John Van Houten

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John Van Houten is an American orchestral tuba player. He is most notable for playing in various film soundtracks. John holds a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in tuba performance from the University of Southern California, where he studied with Tommy Johnson. John is the tuba soloist with variety of music ensembles, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Opera, the Long Beach Opera, the New West Symphony, the American Winds Concert Band, the California Wind Orchestra, the Long Beach Municipal Band, Loara High School Band, and the Joffery Ballet.

His performing experience also includes phonograph recordings with such diverse artists as Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Carly Simon, and Alice Cooper, in addition to television shows (such as "Alias", "The Simpsons", "Futurama", "American Dad", and "King of the Hill"), records, jingles and a wide variety of motion pictures, such as "Mission Impossible", "Crimson Tide", "Dracula", "Species", "Virtuosity", "Mars Attacks", "Murder at 1600", "The Thin Red Line", "Men in Black", "X-Men", "Dude", "Where's My Car", "Pearl Harbor", "Swordfish", "Legally Blonde", "Collateral Damage", "Planet of the Apes", "The Core", "Daredevil", "Piglet's Big Movie", "The Hulk", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Paycheck", "Hollywood Homicide", "The Chronicles of Riddick", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Spiderman 2", and "The Incredibles".

Van Houten has also served as music contractor/orchestra manager on numerous films, commercials, video games, and live orchestral productions. He also has taught and teaches at several universities and colleges in the Southern California area, including UCLA, California State University, Long Beach, Azusa Pacific University, Cerritos College, Biola University, Pasadena City College, Loara High School Band, and Irvine Valley College.