Mälmo Opera Orchestra: Antonio Neilley-Menéndez de Llano

Tubist Antonio Neilley-Menéndez de Llano has passed his one-year trial with the Mälmo Opera Orchestra in Sweden. Born in Sydney, Australia of Australian and Spanish heritage, de Llano completed a Bachelor of Music Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studied with the Sydney Symphony's Steve Rossé. He continued his training in Switzerland, where he pursued a Masters in Music Performance (Orchestral and Jazz) with Anne Jelle Visser of the Zürcher Oper. Previous accolades include being a finalist at the 2010 Jeju (South Korea) Brass Competition and winning the Principal Tuba position with the Australian Youth Orchestra from 2005 to 2007. De Llano has played with many of Australia and New Zealand's symphony and opera orchestras and for the last two years has been a regular substitute in Switzerland with the Zurich Opera and the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra.

New Hire: Gretchen Renshaw

Gretchen Renshaw will join the faculty of Siena Heights University in Fall 2014 as Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass. Her duties will include teaching low brass lessons and music theory, ear training, and music appreciation courses. Gretchen is entering the final year of her D.M.A. in Tuba Performance and M.M. in Wind/Orchestral Conducting at Michigan State University, where she is a University Distinguished Fellow. Her prior studies have resulted in Euphonium Performance degrees from the University of Arkansas and Penn State. Her primary teachers include Philip Sinder, Benjamin Pierce, Steven Mead, and Velvet Brown. Gretchen has enjoyed success in several major competitions, including winning the concerto competitions at the University of Arkansas and Penn State, the International Women’s Brass Conference Euphonium Competition, and the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Brass Competition. She has also been a finalist and semi-finalist in the International Tuba Euphonium Conference and Falcone Competitions on both tuba and euphonium. In addition to performing, Gretchen is an active arranger, having published several works through Potenza Music. For more information, visit www.gretchenrenshaw.com

ITEA Roger Bobo Awards in Recording FINALISTS

FINALISTS: 
Category A
Hiroaki Shiomi - Brand New Morning
Kent Eshelman - Flavors
Sergio Carolino - Surrealistic Discussion
Tom McCaslin - One More Dance

Category B
Ben Pierce - Notes from the Underground
David Bandman - Mendez
Glenn Van Looy - Stories of Life
Steven Mead - Diamonds

Category C
Bill Muter - Off Script
RTB Crew - Meet the Beat

Category D
Euphonix - Brink
Mr. SC and the Wild Bones Gang - Sergio Carolino Presents Mr. SC and the Wild Bones Gang
Nick Etheridge - Diversity
Tubas Unlimited - Magic Tubas

First Round Adjudicators:

Category A - Solo Classical Tuba
Fritz Kaenzig - chair
Dave Holben
Patricio Cosentino

Category B - Solo Classical Euphonium
Mark Carlson - Chair
Marc Dickman
Matthew van Emmerik

Category C - Jazz/Rock/Fusion/Commercial Tuba or Euphonium
Richard Murrow - chair
Jon Sass
John Noreyko

Category D - Chamber Music/Large Ensemble
Brian Meixner - chair
Tormod Flaten
Jeremy Lewis

Rich Matteson Jazz Competition Finalists Posted

Finalists for the ITEA Rich Matteson Jazz Competition are (to be held at ITEC 2014):
 
Matthew Della Camera
Diego Flores
Tyler Giroux
Beserat Tafesse
Kosuke Toho

FINALISTS: Harvey Phillips Awards For Excellence In Composition

2014 Harvey Phillips Awards in Composition Finalists

Tuba or Euphonium Featured in Chamber Music:
Nathan Daughtrey: Spitfire for Euphonium and marimba/vibraphone (nominator: Brian Meixner)
Matthew Murchison: Sadko for Euphonium and Cello (nominator: Matthew Murchison)
Balee Pongklad, In (out of) Sync for Euphonium, Oboe and Piano (nominator: Jeremy Crawford)
Justin Raines: Cauterizing the Soul for Tuba and String Quartet (nominator: Jim Shearer)

Tuba Featured in a Solo Role:
Bruce Broughton: Turbulence for tuba and wind ensemble (Nominator: Kent Eshelman)
Luis Cardoso: Entia Imaginaria II for tuba and piano (Nominator: Luis Cardoso)
Roberto Pintos: Concierto para tuba y orquesta for tuba and orchestra (Nominator: Patricio Consentino)

Euphonium Featured in a Solo Role:
Nathan Daughtrey: Coming Home for Euphonium and Percussion Quintet (Nominator: Brian Meixner).

Yo Goto: A War in Wonderland for Solo Euphonium (Nominator: Mai Kokubo).
Tyler Kline: For Those That Wander for Euphonium and Piano (Nominator: Stacy Baker)

Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble:
Tom Davoren: Pads and Riffs for Ten Tubas with Percussion (Nominator: Nick Etheridge)
Ben McMillan: Evolutions for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble (Nominator: Winston Morris)
Roland Szentpali: Math: Prim Numbers for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet (Nominator: Roland Szentpali)

ITEC COMPETITION FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Note: Remaining Competition results will be posted soon!

Arnold Jacobs Orchestral Tuba:
Prelim Judges: Ryoichi Tamaki, Fritz Kaenzig, David Fedderly

Charlie Goodman
Phillip Bloomer
Jose Martinez
James Land
Stephen Byars
William Connors
Nick Beltchev
Zach Bridges
Colin Murray
Matthew Wilshire
Steven Needham
Matthew Gray  

Euphonium Artist:
Prelim Judges: Brian Bowman, Matt Tropman, Mitsuru Saito, Adam Frey
Irving Ray
Richard Demy
Philippe Schwartz
Donald Bruce
Ryan Chen
Christopher Leslie
Takahiro Iwamitsu
Anne Smith
Kevin Fenske
Steven Darling
Luis Cardona
Joe Broom
Vince Kenney
Jannicke Ellingsen
Ayako Yanagi 

Ensembles:
Prelim Judges: Mark Carlson, Andrew Hitz, Mike Forbes, Deanna Swoboda
Ayako Yanagi Group
iTuba Quartet: Zack Corpus, Will Hammer, Kevin McKenzie, Mark Bonner
USC Bass Tuba Quartet, Brandon Davis, Danny Garcia, Charlie Mann, Michael Murrin
Briana EngelbertGroup
Jesse Orth Group
Travis Netzer, Chandler Smith, Danielle Vantuinen, Daniel Wilhelm
Stephen Cannistraci, Devin Sloos, Andrew Payton, William Wortley, The Carillon Tuba Quartet
Ryan Chen Group
UGA Graduate Tuba Euphonium Quartet: Christopher Leslie,Patrick Geren,David McLemore,Chris Gurtcheff
Montclair State Tuba EUphonium Quartet: Heather Krygoski, Erika Sulich, Liam Sheehy, Colin Murray  

Mock Tuba Band Audition
Prelim Judges: Scott Cameron, John Cradler, Travis Siehndel, Tony Halloin
Phillip Bloomer
Lee Jarzembak
James Land
Charlie Goodman
Alvin Ashlaw
William Connors
Joseph LeFevre
Colin Murray
Nick Beltchev
Ben Hood
David Lopez

Mock Euphonium Band Audition
Prelim Judges: James Jackson, Joe Dollard, Mark Jenkins
Alex Avila
Christopher Leslie
Irving Ray
Steven Vaughn
Matt Solis
Vince Kenney
Richard Demy
Chris Glassman
Chris Troiano
Deion Lewis
Matt Viesca

Young Artist-Euphonium
Prelim Judges: Jamie Lipton, Gail Robertson, Matthew Mireles, Glenn van Looy
Max Dobson
Alfredo Leitão
Nathan Galerstein
David Grayling
WEI YOU LI 

Artist Tuba
Prelim Judges: Charles Villarrubia, Kevin Wass, Aaron Tindall, David Zerkel
Barthelemy Jusselme
Takahiro Kim
Lee Jarzembak
Travis Netzer
Karina Filipi
Phillip Bloomer
Gretchen Renshaw
Charlie Goodman
Jerome Stover
Zach Bridges
Angel Elizondo
Daniel Wilhelm
Jun Miyanishi
Tomoki Natsume
Wei-Chiang Liao 

Young Artist- Tuba
Prelim Judges: Scott Roeder, Andy Rummel, Don Little, Chris Blaha
Gergely Lukacs
John Paul Powers
Adrien Alkazzaz
Matthew Baker
Thomas Graf Jr.
Shannon Rouston
Clayton Dungey
Nolan Downey
Josh Galerstein

ITEA Competition Results Update

Competition semifinalist lists are delayed. Please be patient as our judges finish listening to all of your recordings. We will post the results as soon as possible.