New Hire: Charlie Goodman, Louisiana State University

Charlie Goodman is the new Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Louisiana State University. He will begin serving in this role in August 2021, and his duties will include teaching private tuba and euphonium lessons to all graduate and undergraduate tuba and euphonium majors, conducting tuba/euphonium studio class, coaching brass chamber music, and performing with the LSU faculty brass quintet. Charlie previously held teaching positions at Valdosta State University and Southeastern Louisiana University. He holds degrees from the University Colorado Boulder, the University of Georgia, and Western Michigan University. As a performer, Charlie holds the principal tuba chair of Sinfonia Gulf Coast, based in Destin, Florida, and has previously held similar positions in the Valdosta and Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestras. He has also performed with the Colorado Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, Orquesta Filharmonica de Jalisco, the Round Top Festival Orchestra, and the New World Symphony.