New Hire: Justin Benavidez

Dr. Justin Benavidez has accepted the position of Interim Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Ithaca College and will begin his appointment this fall. His responsibilities will include teaching applied lessons and performing in the faculty brass quintet. He previously served as the Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Dr. Benavidez is the Artist Tuba Faculty at the Round Top Summer Music Festival and was the first tubist to receive both the New Horizons Fellowship and the Orchestral Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival. He was the recipient of the prestigious Horace H. Rackham Merit Fellowship for doctoral studies at the University of Michigan. As a soloist, he has received numerous awards and was most notably a two-time finalist at the Leonard Falcone Festival Competition.