DEANNA SWOBODA is Assistant Professor of Music at Western Michigan University
where she teaches tuba and euphonium and performs with the Western Brass
Quintet, a resident faculty ensemble. Swoboda holds degrees from the University
of Idaho and Northwestern University, and is completing studies for the
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University. From 2000-2005,
Swoboda performed as a member of the Dallas Brass. Prior to her appointment
at WMU, Swoboda taught at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Las Vegas
Arts Academy. She has also taught at the University of Northern Iowa,
University of Denver, University of Idaho, National Conservatory of Madrid
(Spain), and Deutschen Tubaforum–Hammelberg (Germany). As a clinician,
Swoboda has appeared at the national and northwest regional conventions
of Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Midwest Band and Orchestra
Clinic, International Women’s Brass Conference, International Tuba-Euphonium
Conference.
In addition to being a video artist for Silver Burdette-Ginn, Swoboda
wrote, produced, organized, and performed on the band recruitment DVD
“Band Blast Off!”. Her solo CD, “Deanna’s Wonderland,”
was released on Summit Records in 1999.
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