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YutakaKono,DMAMobile(512)923-8937

ykono@uvm.eduPROFILECurrentPositions:AssistantProfessorofMusic,DirectorofOrchestra TheUniversityofVermont Fall2011toPresent

• Conduct1-2concertspersemester• Theorchestramembersarecomprisedofmusiceducationmajors,musicminors,

andnon-majors• Rehearsetheorchestraonceaweekandteachconducting,musictechnology,and

symphonicliterature(non-major).ArtisticDirector/ConductorofBurlingtonChamberOrchestra Fall2015topresent

• Conductatleastoneconcertayear• Develpseasonprogramming• Selectandcoordinateguestartists

ConductorofVermontYouthPhilharmonia VermontYouthOrchestraAssociation Fall2013toPresent

• Conduct4concertsayear• Rehearsetheorchestraonceaweek

PastPositions:InterimConductorofVermontYouthPhilharmonia VermontYouthOrchestraAssociation Fall2012to2013

• Conduct4concertsayear• Rehearsetheorchestraonceaweek

AssistantConductor KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra,TX Fall2006to2011

• ConductedKSO08-09,09-10and10-11seasonopeningsubscriptionconcerts• Responsibleformulti-weekrehearsalsessionspriortothearrivaloftheguest

conductors• TheorchestrahadnoMusicDirector,exceptfor2008-2009season.• Responsibleforseasonprograminginconsultationwiththeguestconductors• Conductedaportionofconcertwithminutesnoticeontwooccasions• KSOisajointventurebetweentheuniversityandtheKSOBoard.

AssistantProfessorofTubaandEuphonium,ConductorofOrchestra TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville Fall2005to2011

• Maintainedanappliedlessonstudioofover20tuba/euphoniummajors• RehearsedtheorchestrawhichisapartofKSO

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LecturerinTubaandEuphonium(Part-time) August2002toMay2005TheUniversityofTexasatSanAntonio

• Teachprivatetubaandeuphoniumlessonstomusicmajors• DirectTuba-EuphoniumEnsemble• PerforminFacultyBrassQuintet• Organizer,All-StateBrassWorkshop2003• Organizer,All-StateBandAuditionWorkshop2004• FacultyAdviser,AsianEthnologyAssociation

AdjunctFacultyofTubaandEuphonium March2001toMay2005UniversityofMaryHardin-Baylor

• Teachprivatetubaandeuphoniumlessonstomusicmajors• InstructorofBrassMethodClass

TeachingAssistantinTubaandEuphonium 1996-1999TheUniversityofTexasatAustin

• Taughtprivatetubaandeuphoniumlessonstonon-musicmajorsandmusicmajorsassecondaryinstruments.

• DirectedTuba-EuphoniumEnsemble.CoursesTaught:TheUniversityofVermont MU123:Orchestra MU060:IntroductiontoMusicTechnology MU181:BeginningConducting MU281:AdvancedConducting MU001:IntroductiontoClassicalMusic MU095:FromBachtoMetallica:EvolutionofOrchestralMusic(TAPCourse)TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville

OrchestraAppliedTubaandEuphoniumLessons(Upto28studentspersemester)IntroductiontoBasicMusicianshipIntroductiontoMusicHistoryIntroductiontoBasicAuralTrainingBasicAuralTrainingGraduateMusicologySeminar:SymphonicLiteratureHistoryofRockandRollLowBrassMethodAdvancedBrassInstrumentChamberMusic/AdvancedChamberMusic

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TheUniversityofTexasatAustinComputerinMusicClassforLonghornMusicCamp.

TaughtseveralsessionsofcomputerclassesinMusicSoftwareandAdobePhotoshop

InstructorforComputerizedMusicalNotationUsingSibeliusClassTaughtSibeliusmusicnotationprogramtofacultiesandstudentsforMusicMicrocomputerLabatTheUniversityofTexasatAustin,SchoolofMusic.

MU123:Orchestra,ProgramApril9,2016,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra,

• Sibelius,Finlandia• Saint-Saens,ViolinConcertoNo.3mvtI• Weber,ClarinetConcertoNo.1,mvtI• Berlioz,HungarianMarch• Mussorgsky/Tushmalov,PicturesatanExhibition

November14,2015,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• FannyMendelssohn-Hensel:OvertureinCMajor• Rimsky-Korsakov,DanceoftheTumblers• Borodin,IntheSteppesofCentralAsia• Dvorak,SymphonyNo.8,IandIV• Forbes,RollingBoil

October2,2015,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra,HomecomingConcert

• Dvorak,SymphonyNo.8,mvtIApril11,2015,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Beethoven,SymphonyNo.5inCMinor,mvtI• Mozart,HornConcertoNo.2IIandIII• Beethoven,PianoConcertoNo.3,III• Copland,VariationsonaShakerMelody• Holst,Planets,MarsandJupiter

November8,2014,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Beethoven:EgmontOverture• Prokofiev:MarchfromLovefortheThreeOranges• RobDeemer:Rubicon• Grieg:SymphonicDances,IIIandIV• Gould:AmericanSalute

October,2014,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra,HomecomingConcert

• Grieg:SymphonicDances,movementI• Gould:AmericanSalute

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April,2014,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Beethoven:OverturetoFidelio,op.72c• Fauré:ElegyforCelloandOrchestra,op.24• Bizet:“Lafleurquetum’avaisjetée”fromCarmen• Rachmaninoff:PianoConcertoNo.2inCminor,mvtI• Copland:AnOutdoorOverture• Hoshina:Fu-MonforOrchestra(originalversion,USpremiere)

November12,2013,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Rossini:OverturetoLaCenerentola• PatriciaJulien:AmongtheHidden(WorldPremiere)• Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov:ANightonBaldMountain• Wagner:Huldigungsmarsch

April27,2013,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• ThomasRead:SymphonicEpisodes• SelectionsfeaturingSriniKrishnanandGlobalRhythms

o ClasiqueandoconRuben(soloist,AaronBishara(timbale))o MaaTujheSalaam(solovocal,ArjunChandrasekaran,SriniKrishnan)(no

choir)o BombayTheme(soloist,PatriciaJulien(flute))o AzeemoShah(soloists,ArjunChandrasekaran(vocal),JeffQueen(snare

drum))o LordoftheRings(soloist,SheilaHoulahan(vocal))

• Tchaikovsky:RomeoandJulietFantasyOvertureApril2,2013TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Schubert:SymphonyNo.8“Unfinished”,mvtI• Shostakovich:PianoConcertoNo.2,mvtII• Mozart:ClarinetConcerto,mvtI• Reinecke:FluteConcerto,mvtI• Berlioz:MarchtotheScaffold

November13,2012,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Dukas:FanfaretoLaPeri• Mozart:OverturetoTheMarriageofFigaro• Saint-Saens:DanseBacchanale• Ravel:PavaneforaDeadPrincess• Gershwin:RhapsodyinBlue

April17,2012,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Mendelssohn:TheHebrides:OvertureinBminor• Mozart:“Soavesiailvento”fromCosifantutte

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• Lalo:ScherzandofromSymphonieEspagnole• Bizet:IntermezzoandDanseBohemefromCarmenSuite• Julien:‘RoundMidnight• Tchaikovsky:MarcheSlave,op.31

November15,2011,TheUniversityofVermontSymphonyOrchestra

• Prokofiev:Lt.KijeSuite• DvorakSymphonyNo.9

Education:DoctorofMusicalArtsinTubaPerformanceTheUniversityofTexasatAustin GPA3.96 May2002MasterofMusicinTubaPerformanceUniversityofMinnesota GPA3.92 June1996BachelorofMusicinTubaPerformanceBowlingGreenStateUniversity GPA3.86 May1994EasternNewMexicoUniversity 1989-1991ConductingStudy:JerryJunkin,DallasWindSymphony,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin Fall1998MarkS.Kelly,BowlingGreenStateUniversity Fall1992EugeneDowdy,TheUniversityofTexasatSanAntonio Fall2009(briefstudy)Workshop:EastmanSchoolofMusicSummerConductorsInstitutewithRochesterPhilharmonic

Orchestra NeilVaron,ProfessorofConductingEastmanSchoolofMusic July2014Austin/RoundRockInternationalConductorsWorkshop May2010 PeterBay,MusicDirectorofAustinSymphonyOrchestra SilasHuff,MusicDirectorofRoundRockSymphonyOrchestraandAstoria

SymphonyOrchestraInstrumentStudy:TubaStevenBryant,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin 1996-2002RossTolbert,PrincipalTuba,MinnesotaOrchestra 1994-1996IvanHammond,BowlingGreenStateUniversity Fall1991toFall1993DavidSaygers,BowlingGreenStateUniversity Spring1994PaulHunt,BowlingGreenStateUniversity Summer1995RobertLindahl,EasternNewMexicoUniversity 1989-1991HarveyPhillips,KeystoneBrassInstitute June1990(briefstudy)DanielPerantoni,KeystoneBrassInstitute June1990,1991(briefstudy)DonaldLittle,UniversityofNorthTexasJanuary1998(briefstudy)EiichiInagawa,TokyoUniversityoftheArts Summer1992,1993(briefstudy)

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PianoJeromeRose,BowlingGreenStateUniversity Fall1991JohnOlsen,EasternNewMexicoUniversity 1990-1991CherylPachak-Brooks,EasternNewMexicoUniversity Spring1990ThomasUchtmann,EasternNewMexicoUniversity Fall1989DoubleBassDavidWilloughby,EasternNewMexicoUniversity Fall1989CelloErinTovar June2008,December2007(briefstudy)CompositionStudy:DonaldGrantham,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin Spring1999AlexLubet,UniversityofMinnesota 1995-1996StephanPaulus,UniversityofMinnesota Spring1996OtherWorkExperience:Proctor:MusicMicrocomputerLab 1998-2002

Dutyincludes:installationandremovalofsoftware/hardware,tutoringusersofsoftware/hardwareusage,andnetworkadministration

CirculationDeskAssistant:FineArtsLibrary 1997-1998SecondaryPublicSchoolandSummerCampTeachingExperience:PrivateInstructorofTuba,EuphoniumandTrombone 1993toPresent

Teachlocalhighschooltuba/euphoniumstudents.ManyofthestudentshavebeenplacedintheTexasAll-StateBandsandRegionalBands.StudentRecitalsandmasterclassesscheduledthroughouttheyearTaughtupto75studentsperweek

Clinician,SummerBandCampatUT-SanAntonio 2003,2004TeachprivatelessonsCoachbrassensemblesConductmasterclasses

PrivateTubaInstructorforLonghornMusicCampSummer1997,1998,2000,2001,2002CedarParkHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 2002-2005PflugervilleHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 1998-2005RoundRockHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 2001-2005StonyPointHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 2001-2005VistaRidgeHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 2004-2005McCallumHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 2000-2002AustinHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 2001-2002LakeTravisHighSchool/JuniorHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuph 1997-1998WestwoodHighSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 1996GrishamMiddleSchool:InstructorofTubaandEuphonium 1996DelValleMiddleSchool:InstructorofBrass 1996

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MasterClassesTaught:LanierHighSchool Spring2009CedarParkHighSchool Fall2002,Summer2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009RioGrandeHighSchool Spring2007McCallumHighSchool Summer2006McAllenHighSchool Spring2003,Fall2005,2006H.M.KingHighSchool Fall2005LaHoyaHighSchool Fall2005RomaHighSchool Fall2005,2006,2007JohnstonHighSchool Fall2004RoundRockHighSchool Summer2000,2001,2002,2003,2004VistaRidgeHighSchool Summer2004ClarkHighSchool Fall2004DeerparkMiddleSchool Fall2003MemorialHighSchool Spring2003ElginHighSchool Summer2002AustinHighSchool Summer1997,2001,2002StonyPointHighSchool Summer2001,2002,2003LonghornMusicCamp Summer2000,2001UT-SanAntonioSummerMusicCamp Summer2003,2004McNeilHighSchool Summer2001PrivateTuba/EuphoniumStudioMasterClasses 1998topresent

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CREATIVEACTIVITIESNotableOrchestraandChamberConcertsConducted:May8and15,ChamplainPhilharmonicOrchestra

• Rossini,LaCenerentolaOverture• Saint-Saens,DanseBacchanale• Ravel,PavaneforaDeadPrincess• Bixby,SurvivingSoul• Bizet,CarmenSuiteNo.1and2

April10,2016,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Rimsky-Korsakov/Dackow,RussianEasterOverture• Handel/Khan,SelectionsfromWaterMusic• Arr.Brubaker,TheCompleteHarryPotter• Daniels,Contending

March11-20,2016(8Performances),Brundibar:AMusicalTaleFebruary20,2016,BurlingtonChamberOrchestra

• Piazzolla,LibertangoforDoubleWoodwindQuintet• Feurzeig,SongsWithoutWords(WorldPremiere)

December13,2015,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Dvorak/Isaac,SlavonicDanceNo.8• Smetana/Meyer,TheMoldau• Arr.VictorLopez,JamesBondSuite• Newbold,APirate’sLegend

October10,2015,BurlingtonChamberOrchestra

• Warlock,CapriolSuite• Jenkins,Passacaglia• Bach,ConcertoforViolinandOboe• Tchaikovsky,SerenadeforStrings

May16,2015,BurlingtonChamberOrchestra

• Mozart,ImpresarioOverture• Glazunov,ConcertoforSaxophoneandStringOrchestra• Fauré,Pavane• Green,RealmofReflection• Beethoven,SymphonyNo.1

April17,2015,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Barry,Snapshot• Williams/Smith,StarWarsEpic—PartI

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• Bizet,SelectionsfromCarmenSuiteNo.1December14,2014,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Delibes:MarchandProcessionofBacchusfrom“Sylvia”• Prokofiev:Troikafrom“LieutenantKije”• Tchaikovsky:WaltzoftheFlowersfrom“TheNutcracker”• Shostakovich:FinalefromSymphonyNo.5

November15,2014,TexasMusicEducatorsAssociationRegionXVHighSchoolHonorOrchestra

• Berlioz:HungarianMarch• Lara:Granada• Gliére:RussianSailorsDance

September282014,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Washburn:St.LawrenceOverture• Tchaikovsky:CapriccioItalien• VaughanWilliams:EnglishFolksongSuite

May17,2014,BurlingtonChamberOrchestra

• Schubert:OvertureintheItalianStyle,D.591• Beethoven:RomanceforViolinandOrchestrainFMajor,op.50• Delius:OnHearingtheFirstCuckooinSpring• Woodmansee:Feathers(StudentComposer)• Mozart:SymphonyNo.39

May,2014,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Frescobaldi/Kindler:Toccata• Nielsen:“AfricanDance”fromAladdin

April,2014,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Frescobaldi/Kindler:Toccata• Kreisler/Kono:PraeludiumandAllegrointheStyleofPugnani• Nielsen:Aladdin:IandIV• Smith:TheGreatLocomotiveChase

December15,2013,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Bach/Ormandy:ChoralPrelude“Wachetauf,ruftunsdieStimme”• Brahms:LiebesliederWalzer,mvtVIIandVIII• Stravinsky/Isaac:FirebirdSuite

August26,2013,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Reed:AFestivalPreludeforOrchestra• Mendelssohn:WarMarchofthePriestsfromAthalie

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• Schubert:RosamundeOverture,D.644April14,2013,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• vonSuppé:OverturetoLightCavalry• vonWeber:ConcertinoforClarinet• Saint-Saëns:SymphonyNo.1inE-flatMajor,mvtIandIV

December9,2012,VermontYouthPhilharmonia

• Tchaikovsky:SelectionsfromTheNutcrackerSuite• Grieg:PeerGyntSuite

November19,2012,GreenMountainMahlerFestivalOrchestraReadingSession

• Prokofiev:SymphonyNo.5August4,2012,VermontYouthPhilaharmonia

• Copland:VariationsonaShakerMelody• Bizet:L’ArlesienneSuite• August27,2012,VermontYouthPhilarmonia• Copland:VariationsonaShakerMelody• Bizet:L’ArlesienneSuite• Wagner:DieMeistersingerOverture

November16,2011,TheUniversityofVermontFluteEnsemble

• SteveReich:VermontCounterpoint(withthepresenceofthecomposer)November13,2010,Region14HighSchoolHonorOrchestra

• Bizet:Suite#1fromCarmen• Grieg:Ase’sDeath• Shostakovich/Bulla:FinalefromSymphonyNo.5

October3,2010,KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra

• Beethoven:EgmontOverture• Barber:Knoxville,Summerof1915• Tchaikovsky:SymphonyNo.5

September14,2010,TAMUKFacultyChamberEnsemble

• WilliamWalton:FaçadeJuly4,2010,KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra

• Bach:RejouissancefromOrchestraSuite,No.4October4,2009,KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra

• Wagner:DieMeistersingerOverture• Bach:Sleepers,Awake

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• Elgar:NimrodfromEnigmaVariation• Grieg:PeerGyntSuiteNo.1• Dvorak:SymphonyNo.9“FromtheNewWorld”

July4,2009,KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra

• Mozart:MarriageofFigaroOverture• Bizet:CarmenSuite#1

October5,2008,KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra

• Brahms:AcademicFestivalOverture• Mozart:SymphonyNo.40ingminor• Tchaikovsky:SwanLakeSuite

April22,232008,TAMUKFluteEnsemble

• MarcusMaroney:FlightsforTenFlutists(WorldPremiere)March4,2008,KingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra

• Schubert:SymphonyNo.8“Unfinished”• Gabrieli:Sonatapian’eforte• Tchaikovsky:SerenadeinCMajor

OtherConductingExperience:VTDistrictIIIHighSchoolWindEnsemble November2013VTDistrictIIIMiddleSchoolOrchestra February2013ChamplainValleyUnionHighSchoolOrchestra(GuestConductor) December2011TAMUKBrassEnsemble December2009TAMUKWoodwindEnsemble December2009MassEnsembleofRegionalTubaEuphoniumConference(RTEC) March2009CombinedEnsembleTAMUK/TAMUCC:RTEC March2009RayHighSchoolOrchestra(GuestConductor) December2008,2009TAMUKFluteEnsemble February2008CorpusChristiTubaChristmas December2005,2006,2007,2008,2009AustinTubaChristmas December2004McAllenTubaChristmas December2003TAMUKWindSymphony,ConcertBand,UniversityBand(CoverConductor) OnSeveralOccasionsNotableTubaEuphoniumEnsembleRepertoireConductedinConcerts:

• GustavHolst:Mars,theBringerofWar• PiotrIlyichTchaikovsky:FinalefromSymphonyNo.4• Rimsky-Korsakov:ProcessionoftheNobles• CharlesFrancoisGounod:FuneralMarchofaMarionette• SamuelBarber:Adagio• IgorStravinsky:FinalefromTheFirebird• MichaelForbes:Textures:Symphonyfor16-partTubaEuphoniumEnsemble

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• BartonCummings:FromDarkness…Emerging• CamilleSaint-Saëns:BacchanalefromSamsonandDelilah• Mozart:EinekleineNachtmusik• JohannSebastianBach:Fugueingminor• ErnestoLecuona:Malguena• EnriqueCrespo:BrucknerEtüdefürdastiefeBlech• Dvorak:SerenadeforStringOrchestra

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OrchestralRepertoireRehearsed:• Shostakovich:FestiveOverture• Holst:Jupiter,theBringerofJollity• Beethoven:SymphonyNo.6,op.68• Copland:Hoe-Down• Mascagni:Intermezzo• Respighi:PinesofRome• Franck:Symphonyindminor• Wagner:SelectionfromLohengrin• Humperdinck:HänselundGretel:Dream-Pantomime• Mozart:OverturetoDieZauberflote• LeopoldMozart:CassationinGforOrchestraandToys• Mozart:SinfoniaConcertanteinE-flatMajor• Sanders:Alarm,TheCalltoDuty• Mozart:ConcertoinCMajorforFluteandHarp• Mozart:OverturetoDonGiovanni• Mozart:ConcertoNo.5forViolinandOrchestra• Tower:FanfarefortheUncommonWomen,No.1• Strauss:OntheBeautifulBlueDanube• Copland:ALincolnPortrait• Beethoven:CoriolanOverture• Stravinsky:FirebirdSuite• Tchaikovsky:CapriccioItalian• Wagner:FlyingDutchmanOverture• Elgar:CelloConcerto• Schumann:SymphonyNo.4inDminor• RichardStrauss:AlsoSprachZarathustraFanfare• Bach/Elgar:FantasiaandFugueinCminor• Verdi:OverturetoLaforzadeldestino• Ewazen:ConcertoforTubaandWindEnsemble• Bach:BrandenburgConcertoNo.3• VaughanWilliams:FantasiaonaThemebyThomasTallis• Chávez:SymphonyNo.2“SinfoniaIndia”• Liszt:LesPreludes• Brahms,PianoConcertoNo.1• Rimsky-Korsakov,CapriccioEspagnol• Sanders,PrairieDreams:SilverDances• Numerouspiecesforpopsconcerts• Numerouspiecesforseveralreadingsessions• Numberofpiecesnotlistedhereincludingmoreadvancedliteraturewasstudied.

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LargeEnsemblePerformanceExperience:Solo:VermontWindEnsemble April2013

TubaConcerto,byBruceBroughtonMusashinoChamberEnsemble June,2011 ConcertodelGarda,byElizabethRaumKingsvilleSymphonyOrchestra April2010 ConcertoforTuba,byEricEwazenJoseLopezSymphonyOrchestra May2000

ConcertoforTubaandOrchestra,byJoseLopez WorldPremièreCollegiumConsort April2000

VariationinOldenStyle,byThomasStevensUniversityofMinnesotaOrchestra May1996 *Winnerof1996ConcertoCompetition ConcertoforBassTubaandOrchestra,byRalphVaughan-WilliamsUniversityofMinnesotaCampusOrchestra May1996 RhapsodyforTubaandOrchestra,byRichardCioffariJewishCommunityCenterOrchestra May1994 ConcertinoforTubaandStringOrchestra,byArthurFrackenpohlProfessionalOrchestralExperience:VermontSymphonyOrchestra(Suband2ndTuba) October2011,April2012,June2014VictoriaSymphony(AppointedPrincipalTubaonMarch,2011) March2008,AprilandOctober2009,September2010,March2011CorpusChristiSymphonyOrchestra(ExtraTuba) February2007SanAntonioSymphonyOrchestra(SubstituteTuba) April2003AustinLyricOpera(SubstituteTuba) February2003AustinSymphonyOrchestra(SubstituteTuba) 2001GoldenHornetProjectOrchestra(PrincipalTuba) 2000,2001,2004LimaSymphonyOrchestra(SubstituteTuba) 1992-1994PerrysburgSymphonyOrchestra(SubstituteTuba) 1993-1994BowlingGreenSymphonyOrchestra(PrincipalTuba) 1992-1994UniversityofToledoOrchestra(PrincipalTuba) 1993-1994JewishCommunityCenterOrchestra(PrincipalTuba) 1993-1994OtherOrchestralExperience:TheUniversityofTexasSymphonyOrchestra(RotatingPrincipal) 1996-2000TheUniversityofTexasUniversityOrchestra (PrincipalTubaandBassTrombone) 1998-1999UniversityofMinnesotaOrchestra(PrincipalTuba) 1994-1996BowlingGreenPhilharmonia(PrincipalTuba) 1992-1994EasternNewMexicoUniversitySymphonyOrchestra (PrincipalTubaandSectionBass) 1989-1991

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SoloRecitalsandPerformances:FacultyRecital,VermontYouthOrchestraAssociation August2012SoloWorkshop June2012FacultyScholarshipRecital February2012Recital,TokyoJapan June2011FacultyRecital,TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville March2010FacultyChamberRecitalTexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville April2010GuestArtist,RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,TAMU-CC March2009GuestArtist,RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,UT-Austin March2007GuestArtist,RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,TexasTechUniversity January2005FacultyRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatSanAntonio February2004SoloRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin November2001LectureRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin April2001SoloRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin January2001DoctoralRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin November1999DoctoralRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin April1998SoloRecital,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin April1997MasterofMusicRecital,UniversityofMinnesota May1996SeniorRecital,BowlingGreenStateUniversity April1993JuniorRecital,BowlingGreenStateUniversity April1992

SoloWorksWrittenforandPremièredbyYutakaKono:

FoghornBlues byGrahamReynolds March2007

WhenDarkCloudsSmilesontheSea byP.KellachWaddle March2007

Round3AM byRyanBeavers September2002

DoinaandFreylech byDavidGordon November2001

MusicinSpheresforTubaandPiano byLeonardMarkLewis January2001

ThreeEtudesforSoloTuba byDavidGordon November2000

ConcertoforTubaandOrchestra, byJoseLopez May2000

DancesforTuba byArthurLauritsen April2000

SuiteforUnaccompaniedTuba byNeilFlory November1999

OdetoConoco byArthurLauritsen April1997

ThreeHaiku,Op.26 byChristopherGable April1997

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ProfessionalBrassQuintetPerformanceExperience:

TexasA&MUniversity-KingsvilleFacultyBrassQuintet 2005-2011

TheUniversityofTexasatSanAntonioFacultyBrassQuintet 2003-2005

AustinSymphonyBrassQuintet 2003-2005

AustinBrassEnsemble 2002-2005

AustinCityBrass 2001-2005

PinnacleBrass(substitutetuba) 2002-2005

UniversityofMaryHardin-BaylorFacultyBrassQuintet 2001-2003

WestoakWoodsBaptistChurchBrassQuintet 1999-2001

CapitalCityBrassQuintet(presentedthreerecitalseachyear) 1994-1996

CityofLakesBrass 1995-1996

VariousNotablePerformances:

Metalwerx,TubaEuphoniumQuartet 2015topresent Performnumerousperformancesayear

UVMFacultyTriowithDavidNeiweem,piano,andAlanParshley,horn February2014 PerformedDanceoftheOceanBreezebyRogerKellaway

VYOAFacultyBrassSextet July2013 PerformedMusicforBrassInstrumentsbyIngolfDahl

UVMFacultyJazzEnsemble June,September2012,May2013 PerformedcompleteworksofMilesDavis’BirthoftheCool

BurlingtonChoralSociety April2012 PerformedCarminaBuranabyOrffAustinCityBrassEnsemble August2006toPresent AprofessionalbrassensemblebasedinAustin,TX

GoldenArmTrio/BrownWhornets November2004 Austinbasedalternativerockbands

TinaMarshandtheCreativeOpportunityOrchestra November2004,July2005 Austinbasedprofessionaljazzorchestra

JeremyBrownJazzEnsemble November2004 PerformedcompleteworksofMilesDavis’BirthofCool

AustinKlezmerQuartet 2001-2003

TheComposers’Orchestra November2000

TheUniversityofTexasJazzOrchestra October2000

NewTexasMusicFestival June2000

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PerformedCarminaBuranabyOrffwiththemembersofAustinSymphonyOrchestra

ArielDanceTheater 1999,2000 PerformedtheworldpremièreperformanceofWalterThompson’sRedLight,GreenLight.

TurtleCreekChoral Fall1999 PerformedontheirAustinperformance.

TheUniversityofTexasTubaEnsemble Fall1999PerformedFirstTubaonGuntherSchuller’sFiveMoods,andEricEwazen’sDevilSeptet.

TubaTzars 1997 Chamberensemblefeaturingeuphoniumsandtubastoperformcontemporarycomposers worksandJazz.

FiveHundredFingers 1997Improvisationalensembletoaccompanysilentfilms.

TheUniversityofTexasNewMusicEnsemble Fall1997PerformedMichaelDaugherty’sLetombeaudeLiberace.

UniversityofMinnesotaNewMusicEnsemble Spring1996PerformedHenrykMikolajGórecki’sAriaforTuba,Piano,Tam-tamandBassDrum,andCharlesWuorinen’sTrioforBassInstruments.

FreelanceTubist 1989topresentInvitations:SoloRecital SoloRecital,TokyoJapan June2011 RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,Waco,TX 2011 RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,CorpusChristi,TX 2009 RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,Austin,TX 2006 RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,Lubbock,TX 2005TAMUKTubaEuphoniumEnsemble RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,Waco,TX 2011 InternationalTubaEuphoniumConference,Tucson,AZ(unabletoattend) 2010 RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,CorpusChristi,TX 2009 RegionalTubaEuphoniumConference,Austin,TX 2006 InternationalTubaEuphoniumConference,Denver,CO 2005Scholarships/StudentAwards:TheUniversityofTexasatAustin GeorgiaB.LucasFoundationFundScholarship 1999-2000 SummerTuitionFellowship 1998,2001 TeachingAssistantship 1996-1999 JackG.TaylarMemorialEndowedPresidentialScholarshipintheFineArts 1996-1999UniversityofMinnesota

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Winner,ConcertoCompetition 1996 SymphonyAward 1996 GraduateFellowship 1994-1996BowlingGreenStateUniversity Finalist,ConcertoCompetition 1992 MusicTalentAward 1992-1994EasternNewMexicoUniversity MusicScholarship 1989-1991RecentComposition,ArrangementandPublication:VirtualIsolationforHorn,Trombone,EuphoniumandTuba January2016AuldLangSyneforTubaEuphoniuQuartet November2015FolkDancesforNecessaryTributaries(withPuddles)forElectronics September2015MalacarneforTuba,ElectronicsandDancer January2015Oni(EvilOgres)forLowBrassTrio August2014 CommissionedbyBoulderSymphonyLowBrassEnsemble(tobesubmittedfor

publication) 14pagesPraeludiumandAllegrointheStyleofPugnanibyFritzKreisler March2014 Re-orchestratedforViolinandOrchestra(tobesubmittedforpublication) 49pagesLiebesliederWalzerbyJohannesBrahms December2013 Re-orchestratedforfull-orchestraandchoir 50pagesConcertino,Es-DurforTubaandPiano(originallyforClarinetandOrchestra) byCarlMariavonWeber. Peer-reviewedandpublishedbyCimarronMusicPress. October2013 25pagesMommaattheGateforelectronics November2013 ReceivedBronzeMedalforTheGlobalMusicAward (Availablefreedownloadatyutakakono.com) 37minutesofelectronicmusiccompositionAuldLangSyneforSymphonyOrchestra November2013 CommissionedbyME/2Orchestra(tobesubmittedforpublication) 37pagesAuldLangSyneforStringOrchestra November2012

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CommissionedbyBurlingtonChamberOrchestra(tobesubmittedforpublication) 17pagesImpromptuonItsukiLullabyforSoloTuba,Pre-recordedElectronicsandSlideshow (tobesubmittedforpublication) May2012 4pagesofsheetmusicforsoloand11minutesofelectronicmusicandslideshowEspañaCañiforStringOrchestra(tobesubmittedforpublication) January2012 21pagesScaleBookforLowBrass:ASystematicApproachtoLearnandUseScalesEffectivelyand

Efficiently Peer-reviewedandpublishedbyLinusPublication. 180pages.ISBN1-60797-165-8 September2010TroisChansonforBrassQuintet.TranscriptionofworkbyClaudeDebussy Peer-reviewedandpublishedbyCimarronPress January2009 36pagesTheUnwrittenRulesofChamberMusicPlaying September2007 ITEAOnline:YouthSitePerformanceGuideforTexasAll-StateAuditionMusic:Tuba Summer2006 TMEAAll-StateAuditionMusicPerformanceGuideReviewofRogerBoboMasterClass Fall2006 InternationalTubaEuphoniumAssociationJournalFugafromOrganWorksIXbyJ.S.Bachtranscribedfortuba-euphoniumquartet Tuba-EuphoniumPress 1999Miscellaneousarrangements,composition,andexercises Sibeliusmusic.comDoctoralTreatise:DiscussionofTranscribingMusicforTubaandPianoandaTranscriptionofSergei

Rachmaninoff'sSonataforCelloandPiano,inGminor,op.19 March2002Discography:TheUniversityofTexasWindEnsemble“AtCarnegieHall” 1998 MarkCustomRecordingService.2697-MCDGoldenHornetProjectOrchestra:A.T.I.L.A.ATSH006 2001OtherRecording:

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CommercialforWal-Mart September2002HonorsandAwards:Awards:Finalistof2014TheAmericanPrizeinConducting,College/UniversityDivision 2014

PerformanceofUVMSymphonyOrchestraConcertDecember2013BronzeMedal:TheGlobalMusicAward 2014 MommaattheGateforElectronicsConferencePresentation:SimpleIdeastoImproveYourTubaandEuphoniumSection February2007 TexasMusicEducatorsAssociationConference,SanAntonio,Texas Peer-ReviewedforacceptanceGrants:TechnologyInnovationFund Spring2012 ReceivedinternalgranttoupdateSouthwickHallRoom206QualityEnhancementPlanGrantApprovalforOrchestra,MUSI1123 Receivedinternalgrantof$7100,$4000,$7800and$4850

Fall2007,Spring2008,Spring2009,Fall2009QualityEnhancementPlanGrantApprovalforChamberMusic,MUSI1132 Receivedinternalgrantof$4500toperformatRTECinAustin Spring2006

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SERVICEACTIVITIESCommitteesServed:TheUniversityofVermont

DepartmentLevelRecordingStudioCommittee Fall2012topresentStudentEvaluationFormCommittee Fall2012CurriculumCommittee Spring2012AuditionsCommittee Fall2012topresentProgramCommittee Fall2011topresentCollegeLevelNominationsandElectionsCommittee Fall2014toPresentDepartmentofMusicChairReviewCommittee Spring2014FacultyResearchSupportAwardsCommittee Fall2012CoorFundsCommittee Fall2012InterdisciplinaryExperientialEngagementFunds Spring2012

TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville ClarinetSearchCommittee Spring2011 GlobalLearningCurriculumCommittee Fall2009 ChristmasConcertCommittee Fall2009 Chair,TrumpetSearchCommittee Spring2009 FacultyChamberConcertCommittee Fall2008 PresidentialTravelFundCommittee Fall2008topresent InterimPianoPositionSearch Summer2008 CarlPaulFundingInstrumentPurchaseCommittee Spring2008 InterimFlutePositionSearch Summer2007 BandDirectorPositionSearch Spring2007 TrombonePositionSearch Spring2007 PianoProficiencyCommittee Spring,Fall2006,2007,2008 OrchestraCommittee Fall2006TheUniversityofTexasatSanAntonio HornSearchCommittee Spring2003 TrumpetSearchCommittee Spring2003

October2011Adjudication:RegionalTubaEuphoniumConferenceMockTubaOrchestraAudition April2013Region3HonorBandAudition,LowBrass October2011,2012,2014RegionalTubaEuphoniumConferenceMockTubaOrchestraAudition March2007TMEAAll-State5ATubaAudition February2007,2010,2011TMEARegion18MiddleSchoolBandAudition 2004

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ServicetoProfessionalOrganizations:CoordinatorofChapters 2010-2013

InternationalTubaEuphoniumSociety

Secretary/TreasureofSouthCentralRegion 2010-2011CollegeOrchestraDirectorsAssociation

OtherSkills:ForeignLanguageNativelevelspeaker,readerandwriterofJapanese.ReadingknowledgeofFrench.ComputerHighlyexperiencedinMacOSXenvironmentwhichincludes:softwareoperationofnotationprogramssuchasSibeliusandEncore,MIDIsequencing,harddriverecording,MicrosoftOffice,websitedesigning,softwareinstallationandremoval,andgeneraltroubleshooting.Experiencedinhardwarecomponentinstallation,removalandminorrepair.Possessessomeknowledgeofnetworkingandsystemadministration.WebDesignWebmasterforwww.yutakakono.comandwww.austincitybrass.comProfessionalMembership:CollegeOrchestraDirectorsAssociation 2009topresentConductorsGuild 2008topresentTexasMusicEducatorsAssociation 2000-2011TheCollegeMusicSociety 1999-2012InternationalTubaEuphoniumAssociation 1990topresentPiKappaLambda 1994