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10.01.07
The new Meinl-Weston
CC-Tuba 6450/2 "Baer" makes friends in Europe
Last December, Tim Buzbee visited Meinl-Weston to look for a
new Tuba for his Orchestra work and his next CD project. He immediately
fell in love with our latest development, the new
CC-Tuba 6450 "Baer" and right away took it with
him on his way back.
Tim Buzbee on his new Meinl-Weston CC-Tuba 6450/2 "Baer":
"Dreams do come true. I have searched for a CC tuba with all the playing charateristics of the new 6450 Baer. Great response without sacraficing projection. Huge breath of sound with still alot of core, let alone great intonation and flexiblity ina 6/4 tuba. I have played many tubas and I have never found one that doesn't get in my way one way or another, until now. The 6450 allows me to put as much air as I want and never pushes back. The 6450 lets me do what I want, LOOK OUT STRING PLAYERS!!! Hats off to the guys at Meinl Weston and Alan Baer, let's have some fun.
Enjoying,
Buzz Buzbee
A proud native of Texas (the grand state in the United States of America), Tim Buzbee won the Principal Tuba position with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in September 2005. After attending Texas A&M University in Commerce he was appointed Principal Tuba of the Acapulco Philharmonic. Shortly after, he won a spot in the Chicago Civic Symphony Orchestra where he was also principal tuba for the 2000-2001 season. While in Chicago he performed with the prestige Chicago Symphony
Orchestra
on numerous occasions. While in Chicago he won auditions with
the Chicago Brass Choir and the Illinois Philharmonic.In Feb. 2001 Buzbee won the Principal tuba position of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. After four years in Singapore he won the position of Principal tuba in Gavle (Sweden) Symphony Orchestra where he performed for one season until winning the audition with the Iceland Symphony.
He has toured throughout the United States, Mexico, Japan and Asia giving master-classes and performing recitals at various schools and Universities. Buzbee was invited to perform at the 2002 and 2004 International Tuba and Euphonium Conferences. He has also been invited to give a clinic at the 2003 Texas Music Educators Association. Besides performing with the Acapulco and the Chicago Civic Symphony Orchestras he has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Wind Symphony, Malaysia Philharmonic, Shreveport Symphony, Richardson Symphony, Marshall Symphony Orchestra and the Malmo Symphony Orchestra. He has also been featured as soloist with the Singapore Symphony, Marshall Symphony, Acapulco Philharmonic, and the Texas A&M Tuba Ensemble at the 1999 Texas Music Educators Association Convention held in San Antonio, Texas. He has performed under the baton of many great conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Christopher Eschenbach, Daniel Bareboim, and Fredrick Fennel. In addition to orchestral performance he has performed through out North America and Asia with several different brass quintets and brass ensembles. Buzbee has studied tuba with Gene Pokorny of the Chicago Symphony, Matt Good of the Dallas Symphony, and Dave Kirk of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Buzbee can be heard on the recording labels of BIS, Chandos, Naxos, and Sony. Although tuba is his first choice for musical expression (and everyone else's choice for him) he can been seen holding a Bass Trombone in the back row of the orchestra from time to time, but his duties are mainly the tuba and tenor tuba.
Meet Tim Buzbee:
Feb 11th -22nd: Germany and Austria Tour with Iceland Symphony
Mar 30th- April 8th: Solo tour in USA
May: Solo CD Recording
June: Tour to The Faroe Islands
Besides the new Meinl-Weston CC-Tuba 6450/2 "Baer", Tim Buzbee also plays on Meinl-Weston F-Tubas Tubas 2182, 45SLP.
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