"In the Frost Tuba/Euphonium studio, students have embraced a culture of working out any performance deficiencies by becoming efficient with their daily fundamentals," Tindall says. "This focus allows us to be musically free to choose how we convey our ideas as artists to our listeners. This hard work has paid off for each of these students, along with their individual perseverance, mindfulness, fearless approach, and precision and confidence that comes through the fact that they have truly built themselves here at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami."
"I thought my chances of winning were pretty low since I was the youngest of the three finalists, says Natalie Colegrove, winner of the United States Army Band Pershing’s Own 2022 Solo Euphonium Competition. Colegrove is a freshman; she competed against a doctoral student and a master’s student. "This just proves the quality of our tuba euphonium studio," says Colegrove, who was also invited to perform as a soloist with the U.S. Army Band this spring.
Mason Soria, a second-year master’s student and teaching assistant, won a principal tuba position with the Richmond Symphony, a professional orchestra. It was a goal for him since his junior year of high school. "Frost gave me the perfect landscape to really hone in on my craft and take the final steps in preparing me for a job like this. Dr. Aaron Tindall has been extremely helpful in sharing his knowledge of the tuba’s fundamentals inside and out, as well as the orchestral approach. And, the Frost tuba/euphonium studio is a wonderful environment to be in."
We congratulate all the winners:
- Natalie Colegrove (current Freshman BM-Euphonium) and winner of the United States Army Band Pershing’s Own 2022 Tuba-Euphonium Solo Euphonium Competition.
- Mason Soria (current 2nd year MM-Tuba and TA) - Winner of the Principal Tuba position with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in Richmond, VA. (January 2022). Was also selected as Associate Member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra (2021)
- Justin Gruber (current 2nd year sophomore BM-Tuba) Winner of the Principal Tuba audition with the New Mexico Philharmonic in Albuquerque, NM (2021). Was also selected as Associate Member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. (2021)
- John Mangonon (current 2nd year MM Tuba) Winner of the United States Navy Band Tuba Audition (2021) and the United States Air Force Band of Mid America Tuba Audition (2021)
- Lucas Davey (MM Tuba graduate) Winner of the US Air Force Ceremonial Band-DC Tuba Audition (2021)
- Kendra Luedke (Junior BM Euphonium) 1st place in the 20-22-year-old Brass division of the 2021 MAP International Music Competition (2021)
- Jason Donnelly (BM Euphonium) was one of several winners of the orchestral concerto competition at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. He performed Johann Wilhelm Hertel’s Concerto in A Minor for Bassoon (Euphonium) and Orchestra. He was also 1st Alternate in the 2021 International Trombone Association‘s Donald Yaxley Bass Trombone Competition.
- Kevin Flanagan (1st year MM Tuba and TA) winner of the 2021 Eastern Music Festival Tuba Solo Competition, 2022 Yamaha Young Performing Artist, and current semi-finalist for the International Instrumental Solo Competition to be held in Markneukirchen, Germany in May 2022.
- Jason Donnelly 1st prize winner in the Professional Artist category
- Natalie Colegrove 1st prize winner in the Young Artist Category
- Kendra Luedke 2nd prize winner in the Young Artist Category
