STEVEN DARLING, ABD Tuba & Euphonium, Composition, Theory EDUCATION TEACHING

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by  Steven Darling

STEVEN DARLING, ABD
8753 Donovan Court, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
(414) 702 – 3001
[email protected]
Tuba & Euphonium, Composition, Theory

EDUCATION
DMA Euphonium Performance, Cognate Tuba Performance, University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
• Current Status: ABD/Candidate
• Studying with Timothy Northcut
• CCM Full Tuition Talent Scholarship

MM Euphonium Performance/Brass Pedagogy, Ohio University (OU)
• Graduated: 05/05/2015
• Studied with Dr. Jason Smith
• Graduate Assistantship of Tuba and Euphonium and Full Tuition

BFA in Music, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)
• Graduated: 08/09/2013
• Studied with Marty Erickson
• UWM School of Music Partial Tuition Talent Scholarship

Additional Study
• Steven Mead, Professor of Euphonium, Royal Northern College of Music,
UK
• Aaron Tindall, Assistant Professor of Tuba-Euphonium, University of
Miami
• Sarah Paradis, Assistant Professor of Trombone, Boise State University
• Mark Hoelscher, Adjunct Professor of Trombone, UWM

TEACHING
Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio (WSU)
Adjunct Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium: 2017 – Present
• Teach applied lessons in tuba and euphonium
• Instruct Tuba-Euphonium Studio class
• Instruct Tuba-Euphonium Pedagogy and Literature
• Conduct & Direct the WSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
• Audition prospective brass undergraduates
• Adjudicate tuba and euphonium large ensemble auditions
• Adjudicate brass juries and recital hearings
• Submit grades via the online portal (WINGS Express)
• Actively Recruit for WSU throughout OH, KY, and IN
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
Adjunct Instructor of Euphonium: 2018 – Present
• Teach applied lessons in euphonium
• Instruct Euphonium Excerpt Class
• Submit grades via the online portal (Catalyst)
• Coach brass chamber ensembles

Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky (MSU)
Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass: 2015 – 2016
• Taught applied lessons in tuba, euphonium, and trombone
• Adjudicated brass recital hearings and juries
• Auditioned prospective brass students
• Instructed Low Brass Pedagogy per MSU Performance Curriculum
• Conducted & Directed the MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
• Coached brass chamber ensembles
• Actively and successfully recruited for Murray State University
• Submitted grades via the online portal (myGate)

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (OU)
Sabbatical Substitute of Tuba and Euphonium: Fall Semester, 2013
• Taught applied lessons in tuba and euphonium
• Directed the OU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
• Adjudicated undergraduate brass juries and recital hearings
• Submitted grades via the online portal (uPortal)

Instructor of Music Theory: 2014 – 2015
• Instructed fundamentals of theory course designed for music and non-
music major undergraduates
• Submitted grades via the online portal (uPortal)
• Assisted in the creation of course curriculum

Graduate Assistant of Tuba-Euphonium: 2014 – 2015
• Taught applied lessons in tuba and euphonium
• Assistant Conductor & Director of the OU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
• Instructed Tuba-Euphonium Methods per OU Education Curriculum
• Coached brass chamber ensembles
• Instructed Tuba-Euphonium Warm-Up course
• Conducted & Directed the OU Low Brass Ensemble
Selected Administered Masterclasses
Tuba & Euphonium Masterclasses
• Tri State Honor Band: WSU, 01/25/2018
• WSU Low Brass Festival: WSU, 01/15/2018
• Sidney High School, 12/14/2017
• E.H. Green Middle School, 11/02/2017
• University of Northern Iowa, 10/06/2017
• Mason High School, 09/28/2017
• Centerville High School, 09/12/2017
• Madiera High School, 07/27/2017
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 03/06/2017
• University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 11/29/2016
• Quad State Honor Band: MSU, 02/08/2016
• Lawrence University of Wisconsin, 05//05/2013
• UWM Honor Band, 11/14/2013
• UWM Honor Band, 11/13/2012
• UWM Honor Band, 11/11/2011

Adjudication
Solo Competitions
• NWRTEC Euphonium Artist Competition, Pullman, WA, 04/21/2017

Honor Bands
• OMEA District 17 Honor Band – Tubas, Athens, OH, 12/11/2014
• UWM Honor Band – Tubas & Euphoniums, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
11/12/2013
• UWM Honor Band – Tubas & Euphoniums, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
11/11/2012
• UWM Honor Band – Tubas & Euphoniums, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
11/09/2011
• UWM Honor Band – Tubas & Euphoniums, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
11/14/2010

Private Lesson Instruction: Tuba, Euphonium, & Trombone
• 2011-Present
• Currently teach studio of 10+ students throughout the greater Cincinnati
and Dayton regions
HONORS AND AWARDS
Competitions
• 1st: Golden Classical Music Awards International Competition – Tuba 2018
• Semi-Finalist: Leonard Falcone Tuba Artist Competition 2018
• 1st: Tuesday Musical Brass Solo Competition 2017 –Tuba
• Semi-Finalist: ITEC Chamber Competition 2016 – Euphonium
• 1st: CCM Brass Choir Concerto Competition 2016 – Euphonium
• 2nd: MTNA Regional Solo Brass Competition 2016 – Tuba & Euphonium
• 1st: MTNA Ohio Solo Brass Competition 2016 – Tuba & Euphonium
• 1st: NERTEC Euphonium Artist Competition 2015
• 1st: SERTEC Euphonium Artist Competition 2015
• Finalist: Seattle Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition 2015
• 1st: Ohio University Concerto Competition 2015 – Euphonium
• 2nd: ITEC Euphonium Artist Competition 2014

Grants
• CCM POWER Innovation Award 2017: $1200.00
• Co-Op Press Recording Assistance Grant 2017: Record deal with
Emeritus Recording and $300.00

Selected Performances
Conference Appearances
• Tuba-Euphonium Recital: MWRTEC, Fort Wayne, IN, 04/14/18
• Conductor of WSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: MWRTEC: Fort Wayne,
IN, 04/13/18
• Tuba Trio Artist Recital: WSULBF, Fairborn, OH, 01/15/18
• Tuba & Euphonium Lecture: IMEA (IN) Conference, Fort Wayne, IN,
01/12/18
• Tuba & Euphonium Recital: WSU OCTUBAFEST, Dayton, OH, 10/22/17
• Conductor of WSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: WSU OCTUBAFEST,
Fairborn, OH, 10/21/17
• Tuba & Euphonium Recital: NWRTEC, Pullman, WA, 04/22/17
• Tuba & Euphonium Recital: GPRTEC, Ames, IA, 03/03/17
• Ensemble Subsonique: ITEC, Knoxville, TN, 05/30/16 – 06/04/16
• Assistant Conductor of MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble & Euphonium
Soloist: KMEA Conference, Louisville, KY, 01/17/16
• Euphonium Lecture: Midwest Trombone-Euphonium Conference,
Charleston, IL, 10/30/15
• Euphonium Recital: SERTEC, Knoxville, TN, 03/21/15
• Athens Tuba-Euphonium Trio: 4th Annual OU Horn Workshop, Athens,
OH, 04/04/14
• Scrap Metal Tuba-Euphonium Quartet: Nuit Blanche Festival, Athens,
OH, 10/04/14

Selected Orchestral Performances
• Principal Tuba – Central State University Faculty Choir Orchestra,
12/2017 – Present
• Auxiliary Euphonium – Lima (OH) Symphony Orchestra, 10/2017 –
Present
• Substitute Tuba & Euphonium – Richmond (IN) Symphony Orchestra,
09/2017 – present
• Substitute Tenor and Bass Trombone – Kettle Moraine (WI) Symphony
Orchestra, 09/2011 – 04/2013

Soloist with Large Ensemble
• Pantomime – Philip Sparke, Cincinnati Brass Band, Cincinnati, OH,
12/02/2017
• Concerto for Tuba – Alexandre Arutiunian, University Youth Wind
Ensemble of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/07/2017
• Concerto for Euphonium – Philip Wilby, CCM Brass Choir, Cincinnati,
OH, 0415/2016
• Bride of the Waves – Herbert L. Clarke, Sheboygan Pops Concert Band,
Sheboygan, WI, 06/08/2015
• Euphonium Concerto – Martin Ellerby, OU, Athens, OH 04/22/2015

Solo Artist Residency
• Tuba & Euphonium Recital: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Rapids,
IA, 10/06/2017
• Tuba & Euphonium Recital: University of Wisconsin-Platteville,
11/23/2016

Chamber Music Experience
• Tubist with the WSU Faculty Brass Quintet: 08/15/2017 – Present
• Tubist with the CinCity Brass Quintet: 10/22/2016 – 08/15/2017
• Euphoniumist with Ensemble Subsonique (a professional tuba-euphonium
ensemble comprised of tuba-euphonium professors from across the
nation): 05/28/2016 – Present
• Darling Duo (Tuba/Euphonium and Flute): December 28th, 2015 – Present
• Athens Tuba-Euphonium Trio, with Dr. Jason Smith: 09/17/2013 –
05/05/2015
• Euphonium with the Scrap Metal Tuba-Euphonium Quartet: 09/21/2013 –
05/05/2015

Conducting Experience
• WSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Conductor and Director, 08/30/2017 –
Present
• CCM Brass Choir: Assistant Conductor, Spring Semester, 2017
• MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Director/Conductor, 08/2015 –
05/2016
• OU Low Brass Ensemble: Director/Conductor, Spring Semester, 2015
• OU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble: Assistant Conductor, 08/2013 – 05/2015
• UWM Athletic ‘Panther’ Pep Band: Assistant Student Conductor, 09/2009
– 05/2013

CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Commissions and Premieres
Always We Are for Piccolo/Flute and Tuba/Euph by Daniel Harrison
• Commissioned by the Darling Duo
• Completed 12/14/2017
• First piece of its kind to employ tuba/euphonium and flute/piccolo

Permutations for Two Tubas by Josh Guarisco
• Commissioned October of 2017,
• To be completed in March of 2018

Inter Mora for Unaccompanied Euphonium by Ellen Ruth Harrison
• Completed on 03/17/2017
• Premiered at the NWRTEC in Pullman, WA, 04/22/2017
• Recorded on my debut solo album “Dualities”

Dualities for Tuba, Euphonium, and Piano by Benjamin McMillan
• Co-Lead Consortium with Preston Light,
• Premiered at Tennessee Technological University, in Cookeville,
TN, 04/06/2017
• Recorded on my debut solo album “Dualities”
Rondo Alla Scherzo for Euphonium and Piano by Sy Brandon
• Completed 04/16/2017
• Recorded on my debut solo album “Dualities”

Sonata for Tuba ‘Hades In The Underworld’ by Ian Lester
• Commissioned the bass-tuba version,
• Completed 02/02/2017
• Premiered at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA,
10/06/2017
• Recorded on my debut solo album “Dualities”

Set Adrift for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble by Joni Greene
• Premiered with Ensemble Subsonique at ITEC in Knoxville, TN,
06/02/2016

Phoenix Dances for Euphonium and Piano by Richard Wetzel
• Completed September 08/08/2015
• Premiered at Ohio University 10/16/2015

The Combat of Tancredi and Clorinda for Euphonium, Flute, and
Piano by Richard Wetzel
• Commissioned by the Darling Duo
• Completed 11/08/2015
• Premiered at Ohio University 04/10/2016

On Moving Forward for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet by Dr. Andy
Francis
• Commissioned by the Scrap Metal Tuba-Euphonium Quartet
• Premiered at Ohio University 10/08/2014

Intermezzi for Euphonium and Piano by Sy Brandon
• Completed in 05/09/2014
• Recorded on my debut solo album “Dualities”

Binary Etude No. 2 for Unaccompanied Euphonium by Lawton Hall
• Completed 09/09/2013
• Premiered at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 04/16/2013
Mikayla for Euphonium and Marimba by Michael Neumeyer
• Completed 02/07/2013
• Premiered at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 04/16/2013

Selected Original Compositions
It’s Full of Stars for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble
• Published by Potenza Inc., 2014
• Commissioned by Dr. Jason Smith
• Premiered at the 2014 ITEC, in Bloomington, IN,
• Subsequent performances include the 2015 SERTEC, 2015
MWRTEC, 2016 ITEC, and 2017 GPRTEC
• Reviewed in the ITEA Journal as part of the ‘New Materials’
series

Eyeless In Gaza for Euphonium Quartet
• Published by Cimarron Press, 2015
• Commissioned by the North Texas Euphonium Quartet
• Premiered at the 2015 University of Northern Iowa
OCTUBAFEST, Cedar Falls, IA 10/12/2015

Concert Piece for Euphonium and Piano
• Published by Euphonium.com Publications
• Written For Dr. Adam Frey
• Premiered at the 2017 International Euphonium-Tuba Festival by
Dr. Adam Frey 06/20/2017

Vertigo for Trombone Choir
• Published by Cimarron Press
• Commissioned by Dr. Lucas Rego Borgas
• Premiered at Ohio University 03/15/2015

Slow Dancing on the Highway for Oboe and Piano
• Published by Cimarron Press
• Commissioned by Austin Smith
• Premiered at CCM 05/21/2016

Linger for Flute and Piano
• Published by Cimarron Press
• Commissioned by Lizzy Darling
• Premiered at CCM 04/14/2017
Zero to Sixty For Tuba and Piano
• Currently being edited by Cimarron Press
• Commissioned by Preston Light
• Premiered at CCM 10/23/2017

Til Human Voices Wake Us for Pierrot Ensemble
• Semi-Finalist for the Seattle Chamber Orchestra Composition
Competition, 2015

Bassoon Trio
• Commissioned by Shelby Jones
• To be premiered at CCM in the Fall of 2018

ARRANGEMENTS/EDITIONS
Goethe Lieder for Tuba and Piano by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
• Arranged four lieder with text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Currently being edited by Cherry Classics Publishing

Goethe Lieder for Euphonium and Piano by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
• Arranged four lieder with text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Currently being edited by Cherry Classics Publishing

Two Russian Songs Collection for Euphonium and Piano
• Arranged Rimsky Korsakov’s ‘Hindu Song’ from his opera Sadko
and Modest Mussorgsky’s Chanson Russe
• Published by Cimarron Press, 2014

Explorations for Five Tubas by David Uber
• Edited manuscript by David Uber
• Published by Cimarron Press, 2016

Exhibitions for Five Euphoniums by David Uber
• Edited manuscript by David Uber
• Published by Cimarron Press, 2016

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
TRIAD: Ohio Music Educator Association Journal
How To Prepare A High School Euphoniumist
• Published in the Fall Journal of November, 2014
International Tuba-Euphonium Association Journal
Review of Christmas Brass: Sweets and Treats for the Holidays by the
Tennessee Technological University Arts Brass Quintet
• Published in the Fall ITEA Journal of 2017
• Additionally published on ITEAONLINE.org

Review of Festival Fanfare for Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble by Dr. Ben
Miles
• Published in the Fall ITEA Journal of 2017
• Additionally published on ITEAONLINE.org

Review of Onwards and Upwards for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet by
Dr. Gail Robertson
• Published in the Fall ITEA Journal of 2016
• Additionally published on ITEALONLINE.org

Review of 10 Easy Duets for two Tubas by John Paff
• Published in the Fall Journal of 2016
• Additionally published on ITEALONLINE.org

Review of Sonata in C Major RV. 48 by Antonio Vivaldi arranged
for Tuba and Piano by Dr. James
• Published in the Fall Journal of 2016
• Additionally published on ITEALONLINE.org

MULTI-MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
Recording Projects
Dualities: Solo Tuba & Euphonium Album
• Album consists of previously unrecorded works for tuba and
euphonium
• Published on the Emeritus Recording Label
• To be released in February of 2018

Pedagogical Resource Video Series
ITEA Power Lessons: Kaleidoscope Series
• Performed etudes from the first volume of Kaleidoscope on tuba
and euphonium by Belgian composer Gilles Senon
• Published on ITEAONLINE.org 05/18/2016

ITEA Power Lessons: Kaleidoscope Series
• Performed etudes from the second volume of Kaleidoscope on tuba
and euphonium by Belgian composer Gilles Senon
• Published on ITEAONLINE.org 05/18/2016