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DMA - University of North Texas
MM - New England Conservatory of Music
BM - Ohio University
teaching specialties
Euphonium, Trombone
Denis W. Winter has been a member of the UCA music
faculty since 1979 and immediately began an association with the ASO
trombone section. In addition to playing in the ASO, Winter is
trombonist with the Pinnacle Brass (Faculty Brass Quintet in
Residence at UCA). In the fall of 2002, Pinnacle Brass presented 6
concerts and 2 masterclasses in Paris, and performed the
American and European premieres of a new composition by Jean-Michel
Damase, which was dedicated to them. They also have plans for a
tour of Bolivia in the near future. In addition to trombone, he has a
national reputation as a euphonium soloist, and his duties with the
ASO include covering those parts as required, most recently in the
Strauss, Ein Heldenleben; Moussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition;
and Holst, The Planets.
Dr. Winter holds the B.M. from Ohio University, the M.M. from the
New England Conservatory of Music, and he earned the first D.M.A.
awarded from the University of North Texas for euphonium
performance. He has been a member of Symphonia (a professional
ensemble of euphonium and tuba players from across America) since
1995, and they have released 3 CDs, performed internationally in Italy
and Canada, and have been featured at numerous festivals and conferences
throughout the U.S., including the Brevard Music Center and the
Interlochen Center for the Arts. Dr. Winter has frequently been on
the faculty of the Arkansas Governor’s School since it began in
1980, and also is on the faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in
Michigan. He is a Professor of Music (trombone and euphonium) at
UCA, and was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Band from 1975-79.
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