TBJ128: Euphoniumist Chris Buckley of the US Army Band on growing up in Laredo, Texas, euphonium repertoire and his love of cooking. Chris Buckley is a great player and a great guy. This wide-ranging conversation included great information on the Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Workshop. That's a lot of greats.

From his bio:

SFC Christopher Buckley is one of the newest members of the United States Army Band. He grew up in a large family on the South Texas border. While in Texas he competed in several international euphonium solo competitions, including the Leonard Falcone International Solo Competition where he won 1st place in 2009. While at the University of North Texas he played in many professional ensembles including the Dallas Wind Symphony, Lone Star Wind Ensemble, and the Dallas Civic Wind Ensemble. He also performs on tuba and trombone in many jazz ensembles. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Leah where they are constantly searching for Mexican food as good as the food in Texas. They live with two crazy cats named Oscar and Battle Cat.

In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:

• Pantomime
• Lance is muted
• Planning a recital
• Chris' wife's repertoire and instrument choices
• Lance rants about euphonium repertoire (again)
• Army workshops
• Beirut/Zach Condon
• The strengths/weaknesses of traditional repertoire
• Studying at UNT with Brian Bowman
• Dissertation bashing
• Army Tuba-Euphonium workshop
• Mock auditions
• West Texas A&M for his undergrad
• Swamp Romp
• Rush "Tom Sawyer" featuring Tom Holtz
• Growing up in Laredo, Texas
• Favorite food from growing up
• Jim "Uncomfortable Pause" Nova
• Rico's Supermarket
• His love of cooking
• Hiram Diaz
• Kevin Gebo and Victor Barranco
• Kevin Gebo: Hobbit, Halfling or Something Else Altogether

LINKS:

• Chris' Army Band bio
• Chris' Willson bio page
• Chris' Pearls dissertation

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