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 Dennis
W. AsKew currently serves as Professor of Tuba and Euphonium and Music
Education at UNC-Greensboro; prior to this he was Director of Bands at
Cass High School in Cartersville, GA and Assistant Director of Bands at
Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, PA.
Dr. AsKew received degrees from the University of
Michigan, Penn State University and the University of Georgia. He has
served as Assistant Dean and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the
UNCG School of Music. Additionally, he currently serves as President of
the International Tuba Euphonium Association and served as host of the
2002 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference.
In 2007, AsKew was named Coordinator of Educational Activites for the
Miraphone Corporation. His duties with Miraphone are primarily in
coordinating the efforts of all of Miraphone's educational offerings,
including the development of the Miraphone Academy. In
2003, he was elected an Associate National Regent for Pi Kappa Lambda,
the music honor society, and is faculty advisor for the Iota Epsilon
Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha. He has been a staff member with many high school
and college band programs in the South, Northeast, and Midwest. The bands
he has worked with have received consistently high ratings and won
numerous titles, including Bands of America Grand National Champion.
Dr. AsKew has maintained an active participation in
public school education presenting workshops and masterclasses in many
high schools and middle schools, as well as leading clinics for state and
regional music conferences and adjudicating marching bands throughout the
Southeast.
He has been active as a performer, having given solo performances
throughout the United States, Hungary, Canada, Italy, Finland, Australia
and the Netherlands. Additionally, he has performed numerous concerts as
a member of the Market Street Brass Quintet, including a two two
week tours in China. Dr. AsKew can be heard on Market Street Brass' two
recordings Christmas and Jive for Five, their DVD, Live from China, and
his CD, Carolina Morning.
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