Texas A&M University-Kingsville Studio
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Department of Music
Welcome to Yutaka Kono.com!
Welcome freshmen! This year, we added 5 euphonium and 6 tuba players to TAMUK Tuba Euphonium Studio Roster, and the studio has grown to total of 24 students. We have an exciting semester for the studio, including two guest artists and a senior recital.
September 23rd, 6:30 PM Keith Robinson Tuba Recital
October 17th, 7:00PM Øystein Baadsvic Tuba Recital
October 18th, 9:00AM Øystein Baadsvic Low Brass Master Class
Date TBA Michael Doster Senior Tuba Recital
Also:
Kingsville Symphony Orchestra
October 5th, 3:00PM
Conductor: Dr. Yutaka Kono
For more information please contact Dr. Kono
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Round up on 2007-2008 season:
Internationally renowned tuba quartet, Sotto Voce presented a master class and a recital on TAMUK campus.
J.J. Rodriguez played with the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra. Pieces include: Respighi Pines of Rome, Dvorak Symphony No. 8 and Carnival Overture, and Holst Jupiter.
Dr. Kono's transcription of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata 1st movement for flute trio is available from Sibeliusmusic.com, as well as Gesualdo's Io tacerò for brass quintet.
Dr. Kono made a debut as an orchestra conductor with the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra's chamber music concert in February.
Euphoniumist Noé Cepeda and tubist Joe Rodriguez had very sucessful senior recitals.
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December 17th, 2006. TAMU-K Tuba Euphonium Ensemble has been invited to perform at Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference in Austin! Program to be announced at later date.
December 17th, 2006. Dr. Kono has been invited to perform at Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference. Program to include new works by Graham Reynolds and P. Kellach Waddle.
December 17th, 2006. Dr. Kono has been selected to present a clinic at TMEA.
August 24th, 2006. CONGRATULATIONS to TAMU-K Tuba Euphonium Ensemble for the very fine performance at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Denver Colorado!
Also, CONGRATULATIONS to Zach Graff, a former student of Dr. Kono from Round Rock, TX for winning the first place in the student division of Leonard Falcone International Tuba Euphonium Competition!
I would like to WELCOME new tuba euphonium students at TAMU-K. These students are some of the best students from South Texas area, and we are very glad that they joined our Tuba Euphonium Studio.
May 20th, 2006. I just added a practice log sheet in the Learning Resources area.
May 2nd, 2006. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to Noe Cepeda and Joe Villarreal, euphonium students from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Yutaka Kono Studio for advancing to the Semi-Final Round of International Tuba Euphonium Conference Competition. Noe will compete in Rich Matteson Jazz Tuba/Euphonium, and Joe will compete in Euphonium Artist Division. Good luck to both of you!
Also, I just found out that two of Dr. Kono's former students from Austin area advanced to Semi-Finals of Falcone Competition in Student Division. CONGRATULATIONS to Lyndsey Hoh and Zach Graff! Glad to hear that you guys are doing well!
April 18th, 2006. I still have a few days open for summer workshops. If you are interested, please email me.
April 18th, 2006. I just up loaded the Warm-Up #1 for Euphonium, Trombone and Bass Trombone. Please be sure to read the instruction before using it.
April 14th, 2006. The Forum for Developing Musicians is growing! Each day, we are adding more people to the forum. If you haven't, please join and start a discussion. If you have an idea to make the site better, please let me know. I also added a new section "Sheet Music." If you have sheet music in the public domain or own a copyright and want to share, please post it there.
April 5th, 2006. I added a new section: Learning Resources. I will be adding more articles, exercises and music that will help you learn and teach tuba and euphonium.
April 5th, 2006. Forum for Deveoping Musicians is now open! Please come and tell us about your progress as a musician.
March 22nd, 2006. I just added a fingering chart to 5 valve CC tuba with 1-1/4 5th valve configuration. Euphonium and Tuba fingerings can be found here.
March 21, 2006. I've added more stuff under Book/Music Recommendations. Check it out!
March 19, 2006. Finally! The long overdue update to this site is finally here. A few more things are added to this site. More fingering charts will be added very soon. Check out the Summer Workshops page.