Lee Harrelson

Instructor of Trombone, Euphonium and Tuba

 

5405 Harrison Street   €   Kansas City, MO 64110   €   816.444.3632   €   leeharrelson@yahoo.com

 

 

EDUCATION                                       University of Southern Mississippi

                                                Bachelor of Music – Euphonium Performance, December 2000

 

                                                                University of Missouri-Kansas City

                                                                Master of Music-Tuba Performance, May 2002

 

                                                               

TEACHERS                                          Thomas Stein, University of Missouri-Kansas City

                                                                Steven Mead, International Euphonium Soloist

                                                                Ed Owen, University of Southern Mississippi

                                                                Roger Oyster, Former Solo Euphonium- U.S. Marine Band

 

 

EXPERIENCE                                       University of Missouri – Kansas City. 2000- Present

Director of Athletic Bands (Graduate Assistantship). Assisted Major professor teaching major and non major lessons, masterclasses and conducting the UMKC Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Presentations and assisted in Low Brass Techniques. Assistant Coordinator for 2003 Great Plains Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference.

 

University of Southern Mississippi

Assisted major professor in lessons and chamber ensembles: coached student quartet won 1998 Mississippi Music Teachers Association State Chamber music Competition. Assisted in the coordination of the 1997 Southeast Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference.

 

                                                                Private Studio

                                                                Kansas City, MO – developed, recruited and maintained a private studio of 30 students.

                                                                Mississippi – maintained a liaison with area schools teaching high school, middle school and elementary students.

 

 

PERFORMANCE                                Principal Euphonium, Twisted Steel Tuba and Euphonium Quartet (1995-present). Professional ensemble: performs nationally and internationally, winners of international/national and regional competitions, upcoming tours in the southeast and the mid-west.

 

Trombonist, Fountain City Brass Quintet (2000-present). Professional ensemble: performances throughout the greater Kansas City area, of two brass ensembles selected nationally to compete in the 2001 Fischoff Chamber Competition.

 

Soloist, University of Southern Mississippi Tuba Ensemble at the 2000 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Regina Canada

 

                                                Principal Euphonium, University of Missouri - Kansas City Wind Ensemble (2000-present)

 

Bass Trombonist, University of Missouri - Kansas City Symphony Orchestra (2000-present)

 

Principal Trombone, UMKC Wind Ensemble

 

Tenor Tuba, asst. principal trombone, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra (2000)

 

Tenor Tuba, Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS (1998)

 

Regional Freelance Trombone and Euphonium Performances (1992 - present)

 

Trombonist, Nemesis (1997-1998)

 

Soloist, University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (1998)

 

Soloist, University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble (1997)

 

Soloist, University of Southern Mississippi Symphonic Winds (1996)

 

Soloist, University of Southern Mississippi Symphonic Winds (1995)

 

 

PERFORMANCE HONORS

AND AWARDS                                   International/National performances and awards

 

Guest Artist and Adjudicator, International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Lahti, Finland (August 2001). Seven performances and adjudicated the ITEC Quartet semi-final and final competitions.

 

Winner, National Association of College Wind and Percussion

Instructors National Solo Competition (2001)

 

Semifinalist (one of four brass chosen internationally), William C. Byrd International Solo Competition (2001)

 

Semifinalist, Fischoff National Chamber Music Festival (May 2001)

 

Second Place, Music Teachers National Association National Collegiate Artist Brass Competition (2001)    

 

Winner, International Tuba and Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition (2000)

 

Semifinalist 1999 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Competition (Artist)     

 

Finalist, International Tuba and Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition (1998)

 

Regional/State performances and awards

 

Winner, Kansas City Music Club Scholarship Audition (2002)

 

Winner, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Regional Competition, West Central Region (2001)

 

Winner, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist State Competition, Missouri (2000)

 

Winner, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist State Competition, Mississippi (1999)

 

Winner, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist State Competition, Mississippi (1998)

 

First Place, USM Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (1997)

 

Honorable Mention, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist State Competition (1997)

 

First Place, The Southeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition (1997)

 

Third Place, The Southeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference Euphonium Solo Competition (1997)

 

Finalist, The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (1997)

 

First Place, USM Bands Concerto Competition (1996)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS                                 Giacchino Rossini, Introduction, Theme and Variations for Euphonium and Piano (under review)

 

                                                                Luigi Zaninelli, Lagan Love for Euphonium and Piano (under review)

 

                                                                Claude T. Smith, Yorkshire Ballad for Low Brass Ensemble (under review)

 

John Williams, March from 1941 for Low Brass Ensemble (under review)

 

Giachhino Rossini, Overture to The Barber of Seville for Tuba & Euphonium Quartet (under review)

                                                               

 

MEMBERSHIPS                                  International Trombone Association

                                                                International Tuba and Euphonium Association

                                                                National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors

                                                                North American Brass Band Association

                                                                Music Teachers National Association

                                                                Missouri Music Teachers Association

                                                                Pi Kappa Lambda

 

 

REFRENCES                                        Thomas G. Stein, Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium

                                                                The University of Missouri – Kansas City, Conservatory of Music

                                                                4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO 64110           

816.235.5949          SteinT@umkc.edu

 

Thomas V. Fraschillo, Director of Bands

The University of Southern Mississippi

Box 5032, Hattiesburg, MS 39406  

601.266.4990          thomas.fraschillo@usm.edu

 

Roger Oyster, Principle Trombone- Kansas City Symphony Orchestra

6005  West 79^th Street, Kansas City, KS 66208

913.649.3771          reoyster@earthlink.net

 

                                                                Sarah McKoin, Director of Bands

                                                                The University of Missouri-Kansas City

                                                                4949 Cherry St, Kansas City, MO 64110

                                                                816.235.2952         McKoinS@umkc.edu

 

                                                                Luigi Zaninelli, Professor of Music, Composer in Residence

                                                                The University of Southern Mississippi

                                                                Box 5318, Hattiesburg, MS 39406

                                                                601.266.4799