Alan Baer is an American tuba player who is Principal

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for the

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. He has also been principal tuba with several other orchestras including the

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, and

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is an American orchestra based in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the only full-time, professional orchestra in the Gulf South. The orchestra performs at the Orpheum Theater. The Louisiana Philharmonic ...

. In addition, he has performed and recorded with the

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led by

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, performances with the Peninsula Music Festival of Wisconsin, New Orleans Symphony, Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Ojai Festival Orchestra (California),

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, and

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the Ravinia F ...

. He has performed as a featured soloist, touring several countries in Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France.

Education and teaching

Baer studied with Dr. Gary Bird at

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. He completed his bachelor of music degree with Ronald Bishop at the

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, and has done graduate work at the

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, Cleveland Institute of Music, and

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, where he studied with Tommy Johnson. While in Long Beach, Baer taught at California State University, where he also directed the university tuba ensemble and the brass choir. In Milwaukee, Baer was an adjunct professor of tuba and euphonium at the

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and director of the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. Baer serves on the faculty of the

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and

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in New York City, as well as the

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in New Jersey. In addition to performing and teaching, Baer is a design consultant with the

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instrument manufacturer.Meinl-Weston and NY Phil's Alan Bear create the new F-Tuba 6460 "Kodiak"
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Discography

* ''Song and Dance'' (CD) (2008) * ''Coast to Coast'' (CD) (2005)

Other publications

* Tonic/Dominant Scales for Tuba with Piano Accompaniment CD, Compiled by: Alan Baer, Piano Accompaniment by: Noreen Baer * Cross-Training Scales for Tuba, Compiled by: Alan Baer

References

External links

* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American tubists 21st-century American tubists American classical tubists California State University, Long Beach alumni Cleveland Institute of Music alumni USC Thornton School of Music alumni Juilliard School faculty Manhattan School of Music faculty Mannes College The New School for Music faculty Rutgers University faculty Players of the New York Philharmonic {{US-brass-musician-stub