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Don Lucas is an internationally recognized trombone

Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

artist and educator. He is presently an associate professor and Brass, Woodwind & Percussion department chair at the Boston University School of Music and serves as president of the International Trombone Association. Mr. Lucas is an artist/clinician for the S.E. Shires Company.

Honors and achievements

Mr. Lucas, a Fulbright Scholar, is the recipient of the coveted Premier Prix at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; he is the only brass musician ever to receive this prize. Mr. Lucas also has received the Bronze Medal L'unamite, Toulon International Solo Competition; First Place "Fellow", Harmony Ridge Brass Festival; first place solo and group competitions, National Christian Artists Seminar; first prize winner, ITA Frank Smith Trombone Solo Competition; and first prize, the American Classic Trombone Quartet, Summit Brass International Brass Chamber Group Competition. Mr. Lucas has performed under notable conductors Leonard Slatkin

Leonard Slatkin

Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor and composer.-Early life and education:Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His father Felix Slatkin was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet,...

, Ivan Fisher

Ivan Fisher

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, John Adams

John Adams

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, Hugh Wolf, and Christopher Hogwood

Christopher Hogwood

Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood CBE, MA , HonMusD , born 10 September 1941, Nottingham, is an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer and musicologist, well known as the founder of the Academy of Ancient Music.-Biography:...

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Mr. Lucas has also commissioned and premiered many works by composers Theodore Antoniou

Theodore Antoniou

Theodore Antoniou , is a Greek composer and conductor. His works vary from operas and choral works to chamber music, from film and theatre music to solo instrumental works. In addition to his career as composer and conductor, he also holds the position of professor of composition at Boston University...

, Gary D. Belshaw, Derek Bourgeouis, Jacques Casterede, Franz Cibulka, Adam Gorb, Alun Hoddinott, Elena Roussanova Lucas, David Maslanka, Daniel Schnyder, and Fisher Tull.

International

Mr. Lucas has led masterclasses and performed recitals internationally, including:

United Kingdom

The British Trombone Society Festival

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...

Chetham’s School of Music

Repton Brass Festival

Royal Academy of Music

Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...

Royal Northern College of Music

The Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester and is one of four conservatories associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music

Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall

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Russia

Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...

Fine Arts Institute – Vladivostok

Other international engagements

Korean Trombone Festival

Brazilian Trombone and Tuba Association Festival

Paris Conservatory

Trombones de Costa Rica International Brass Festival

International Trombone Festival - 1996 (Feldkirch, Austria)

International Trombone Symposium (Melbourne, Australia)

United States

In addition to serving on the faculties of Boston University

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

, Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

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, Eastern New Mexico University

Eastern New Mexico University

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, and Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University

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, Mr. Lucas has taught numerous master classes and has given many performance across the country at venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

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, The Juilliard School, Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center, The Eastman School of Music

Eastman School of Music

The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...

, The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own", The West Point United States Military Academy Band, The United States Naval Academy Band, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the MasterWorks Festival, the New York Conference of Brass Scholarships, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, 76 Trombones + 4 Trombones Festival, Harmony Ridge Brass Festival, College Band Directors National Association Convention, the Texas Bandmasters Association Convention, the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the Christian Artists Music Festival, the Las Vegas Music Festival, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute

Boston University Tanglewood Institute

The Boston University Tanglewood Institute is recognized internationally as the premiere summer training program for aspiring high school-age musicians and is the only program of its kind associated with one of the world’s great symphony orchestras...

, and dozens of appearances at universities, festivals, camps, and schools.

Education

Don Lucas attended the University of North Texas College of Music

University of North Texas College of Music

The University of North Texas College of Music, based in Denton, is a comprehensive music school with the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and the oldest in the world offering a degree in jazz studies...

, Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

(BM, MM), the University of Houston

University of Houston

The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...

(DMA work), and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

(Advanced Solo Studies Diploma). His principal teachers include Denis Wick

Denis Wick

Denis Wick is Britain's most influential orchestral trombonist of the 20th century. He is also an internationally respected brass teacher and designer of brass mutes and mouthpieces...

, Robert Deahl, Al Lube, Carsten Svanberg, Phil Wilson, Michel Becquet, Allen Barnhill, John Marcellus

John Marcellus

John Marcellus is a trombone musician and teacher. He is currently Professor of Trombone at The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and past Chair of the Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Department. In addition to his trombone teaching responsibilities at Eastman, Dr...

, Leon Brown, and Dave Maser.

Discography

Mr. Lucas has released two solo albums: Hymns for Trombone and Cantabile both showcase his lyrical style. He can also be heard on recordings with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra , based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is the United States' only full-time professional chamber orchestra...

and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra

American Wind Symphony Orchestra

The American Wind Symphony Orchestra is an American musical ensemble comprising the wind instruments found in a symphony orchestra, which is dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music, and which is known for having commissioned over 400 new works...

. He has recorded solo and chamber music for North South Recordings and Warwick Music Publishers.

External links

The British Trombone Society Festival

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