English Horn Christine Pendril Robert Walters Pedro Diaz


Clarinet Julian Bliss Richard Stoltzman Eddie Daniels – Jazz Clarinet Marcelo Maldonado – bass clarinet SeBass – bass clarinet Michael Lowenstern – bass clarinet


Bassoon Arthur Weisberg Paul Hanson – Jazz/Funk Bassoon


Saxophone Don Sinta – classical saxophone Chris Vadala (Soprano) Antonio Hart (Alto) Tia Fuller (Alto) Jessie J (Tenor) Benny Golson (Tenor) Gary Smulyan (Bari) Karl Hunter (Bari) Randy Emerick (Bass) Leo P (Contrabass)


BRASS Canadian Brass


Trumpet Phil Smith


Tine Ting Helson Friedemann Immer – natural trumpet Vince DiMartino James Morrison – crazy fun! Louis Dowdeswell


Flügelhorn Hikari Ichihara


Horn Richard King Lowell Shaw


Trombone


Christian Lindberg Christopher Bill


Euphonium


Childs Brothers (Nicholas and Robert) & Father David Childs – all Euphonium players! Steven Mead Brian Bowman Rich Matteson - Jazz Euphonium


ala breve


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Tuba Arnold Jacobs Sam Pilafian Pat Sheridan


Percussion Gary Burton – vibes She-e Wu – marimba Evelyn Glennie – marimba Jeff Queen – snare


Final thoughts. I am certain I have left many favorites off this list. As I said in the beginning, this was never intended to be a “who’s the best” list, or a comprehensive discography / videography of what’s out there. The concept of asking your students to improve their own tone qualities was the only intent and the list is simply meant to give students a starting place if they do not know where to begin. I hope your students will come ask you for your ideas. And after they get started feel free to ask them, “So who is your Tone Hero?”


David McCullough is the Director of Bands at Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. He has taught music in the public schools and at the university level for 40 years. He feels blessed for the new friends and colleagues he has here in Kentucky and looks forward to returning Union’s band to a position of distinction in the South/Midwest. David wishes to thank Monica Crowder, the exceptional director of central Kentucky’s Barren County Middle School Band for the idea of creating and sharing this list. Her band students have all had “Tone Heroes” for 15 years!


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