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Written by Todd Cranson
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Tuesday, 28 February 2006 16:36 |
Photo: ERIC MENCHER, Philadelphia Inquirer |
Members of the TubaNews.com community should be familiar with the name Carol Jantsch by now. In 2004, she took first prize at three international competitions, the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen, the Tuba Artist Competition at the ITEC in Budapest, Hungary, and Artist Division at the Leonard Falcone Festival. In 2006, she will now be appointed the principal tubist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
A Philadelphia Orchestra press release states, "It is believed that upon her appointment Ms. Jantsch will become the first female tuba player in a major full-time American orchestra." She will also be one of the youngest principal brass players in America's full-time major orchestras.
Carol recently completed an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer. This article is the best out there right now and offers a fun glimpse into the world Carol has created for herself. You should all be sure to check out the sound clip that is available in the Inquirer article!
Another very good article written by AP Writer Tom Krisher has been picked up and run cross the country. So far it has been picked up by over 60 papers! Links to some of these can be found below.
Keep an eye on this links section. As new articles hit the press, we will update the links.
CONGRATULATIONS, Carol, from the staff and readers of TubaNews.com!
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Breaking the brass ceiling - Philly's rare orchestral find: A female tubist.
Photo: PAUL SANCYA, Associated Press
Photo: PAUL SANCYA, Associated Press |
Links to Tom Krisher's AP article with interesting headlines across the country:
The Mercury News:
Tuba player is first woman for orchestra
Centredaily.com (Central Pennsylvania):
Female student wins tuba chair in Philadelphia Orchestra
Lansing State Journal:
Horning in: U-M tuba player first female in top orchestra
mlive.com:
Female U-M student wins tuba chair in Philadelphia Orchestra
Forbes.com:
Update 1: Tuba Player Is First Woman for Orchestra
HappyNews.com:
Tuba player is first woman for orchestra
Napa Valley Register.com:
College prodigy is first woman tuba player for top orchestra
The Star-Ledger:
Symphony Seat is the high note in young player's horn of plenty
Ottawa Citizen:
Tubist or not tubist: college prodigy scores a coup
Phillyburbs.com:
Female student wins tuba chair in Philadelphia Orchestra
Colorado Springs Gazette:
Young tuba player hits high note
Kansas City Star:
Low-note artist ascends to the top
Other Articles:
Chicago Tribune:
Tuba player achieves orchestral milestone
LA Times:
Woman tuba player is a rarity
newKerala.com (Newspaper from India):
Philly Orchestra adds female tuba player
Pravda.ru (Newspaper from Russia):
Famous Philadelphia Orchestra taps woman to play tuba
kyw.com (local Philadelphia news):
Female Tuba Player Hired By Philadelphia Orchestra
Washington Post:
Instrument of Change
Mlive.com:
Ticket to the symphony
U-M tubist lands dream job by blowing away 194 rivals
TubaNews.com Archives:
Interview with Carol Jantsch
Philadelphia Orchestra News Release:
Philadelphia Orchestra announces
winner of principal tuba auditions
Carol Jantsch is believed to be the first female tuba player
in a major full-time American orchestra
(Philadelphia, February 27, 2006) – Carol Jantsch, a 20-year-old student at the University of Michigan, has won The Philadelphia Orchestra’s auditions for the position of principal tuba. It is believed that upon her appointment Ms. Jantsch will become the first female tuba player in a major full-time American orchestra.
“The appointment of this young woman will mean the rejuvenation of the Orchestra in the best way,” said Music Director Christoph Eschenbach. “The fact that she is a young woman playing a very un-woman-like instrument is really extraordinary, and it is almost a miracle that she is both so young and so accomplished.”
Ms. Jantsch is currently a senior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she studies with Fritz Kaenzig. She won first place in three international competitions in 2004: the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition; the International Tuba-Euphonium Association’s Artist Solo Tuba Competition in Budapest, Hungary; and the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen in Germany. She has performed as a substitute tuba player in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and has been featured on the National Public Radio show From the Top.
Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the leading orchestras in the world through a century of acclaimed performances, historic international tours, best-selling recordings, and its unprecedented record of innovation in recording technologies and outreach. With only six music directors piloting The Philadelphia Orchestra through its first century, the ensemble has maintained an unparalleled cohesiveness and unity in artistic leadership.
This rich tradition is carried on by Christoph Eschenbach, who became the Orchestra’s seventh music director in September 2003. His acclaimed first season in Philadelphia saw the launch of the Orchestra’s first-ever multi-year cycle of Mahler’s complete symphonies and ended with a tour of the music capitals of Europe. The 2004-05 season celebrated the works of the great masters, and included a four-week festival entitled Late Great Works featuring late works by Mozart, Strauss, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Berio. The season closed with a three-week tour of Asia.
In May 2005, Mr. Eschenbach and the Orchestra announced a three-year recording partnership with Ondine Records, the Orchestra’s first recording contract in 10 years. Taken from live concerts, the first recording under the agreement was released in fall 2005. Other recent highlights include the launch of the public phase of a five-year, $125 million endowment campaign, entitled A Sound, A City, A Civilization, in 2003. The Orchestra’s 2002-03 season celebrated Wolfgang Sawallisch’s 10 highly acclaimed years at the Orchestra’s helm and paid tribute to his artistic achievements with the release of a Grammy-nominated three-disc set of Schumann recordings, the first recordings made in Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. In 2000 the Orchestra celebrated its 100th Anniversary, and in the following year, moved to its new home in the Kimmel Center.
The Philadelphia Orchestra annually touches the lives of more than one million music lovers worldwide through its performances (more than 300 concerts and other presentations each year), publications, recordings, and broadcasts. A major winter subscription season is presented in Philadelphia each year from September to May, in addition to education and community partnership programs. The Orchestra presents a series of concerts each year at New York’s Carnegie Hall, performing encores of some of its acclaimed concerts from Philadelphia. Its summer schedule includes a month-long outdoor season in Philadelphia at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, free concerts in local neighborhoods, and a three-week residency each August at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York.
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Constance Weldon
A short biography: http://www.windsongpress.com/brass players/tuba/weldon.htm
I have not read through all of the above links, so she may have been previously noted. Definitely the "Grand Dame" of female low brass musicians.