Timothy Olt, tuba
February 2, 2007
Timothy Olt is currently the visiting assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at Bowling Green State University, and also teaches euphonium, tuba, and trombone at Adrian College and serves on the faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Wright State University, a master’s degree in tuba performance from Miami University and has pursued doctoral studies at Florida State University. His principal teachers include Paul Ebbers, Sam Green, Jason Smith and Michael Thornton. In the past he served as assistant band director and interim choir director at Versailles Exempted School. As a performer, he can be seen with the professional tuba quartet All the King’s Tubas, Glass City Brass Quintet, Queen City Brass Quintet, and as principal tubist of the Lima Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Cincinnati Opera Orchestra and as an extra/substitute for the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, as well as orchestras throughout Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. Mr. Olt is very active as a composer and arranger for groups such as the Encore Brass, All the King’s Tubas, Miami University Brass Choir, Florida State Tuba Ensemble, and the Lima Symphony Orchestra among others. His arrangements are available through Cimarron Music Press and Tuba-Euphonium Press.
Davis McKinney was born near Cleveland and began taking piano lessons from his trumpet teacher when he was 12. A graduate of Bay High School in 2000, he began undergraduate school at Miami University under the guidance of James Olcott as a trumpet performance major. He continued playing piano after studying for a year with Robert Thomas, and now holds degrees in both music performance and music education. He is currently involved with Charles Saenz’s studio at Bowling Green State University and plans to finish his master’s degree in trumpet performance in 2008.
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