About the artist:
Critically hailed as “Fab,” and “Quite the individual,” Justin Weis is making a name for himself as a euphonium soloist and innovator for the instrument. Originally a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Justin has traveled around the United States and abroad to share both beautiful and unconventional sounds of the euphonium.
Recently, among other accolades, Justin has won the electronics solo competition at the 50th Anniversary International Tuba Euphonium Conference (ITEC), second place at the 2022 Leonard Falcone International Tuba Euphonium Festival, and 1st place in the euphonium artist division at the 2022 International Women’s Brass Conference (IWBC).
Justin has presented recitals of contemporary and electronic euphonium music during his studies at the University of North Texas and University of Memphis, and has been involved in the commissioning of multiple works. Some commissions and consortium involvements include a multimedia solo piece by Brandon Warner, solo works with live electronics from Lucy Pankhurst and Andrew May, and consortium works by Fernando Deddos, Benjamin Dean Taylor and Ian Lester. Though he performs a wide variety of repertoire spanning the 18th century to the present, he takes a special interest in the use of electronics and video in the euphonium repertoire.
In addition to performing, Justin actively composes works for solo euphonium and electronics, and arranges for his euphonium quartet, Euphonium Camerata. To date, he has added three electroacoustic solo works to the repertoire, and his arrangements have been performed by Euphonium Camerata at festivals, galas, and competitions. These compositions and arrangements are available upon request and include quartet arrangements of Bruckner, Dvorak, and Verdi, which range in difficulty from music for young players to works that will challenge even professional ensembles.
As an educator, Justin is currently employed as a teaching fellow at the University of North Texas, where he is responsible for teaching several undergraduate students, coaching a chamber ensemble, and leading the 7 O’Clock Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble. He additionally teaches a full studio of private middle and high school students in four separate districts around the DFW area. He has previously taught as a graduate assistant at the University of Memphis, and at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater summer band camp programs each year as a sectional coach, conducting teacher, music history teacher, and counselor.
Justin received a BM in music education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, an MM in euphonium performance with a conducting related field from the University of North Texas. He has completed coursework towards a DMA in euphonium performance at the University of Memphis and currently lives in Denton, Texas, where he is completing his DMA in euphonium performance at UNT while cultivating a private studio and developing a strong commitment to advocating for the euphonium as an instrument of expression outside the traditional classical settings. He aims to achieve this by presenting recitals at nontraditional venues, and publicizing electronic euphonium repertoire to audiences that may not typically listen to solo euphonium music - functioning as somewhat of a modern euphonium Troubadour.
