Anybody know this guy???
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:30 am
https://www.iup.edu/music/faculty/direc ... -zach.html
Indiana University of Pennsylvania sponsored a "Tubaphonium Day" on Sunday. Actually..... it's still going on thru Wednesday.
A very good friend of mine invited me to attend, so I went on Sunday. He is close friends with this guy, as they both attended IUP together in the 1960's.
The second pic, left to right, is of (Dr.) Zack Collins.... present IUP tuba and euphonium prof, Jim Self, Paul Walker.... my friend, a very fine trombonist, retired band director, and classmate of Jim's, and the guy on the right is me.... Paul Berendt.
Zack was a doctoral student of Jim's at USC a few years back, and is an outrageously talented tuba player and instructor! (Lots of people can make an instrument sing. Zack can make it "sing and dance" at the same time!) It's a yearly event, and this year he arranged for Jim to be the guest artist, speaker, and instructor.
Paul and I worked together several years ago in a nearby school district, and I attended IUP as a grad student.
Jim is one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet, and his experiences with other world famous musicians in LA/Hollywood, New York, and other places, are incredible. Lots of insight, info, and advice for the young folks interested in being a big time professional studio musician.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania sponsored a "Tubaphonium Day" on Sunday. Actually..... it's still going on thru Wednesday.
A very good friend of mine invited me to attend, so I went on Sunday. He is close friends with this guy, as they both attended IUP together in the 1960's.
The second pic, left to right, is of (Dr.) Zack Collins.... present IUP tuba and euphonium prof, Jim Self, Paul Walker.... my friend, a very fine trombonist, retired band director, and classmate of Jim's, and the guy on the right is me.... Paul Berendt.
Zack was a doctoral student of Jim's at USC a few years back, and is an outrageously talented tuba player and instructor! (Lots of people can make an instrument sing. Zack can make it "sing and dance" at the same time!) It's a yearly event, and this year he arranged for Jim to be the guest artist, speaker, and instructor.
Paul and I worked together several years ago in a nearby school district, and I attended IUP as a grad student.
Jim is one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet, and his experiences with other world famous musicians in LA/Hollywood, New York, and other places, are incredible. Lots of insight, info, and advice for the young folks interested in being a big time professional studio musician.