New Hire: Tom McCaslin, Calgary Philharmonic

Mr. Tom McCaslin has accepted the position of Principal Tuba in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. He is currently Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at East Carolina University. As an orchestral musician he has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the New Mexico Symphony, and the Lahti Symphony among others. In 2003 Tom became the first tubist to return three summers to the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center, the summer training center for the Boston Symphony, and in 2006 was acting principal Tuba in the Auckland Philharmonia (New Zealand). In 2013 Tom joined the Eastern Music Festival (EMF) as Principal Tubist and teaching faculty. Tom holds a Licentiate in Music Performance from McGill University and a Master’s degree in Music Performance at Arizona State University. Tom’s principal teachers include John Griffiths, Fritz Kaenzig, Roger Bobo, Dennis Miller, and Samuel Pilafian. Tom McCaslin is a Yamaha Performing Artist and plays exclusively on Yamaha instruments.