Heather Ewer, tuba

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Heather Ewer is a freelance tuba player and educator born and raised along the Front Range, currently living and gigging in New York City. She plays in a wide assortment of ensembles from brass bands of multiple genres to orchestras, and loves teaching low brass lessons and master classes. Favorite performance opportunities to date include being the chairholder in the orchestra for the Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes, playing in a chamber ensemble for Queens of the Stone Age, playing the Mardi Gras season at Universal Studios Orlando with the Beads and Brass Band, and performing Balkan music on Tuesday nights with Slavic Soul Party in Brooklyn. As an educator, she has taught 6 years of middle school band full time, and continues to prioritize middle school music education through the afterschool Music Partners Program with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. She maintains private tuba and euphonium studios at both BKCM and as an Adjunct Instructor at Molloy University on Long Island. Heather earned her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Western Michigan University studying with Deanna Swoboda, and her Master’s in Tuba Performance from Colorado State University with Stephen Dombrowski.