Eason Members of the WVMEA All-State Band Student Sam Appleton Member of the OMEA All-State Band Students Tyler Davis and Jeffery Smith Members of the WVMEA All-State Band Student Tyler Davis Selection for the WVMEA Honors Recital Honorable Mention, Young Persons Solo Competition Students Elliot Rosenberg and Kavon Javaherian Members of the KMEA All-State Band Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Invitation to International Tuba/Euphonium Conference

3 Performing Honors 1 st Place Winner, Susan Slaughter International Solo Brass Competition Solo Tuba Division, Category Three International Women s Brass Conference, Toronto, Ontario 2 nd Place Winner, Susan Slaughter International Solo Brass Competition Solo Brass Grand Prize Division, Category Three International Women s Brass Conference, Toronto, Ontario 1 st Place Winner, Tuba Artist Competition International Tuba Euphonium Conference, Denver, Colorado 2 nd Place Winner, Tuba Virtuoso Competition Potomac Festival, Fairfax, Virginia Semi-Finalist, Tuba Artist Competition Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival Semi-Finalist, Tuba Artist Competition International Tuba Euphonium Conference, Budapest, Hungary 1 st Place Winner, Concerto Competition Bowling Green State University, Ohio Brass & Percussion Student of the Year Bowling Green State University, Ohio 1 st Place Winner, Federation of Music Clubs Competition Orchestral Brass Division , Professional Performing Experience Tubist and Founding Member, Great Lakes Tuba-Euphonium Quartet Tubist, Faculty Brass Quintet Principal Tubist, Lima Symphony Orchestra Important Repertoire: Mahler Symphony No. 2, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Tubist, Glass City Brass Quintet, Toledo, Ohio Principal Tubist, Bowling Green Symphony Orchestra 2011-Present 2004-Present

4 Significant Performances Faculty Solo Tuba/Euphonium Recital 2011 South-East Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN Faculty Solo (Mixed Chamber) Recital Marshall Faculty Brass Quintet Performance Ohio University Sothern Campus, Ironton, OH World Premiere of Praetorius 2000 and Hydra by Alice Gomez Guest Solo Recital and Masterclass McHenry County College, IL Guest Solo Recital Ball State University, Muncie, IN Spring Solo Recital Tour Guest Solo Tuba and Euphonium Recitals Ohio University Sothern Campus, Ironton, OH Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, Huntington, WV Akron Firestone High School, Akron, OH Faculty Solo Tuba and Euphonium Recital Guest Soloist The Brass Band of the Tri-State Winter Concert Series Faculty Solo Euphonium Recital Guest Solo Recital and Masterclass Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX Guest Solo Recital and Masterclass Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX Faculty Solo Recital Guest Solo Recital Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA Substitute Tubist River City Brass Band, Pittsburgh, PA International Tuba Euphonium Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio World Premiere of Azucar! by Alice Gomez, commissioned by the performer Faculty Solo Recital 2007 North-East Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT Guest Solo Recital Slippery Rock University, PA Guest Artist Chamber Music Festival, University of the Cumberlands, KY 3/8/2012 2/16/2012 9/15/2011 3/11/ /12/ 11/2/ 10/2/ 9/29/ 3/1/ 2/26/ 2/24/ 2/28/ 12/ /18/ /15/ /12/2009 4/19/2009 4/17/ /21/2008 6/25/2008 2/27/2008 9/22/2007 9/19/2007 8/25/2007 4

5 Significant Performances (continued) Phi Mu Alpha Benefit Concert, Spring 2007 Solo Recital Tour 2007 Mid-West Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Western Michigan University Guest Solo Recitals Bowling Green State University, OH Morehead State University, KY Faculty Solo Recitals University of Kentucky Transylvania University Masterclass Performances Oystein Baadsvik Gene Porkorny Tedrin Lindsay Birthday Celebration, Lexington, KY 2006 Phi Mu Alpha National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio 2006 International Tuba Euphonium Conference, Denver, Colorado Principal Tubist Bugs Bunny on Broadway Orchestra, Huntington, WV University of Kentucky DMA Recitals Solo Recitals Lecture Recital The Freshman Year: Pedagogy, Literature, and Philosophies Chamber Music Recital Faculty Solo Recitals Transylvania University Fall 2004 Recital Tour Guest Solo Recital Ohio University Faculty Solo Recital Transylvania University Transylvania University Fall Showcase Principal Tubist Hector Berlioz Te Deum, Monroe Street Methodist Church Orchestra Toledo, OH 4/29/2007 3/9/2007 3/11/2007 3/4/2007 3/1/2007 2/26/2007 2/24/ /10/2006 & 11/22/ /7/2006 9/12/2006 7/21/2006 6/30/2006 3/14/2006 3/4/ /15/ /8/2005 3/2/ /13/ /11/ /16/ /14/ /12/ /5/2005 9/21/2004 3/24/2002 5

6 University Performing Experience University of Kentucky (Listed Alphabetically) Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble Doubled on Euphonium Performances of George Palton Arrangements Herman Bellstedt Napoli Sergey Prokofiev Field of the Dead from Alexander Nevsky, Conducted by George Palton at the University of Kentucky Tuba/Euphonium Day Wind Ensemble Principal Tubist Recorded on Timothy Reynish International Literature Series Vol. 1 on Mark Custom Records (4949-MCD) Bowling Green State University (Listed Alphabetically) Brass Choir Principal Tubist Brass Quintet 2 nd Place Winner, Ohio MTNA Chamber Competition Marching Band Orchestra Recorded on New Music from Bowling Green Vol. 3 on Albany Records (TROY 633), on Blue Cathedral by Jennifer Higdon Symphonic Band Ohio Music Educators Conference Performance Principal Tubist Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble International Tuba/Euphonium Conference Performance South-East Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conference Performance Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Wind Ensemble , ,

7 Clinics and Other Professional Activities Tuba/Euphonium Clinician Middle School Band Festival, High School Band Festival, Low Brass All-State Clinic, Summer Youth Tuba & Euphonium Ensemble Coordinator Huntington, WV Tuba Christmas Guest Clinician Trinity High School, Pennsylvania Concert Band Camp Guest Clinician Mount Lebanon High School, Pennsylvania Guest Clinician Quaker Valley High School, Pennsylvania Winter Band Masterclass Guest Clinician MENC Low Brass Adjudicator Solo and Ensemble Contest, Kentucky Music Educators Association District 7 Guest Conductor Huntington, West Virginia Tuba Christmas 2004-Present 2011-Present 1/9/ 2/6/2009 1/31/ /30/2006 2/26/ /4/2004 Publications Scholarly Articles: An Analysis and Performance Guide to the Tuba Music of Alice Gomez. The International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal Vol. 36 No. 2 (Winter 2009): pp Strategies for Music Learning. The International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal Vol. 36 No. 2 (Winter 2009): pp ITEC 2008 Session Reviews. The International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal Vol. 36 No. 1 (Fall 2008): pp. 71 & 75. A survey of Daily Routines. The International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal Vol. 32 No. 2 (Winter 2005): pp

8 Publications (continued) Published Arrangements and Pedagogical Works: (Listed Alphabetically by Title) Ave Maria D. 839 by Franz Schubert. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Trio with Tuba or Euphonium Soloist. Published by Cimarron Music. Canzona Per Sonare No.1 by Giovanni Gabrielli. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Published by Cimarron Music. Cantabile in D Major by Nicolo Paganini. Transcribed for Solo Tuba. Published by Tuba- Euphonium Press. Performed at the 2008 International Tuba Euphonium Conference. Caprice No. 24 by Nicolo Paganini. Transcribed for Solo Tuba. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Chorales for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. A collection of chorales in all major and minor keys. Daily Routines Anthology for Euphonium. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Daily Routines Anthology for Tuba. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Eagle Squadron March by Kenneth Alford. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Performed by the Stephen F. Austin University Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Ensemble Building for Tuba/Euphonium Quartet co-authored with Tim Olt. Arranged for Tuba- Euphonium Ensemble. Published by Cimarron Music. A collection of exercises and arrangements for Tuba/Euphonium Quartet. George Palton contributions include Chorale from Wachet Auf Zion hort die Wachter singen by Bach, Contrapunctus I by Bach, Cantiamo in Modo Corretto by Kodaly, Sanctus and Benedictus by Palestrina, and O Magnum Mysterium by Victoria. Happy Blues by Zsolt Nagy. Transcribed for Solo Tuba. Published by RM Williams Publishing. Premiered at the 2011 Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference. Lithuanian Folk Song Suite by V.K. Ciurlionis. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Marche Slave by P.I. Tchaikovsky. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Sonata Pian e Forte by Giovanni Gabrielli. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press. Variations on a Theme from Norma by J.B. Arban. Arranged for Solo Tuba or Euphonium. Accompaniments available for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet or Piano. Published by Cimarron Music. Other Recent Arrangements: (Listed Alphabetically by Title) Agnus Dei by Thomas Morley. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Chorales for Trombone Quartet. Arranged for Trombone Quartet. A collection of chorales in all major and minor keys. Circus Bee March by Henry Fillmore. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Field of the Dead from Alexander Nevsky by Sergey Prokofiev. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble with Tuba Soloist. Performed by the University of Kentucky Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Galop from Moscow, Cheryomushki by Dmitri Shostakovich. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Horn Pipe from Water Music by G.F. Handel. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. In Storm and Sunshine March by J.C. Heed. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. 8

9 Publications (continued) Other Recent Arrangements (continued): Jerusalem by Parry. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble with Euphonium Soloist. Arrangement commissioned by Dr. Ralph Taylor. Low Brass Chorales. Arranged for Low Brass Section. A collection of 6 chorales intended young ensembles and low brass sections. Men of Ohio March by Henry Fillmore. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Napoli by Herman Bellstedt. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet with Tuba or Euphonium Soloist. Arrangement premiered by the University of Kentucky Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Prayer of St. Gregory by Alan Hovhanness. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble with Euphonium Soloist. Rondeau by Jean Joseph Mouret. Arranged for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Sonata No. 2 (BWV 1031) by J.S. Bach. Arranged for Solo Tuba with Piano. Professional Associations Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Zeta Eta Chapter () Co-Faculty Advisor Advisor During Colony Process, Chapter Activated 4/8/06 Alpha Gamma Chapter (University of Kentucky) Alumni Member Assisted Chapter in Creating and Implementing Bylaws Iota Omicron Chapter (Bowling Green State University) Collegiate Member International Tuba Euphonium Association Faculty Advisor to Chapter American Federation of Musicians Lexington, KY Local Kappa Kappa Psi Beta Kappa Chapter (Bowling Green State University) Chair Public Relations and Outreach Committee Co-Chair Ways and Means Committee Ohio College Music Educators Association Present 2005-Present

10 References Dr. Skip Gray, Professor of Music School of Music University of Kentucky Lexington, KY (859) Dr. Michael Stroeher, Professor of Music Department of Music One John Marshall Drive Huntington, WV (304) Dr. Richard Crosby, Professor of Music Eastern Kentucky University Past President, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 203 Foster Music Building 521 Lancaster Ave. Richmond, KY (859) Mr. Matthew Stultz, Director of Bands Trinity High School 231 Park Ave. Washington, PA (724) ext Ms. Velvet Brown, Professor of Music School of Music Music Building II, Room 120 The Pennsylvania State University State College, PA (814) Mr. Jeff Hood, Director of Bands Dunbar High School 1600 Man-O -War Blvd. Lexington, KY (859)