Joshua Wirt

303B Ellett Road
Blacksburg, VA 24060
USA
joshwirt@gmail.com


EDUCATION

• PGDip (Perf) with Distinction, Royal Northern College of Music, 2005

• B.A., Music Performance, Virginia Tech 2004

• Attended international master classes in Quebec (Le Domaine Forget 1999, 2002) and Switzerland (Swiss Brass Week 1999); lessons with Roger Bobo, Lance Nagels, and Mel Culbertson

PRIMARY TEACHERS

• Roger Bobo, Professor of Tuba, Musashino School of Music, Tokyo; Conductor, University Wind Ensemble, Elizabeth School of Music, Hiroshima; former Assistant Professor of Tuba, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK); former principal tuba, Los Angeles Philharmonic

• James Gourlay, former Head of School of Winds and Percussion, RNCM; internationally-renowned tuba soloist and conductor; former principal tuba, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony, and Orchester der Oper in Zürich

• Dr. William J. Crone, Professor of Low Brass, Virginia Tech; MM, Yale School of Music; DMA, University of Southern California; formerly trombonist with Brass 5, Brass Quintet and Yamaha Performing Artists

EXPERIENCE

Orchestral

• Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, tuba (May 2008); Cirque de la Symphonie

• Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, bass trombone (April 2008); Festive Overture, Art Garfunkel Pops

• Opera Roanoke, bass trombone (February 2008); Gala Concert

• Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, tuba (November 2007); Finlandia, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

• Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, tuba (December 2006); Holiday Pops

• Charlottesville Oratorio Society, bass trombone (May 2006); La Traviata

• Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, tuba (November 2005); Tchailkovsky Symphony No. 5

• Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, bass trombone (September 2005); Hurricane Katrina Benefit Pops Concert

• New River Valley Symphony Orchestra, bass trombone (2003-2004, 2005); major works include Mozart Requiem, Franck Sym. in d minor, Kodaly Hary Janos

• New River Valley Symphony Orchestra, principal tuba (1993-1996, 2006); major works performed included Mahler 1, Tchaikovsky 4, Holst Planets, Berlioz Symphony Fantastique, Shostakovich 10, Reveultas Sensamaya;

• Performances with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra (Dec 2004, July 2005); Mahler Symphony No. 5 at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (July 2005)

• Performed the Britten War Requiem with members of Roanoke Symphony and NRVSO (2002)

• Performances on Tuba/Euphonium for traveling production of Ragtime (2000)

Big Band

• Roanoke Jazz Orchestra, bass trombone (July 2007)

Brass Band

• Member, Fairey Brass Band (formerly the Williams Fairey Brass Band); BBb bass (2004-2005); numerous performances throughout UK and Vienna, Austria; recording at BBC Studios (Manchester) for the acclaimed Listen to the Band series on BBC Radio 2

• Performance with the RNCM Brass Band, BBb bass (October 2004)

Solo/Chamber

• University Faculty Chamber Brass concert, Virginia Tech; Frigyes Hidas Trio for Horn, Trombone, and Tuba (April 2006)

• UK Premiere of Music for Two Big Instruments by Alex Shapiro, RNCM (November 2005)

• Soloist, University Wind Ensemble and University Wind Symphony; Bencriscutto Concertino for Tuba (1998), Barnes Yorkshire Ballad (2004)

• Recorded John Stevens’ Liberation of Sisyphus with James Gourlay, soloist, for the John Fletcher Trust Fund CD JFTF01 (Sept 2004); member of the RNCM Tuba/Euphonium ensemble

• Performances with the North Cheshire Concert Band, Mark Heron and Timothy Reynish, conductors (April 2005)

• New River Valley Chamber Winds, Mark Camphouse, conductor (1996-1997)

Brass Quintet

• Roanoke Chamber Brass, substitute tuba (2002-2004, 2005-current)

• Brass 5, substitute tuba (2007)

• Brass Dominion, Virginia Tech's Faculty Brass Quintet (2000-2004)

• Quantum Brass, brass quintet (1993-1999)