School of Music - Deanna L. Swoboda
Deanna L. Swoboda (2005)
Tuba, Euphonium
B.M. Idaho
M.M. Northwestern
D.M.A. Arizona State
Tuba/Euphonium Studio home page
She teaches tuba and euphonium and performs with the Western Brass Quintet. She previously taught at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Las Vegas Arts Academy as well as at the University of Northern Iowa, University of Denver, University of Idaho, National Conservatory of Madrid (Spain), and Deutschen Tubaforum-Hammelberg (Germany).
In 2000, she joined the Dallas Brass, a 6-piece ensemble that travels the United States and Europe presenting approximately 100 concerts per year working extensively in the public schools and at colleges and universities. She has also performed with the Denver Brass, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Symphony, Symphony of the West Valley (Arizona), and Washington/Idaho Symphony.
She is creator and performer of a motivational recruiting presentation and music workshop called "Brass Rap!" and founder of the University of Oklahoma's International Tuba/Euphonium Summer Workshop, which has been held annually since 1998.
As a clinician, she has appeared at the national and northwest regional MENC conventions, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, International Women's Brass Conference, International Tuba-Euphonium Regional Conference, and for state music educator associations in Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, Texas, and Utah. She has also made appearances on the CBS Early Morning Show - with the Dallas Brass - and National Public Radio, and was featured in the May 2004 issue of The Instrumentalist magazine and the October 2000 issue of School Band and Orchestra magazine.
She wrote, produced, organized, and performed on the educational resource DVD "Band Blast Off!" She has appeared on CD recordings with the Dallas Brass, Salt River Brass Band, and Belle Aire Brass. Her solo CD, Deanna's Wonderland, was released on Summit Records in 1999.
Email: deanna.swoboda@wmich.edu