New Hire: Gretchen Renshaw

Gretchen Renshaw recently accepted the position of Wind Ensemble Conductor and Instructor of Low Brass at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She will begin teaching there in Fall 2015. Gretchen is currently a University Distinguished Fellow at Michigan State University, where she plans to complete her D.M.A. in Tuba Performance and M.M. in Wind/Orchestral Conducting in May 2015. Previously, she earned degrees in Euphonium Performance from the University of Arkansas (M.M.) and Penn State University (B.M.). Her primary teachers include Philip Sinder, Benjamin Pierce, Steven Mead, and Velvet Brown. Gretchen has enjoyed success in major competitions on both tuba and euphonium, including winning the MTNA Young Artist Brass Competition, being named the Low Brass Winner of the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, and being a finalist in the Artist Divisions of both the Leonard Falcone and ITEC competitions. In addition to performing, Gretchen is also a published arranger with Potenza Music. Her most significant publication is A Collection of Works for Euphonium and Piano by Simone Mantia, which she edited based on her research during an archival project of music belonging to this famous euphonium virtuoso. As Gretchen begins her career at Hendrix, she plans to continue being active as a tuba and euphonium soloist and conductor of both bands and orchestras. For more information about Gretchen, visit www.gretchenrenshaw.com