New Hire: Zack Corpus, University of Memphis

Zack Corpus is the new Assistant Professor of Practice in Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Memphis - Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. He began serving in this role in August 2022. His duties include teaching tuba and euphonium applied lessons, conducting tuba/euphonium ensemble, teaching classes as needed, and performing with the Memphis Brass Quintet. Prior to his appointment, Zack spent seven years in the secondary education classrooms of Tennessee and Alabama teaching band, orchestra, and music theory. He holds degrees from Kansas State University, the University of North Texas, and is currently ABD at the University of Memphis. His primary teachers include Phillip Black, Steven Maxwell, Don Little, Brian Bowman, and Kevin Sanders.

New Hire: Aaron Tindall, Naples Philharmonic

Aaron Tindall recently won the principal tuba audition for the Naples Philharmonic at the end of May 2022. He began playing with the organization in September. Aaron is also the Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the Frost School of Music - University of Miami. In the summers he teaches and performs at the Festival Napa Valley in Napa, CA and at the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC, where he also serves as Principal Tuba with the EMF Festival Orchestra under the direction of Gerard Schwarz. He has previously served as the acting principal tubist of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra; held the principal tuba position with the Aspen Festival Orchestra where he was an orchestral fellow; and has collaborated as guest tubist with orchestras such as the Teatro alla Scala Opera and Ballet Orchestra - Milan Italy, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Australia, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra-Kennedy Center, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Utah Symphony.