A.I. Lack Visiting Artist Series: Guest Recital with Ben Pierce, Euphonium
Saturday, October 19, 2024
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Moores School of Music is proud to host University of Arkansas Professor Ben Pierce, who will be performing a euphonium recital. All are welcome to attend.
Benjamin Pierce is an accomplished low brass artist and teacher. He is a professor at the University of Arkansas, teaching a large studio of tuba and euphonium players and directing the tuba/euphonium ensemble. His studies took place at Bowling Green State University and the University of Michigan. His primary teachers were David Saygers, Velvet Brown, Fritz Kaenzig, and Wesley Jacobs.
Enjoying a varied ensemble career, Pierce has performed with the Detroit Symphony, the Detroit Chamber Brass, the Toledo Symphony, the Flint Symphony, and the Tulsa Symphony. He has served as principal tubist of the Ann Arbor Symphony and is principal tubist of SONA, formerly the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the acclaimed Brass Band of Battle Creek, featuring many of the world’s greatest brass players. With the BBBC, he has performed on three different instruments.
To learn more about Ben Pierce and his accomplishments, please visit music.uark.edu/faculty/index.php?uid=bjp02
PROGRAM
TBD
- Location
- Dudley Recital Hall
- Cost
- Free
- Contact
- msmprog@central.uh.edu