UGA Has More Champions--in Tuba and Euphonium

When it comes to the Tuba-Euphonium, UGA music students can toot their own horns.

Graduate students have won both national and international competitions the past few months, according to professor David Zerkel. He heads the tuba-euphonium studio in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. Four of his students won top prizes at the Leonard Falcone Euphonium and Tuba Festival: David McLemore, Simon Wildman, Gary Garvin and Alex Avila.

The Falcone Festival is held annually at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan. It attracts tuba and euphonium players from around the world to compete in its prestigious international competition, offering prizes from $500 to $2500.

Wildman also won Artist Tuba Solo Competition at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Linz, Austria.