Genevieve Clarkson, Tuba Musician

Genevieve Clarkson is Lecturer of Tuba/Euphonium at Northern Arizona University where she joined the faculty in 2016.

Ms. Clarkson is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of Provost Professor Daniel Perantoni. Genevieve received her MM in tuba performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (2011) and her BM in music education from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA (2009) where she graduated Magna cum laude. Her past teachers have included John Mueller, John Cradler, Kevin Stees, and Timothy Northcut.

Ms. Clarkson has won a variety of awards and recognition for her solo playing. In 2005, she was a semi-finalist in the Falcone International Young Artist Tuba Competition and the next year won runner-up in the International Tuba-Euphonium Association (ITEA) Young Artist Tuba Competition in Denver, Colorado. More recently, she was a semi-finalist in the Falcone Tuba Artist competition (2009) and the ITEA Artist Tuba Competitions (2010 and 2012).

Ms. Clarkson has performed with various symphony orchestras across the country, including the Lexington Philharmonic (Lexington, KY), the Richmond Symphony Orchestra (Richmond, IN), the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra (Lafayette, IN), and the Terre Haute Symphony (Terre Haute, IN). In addition to professional symphonies, Ms. Clarkson has participated in several music festivals including the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute (Washington, DC), the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival (Harrisonburg, VA), and the Spoleto Festival (Spoleto, Italy). She also plays contrabass tuba in the In Motus Quartet, a tuba-euphonium quartet made up of professional players and teachers from across the country. Assisted by a recording artist grant, the In Motus Quartet released their first CD in the spring of 2016 through Emeritus Recordings.

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