ABOUT

Keith Alcius is an active freelance tuba player based in Binghamton, NY. He has performed in various solo recitals and concerts throughout the United States. His career has included performing with Akron Symphony Orchestra, Hot Tamale Brass Band and Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass. He was a finalist in the Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival. He has been an associate member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and a part of the Miami Music Festival. Currently, he plays sousaphone for Binghamton's premier New Orleans-style and funk brass band, Alpha Brass Band.

As an educator, Keith has presented masterclasses and adjudicated competitions in the high school and collegiate levels in the United States. He is a spirited advocate of music education who provides private and group lessons to local communities. Currently, he maintains a low brass studio that is accessible for all low brass students at the junior high, high school and collegiate levels in the United States. He hopes to continue being an ambassador for the tuba and present the tuba in a unique and relevant way to music aficionados, students and new listeners. 

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He holds a Bachelor of Music in Tuba Performance from Baldwin Wallace University and a Master of Music in Tuba Performance from New England Conservatory. Respectively, he studied under the instruction of Ken Heinlein and Mike Roylance.

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He is forever indebted to his teachers: Steph Frye-Clark, Ken Heinlein, Mike Roylance and Yasuhito Sugiyama.