Aubrey Foard

Aubrey Foard is an American tubist residing in Los Angeles, CA.

Biography

Foard is the principal tubist of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra [ [http://www.wvsymphony.org/orchestra/Musicians.php http://www.wvsymphony.org/orchestra/Musicians.php] ] and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. He also performs with the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra and has played as a substitute with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

He has been heard twice on NPR's Performance Today: once as a soloist performing Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Concerto for Bass Tuba" and again performing William Bolcolm's "Virtuosity Rag" for brass quintet. [ [http://performancetoday.publicradio.org/?month=9&day=10&year=2007 http://performancetoday.publicradio.org/?month=9&day=10&year=2007] ] Foard is the only tubist to have won the Music Academy of the West concerto competition twice. [ [http://www.musicacademy.org/Academy/Release34.html http://www.musicacademy.org/Academy/Release34.html] ] He was also a prizewinner in the Minnesota Orchestra's Young Artist Competition (2003).

Foard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He holds a Master of Music Degree from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has studied with Alan Baer, Ron Bishop, David Kirk, Mark Lawrence, Norman Pearson, and Fritz Kaenzig.

External links

* [http://www.wvsymphony.org West Virginia Symphony Orchestra]

* [http://www.albanysymphony.com Albany Symphony Orchestra]

References