Gail Robertson, Euphonium

Originally from Pompano Beach, Florida, Gail Robertson began her music studies at the University of Central Florida. She was then awarded a full-scholarship as graduate assistant to Harvey G. Phillips at Indiana University and completed her Masters Degree in Euphonium performance and earned a Performer’s Certificate. Ms. Robertson then began the DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in euphonium performance at the University of Maryland with Dr. Brian L. Bowman. Two months later, she was relocated back to Orlando to become one of the founding members of Walt Disney World’s “Tubafours,” a professional tuba and euphonium quartet. She later became the leader and chief arranger for the group and produced a CD called “Tubas Under the Boardwalk.”

Robertson is currently Instructor of Euphonium and Tuba at the University of Central Florida and Valencia Community College. She has taught on the faculties of The University of Florida, Bethune-Cookman College, and Seminole Community College. As an artist-performer at these colleges, Gail has hosted many guest artists including; Brian Bowman, Steven Mead, Marty Erickson, John Mueller, Dave Zerkel, Robert and David Childs, John Griffiths, Neal Corwell, Jay Hunsberger, Earle Louder, Laura Lineberger, Kevin Stees, Dan Sipes, and many others. Additionally, she has served as an adjudicator for national and international music competitions including the Leonard Falcone Tuba and Euphonium Competition, International Tuba and Euphonium Conference Solo Artist Competition, and the Florida Bandmasters Association (District and State). Robertson was the President of the International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC) in 2009 and on the IWBC’s board of directors. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA) and as the “Euphonium and Membership Coordinator,” and as the President and Vice President of the Brass Band of Central Florida. In 2006, Gail was one of the Conference hosts at the International Women’s Brass Conference held at Illinois State University.

An in demand free-lance artist, Gail tours the U.S. and Japan with Keith Brion’s “New Sousa Band” as soloist and Stage Manager, is a member of the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Florida Wind Band, SYMPHONIA, Euphoniums Unlimited, the Athena Brass Band, the Brass Band of Central Florida, and has toured with the Jack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band and the River City Brass Band. She has also been featured soloist, along with Laura Lineberger, with the Brass Band of Columbus. Robertson has appeared frequently as a soloist and clinician for the U.S. Army Band Tuba and Euphonium Conference, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC), and the International Women’s Brass Conference.

This past December, Gail was a clinician for the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago where she also received Tau Beta Sigma’s highest honor, the “Outstanding Service to Music Award.” Other soloist and clinician appearances include the 2007 SERTEC hosted by Jay Hunsberger, the Georgia Honors Low Brass Conference, the Red Cedar Festival of Community Bands, the Howard Hovey Tuba Day, the International Euphonium Institute, the Great American Brass Band Festival, and the “Harvey Phillips Big Brass Bash” in Seattle, Washington. Gail is also a member of “Euphoniums Unlimited” and “Symphonia,” two of America’s premier Tuba/Euphonium Ensembles.

In 2005, Tennessee Tech University invited Gail to be a featured artist and she wrote custom arrangements for the famous Tennessee Tech Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble. Last summer, Gail performed with “Euphoniums Unlimited” in Denver, Colorado at the ITEC and with the Monarch Brass at the International Trumpet Guild Conference. In the Jazz Genre, Gail has performed with Lionel Hampton, Andréa Rowlison, Wycliffe Gordon, Della Reese, Marty Erickson, and DIVA. She has also performed with the Florida West Coast Symphony, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and other Florida orchestras. In January 2007, Gail played tuba for “Annie” and euphonium with the Key West Symphony Orchestra. She can also be heard on recordings with the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Brass Band of Central Florida, the University of Florida Wind Symphony and the Walt Disney World Company.

As a composer, Gail was commissioned to compose Psychedelic Dances for the Tuba-Euphonium Quartet of the USAF Reserve and was commissioned to compose A Euphers Dream for the 2006 International Women’s Brass Conference. Several of Gail’s tuba and euphonium ensemble arrangements and compositions are published by Euphonium.com and the Tuba and Euphonium Press. She has also arranged for The University of Florida Gator Marching Band and Valdosta State University Blazin’ Brigade and other Florida high schools. She is also the founder and coordinator of the Orlando TUBAMANIA and the co-coordinator of the Orlando TUBACHRISTMAS.

As a Willson Euphonium Artist, Gail’s choice of euphonium is the Willson 2950 with a Warburton/Gail Robertson mouthpiece.