The Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Winners Recital

Program

Andy Larson

Andy Larson is currently completing a DMA at Louisiana State University. At LSU he serves as teaching assistant to Dr. Joseph Skillen. Before re-enrolling in school, Andy was Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium (2007-2010) at Southeastern Louisiana University. Andy’s students have won national, regional, and state competitions, won orchestra positions, and successfully entered the military bands system. Andy has performed throughout the US and most recently won First Place and Gold Medal at the 2011 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition in Michigan and will be presenting a world premiere at ITEC 2012 in Linz, Austria alongside Sergio Carolino.

Toby Furr

Toby Furr lives in Dallas, Texas. Before graduating from Lake Highlands High School in 2009, he received the John Philip Sousa Band Award and was named principle euphonium in the Texas 5A All-State Band. Toby is currently pursuing a degree in euphonium performance at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. At UNT, he studies with Dr. Brian Bowman, as well as being a member of the UNT Wind Symphony and several chamber ensembles. Toby was the winner of the Leonard Falcone Competition Euphonium Student Division in 2010 and the Euphonium Artist Division in 2011.

Caryl Conger

Pianist, Caryl Worthington Conger, continues her passion for musical collaboration performing with artists throughout the U. S. and abroad. Her special niche of interest has been her collaboration with low brass artists. She has performed as a staff pianist at the U.S. Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference for almost twenty years, the International Euphonium Institute, the International Women’s Brass Conference, and the International Tuba & Euphonium Conferences. Caryl was on the music faculty of Radford University in Radford, Virginia before retiring in 2003. She moved to the mountains outside Estes Park, Colorado where she continues an active career in free-lance music making.