Zachariah Spellman, tuba, and the Aurio Trio

Thursday, September 20, 2012, 5:00 pm
Zachariah Spellman has been principal tubist for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1977 and for the Marin Symphony since 1980. He has taught at SF State since 1982. He is also a member of the Golden Gate Brass and the Aurio Trio. Free.
Location: 
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
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Sponsor: 
School of Music and Dance
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Phone: 
415-338-2467
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Spellman has been a featured soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Fremont Symphony, Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony, Bay Bones and Youth Philharmonic of Portland, Ore. Spellman has also performed with the San Francisco Ballet, Manhattan Philharmonic and the San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Silicon Valley, Oakland East Bay, California, Oregon and Houston symphonies. He has been a sideman for Mel Torme, George Shearing and Ray Charles.

Program

  • Thibault (1963–): Three Dances for Tuba and Piano (2007)
  • Jacobsen (1915–1990): Selections from Preludes for Tuba and Piano
  • Piazzolla (1921–1992): Milonga del Angel (1993)
  • Goss: Fonk from The Deep End (2004)

Performers

  • Zachariah Spellman, tuba
  • Rufus Olivier, bassoon
  • Karen Hutchinson, piano