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Michael Thorton - Tuba/Euphonium
Michael Thornton, Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium, is principal tubist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and a member of the Queen City Brass 
Quintet. He received a Bachelors of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1974 and a masters of Music from Yale University in 1976, the same year he began his tenure with the CSO. In 1982 and again in 1988 he performed the Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba with the CSO on tour. In 1982 he recorded a solo tuba album which included the world premiere of The Seasons by Frank Proto. In 1992 Mr. Thornton premiered yet another tuba concerto by Frank Proto with the CSO under the direction of Maestro Jesus Lopez Cobos.
While at Yale Mr. Thornton was the assistant conductor of the Yale Wind Ensemble and conducted works by Charles Ives in Finland the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He has taught tuba ant the University of Kentucky, Xavier University, Northern Kentucky University and the College of William and Mary. He has performed tuba recitals all across the US. For the summer of 1998 he has been invited to perform ant the Flathead Music Festival in Montana and the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado.
E-mail: thorntmd@muohio.edu