Jeffrey Meyer is a professional tuba player and composer living in Raleigh, North Carolina (USA). He is a music educator for the Wake County Public School System and brass teacher for Music and Arts in Garner, NC.
His compositions and arrangements have been performed in the US and Canada by such groups as the Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble, Minnesota State University Moorhead Wind Ensemble, DePauw University Band, Washington and Lee University Wind Ensemble, Sul Ross State University Wind Ensemble, Saint Martin’s University Wind Ensemble, Brooke Point High School Chamber Sinfonia, as well as solo and chamber musicians including the Eastman Tuba Mirum Ensemble and euphonium soloist Dr. Patrick Nyren.
As a tubist he has performed most recently with the Durham Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina State University Faculty Brass Ensemble, and the Triangle Brass Band. He has performed with many orchestras, bands, and chamber ensembles in the US and Mexico. He has been a soloist with the University Circle Wind Ensemble, Tumon Bay International Wind Orchestra, and the Kent Wind Ensemble. He recently led a consortium to commission a work for tuba and piano by Alvin Singleton, and he has commissioned and premiered music by Han Lash, Chappell Kingsland, Keith Kirchoff, Coulette Mourey, Michael Bratt, Robert Morris, Jorge Sosa, Jeremy Allen, Donald Callen Freed, and many others.
Meyer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music with Arts Leadership Certificate from the Institute for Music Leadership. His Master of Music degree from Kent State University is in instrumental conducting, and he holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has served on the music faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Guam, Sul Ross State University, El Paso Community College, Wayland Baptist University, Angelina College, and the Luzerne Music Center. He has presented for the Midwest Clinic, Texas Bandmasters Association, College Band Directors National Association, and the International Tuba-Euphonium Association. He has served as a conductor/clinician for the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region 6 Freshman Band, Association of Texas Small School Bands All-Region 11 High School Band, and other honor bands in the US and Guam.
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