The late Harvey Phillips was considered legendary among tubists, along with William Bell and Arnold Jacobs. He was a key figure in the formation of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (formerly T.U.B.A.) and the founder and president of the Harvey Phillips Foundation.

To celebrate the 6th Anniversary of Band Fusion, we have prepared the answers to the 6 most commonly asked questions in the past few years.

Here, we sincerely thank every single one of you in the band scene, for we will not be this far without your support and contributions!

Flutist Jasmine Choi is an active soloist, chamber musician, and full-time orchestral musician. She has been critically acclaimed on international stages for her rich tone, technical brilliance, superb musicianship, and charismatic stage presence. She is presently the Associate Principal Flute of the Cincinnati Symphony and the first Korean woodwind player to hold a post with a major orchestra in the United States.

A native of Taiwan, flutist Ya-Hsin Angel Hsiao is a First Prize winner of the 2011 Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition, and as such debuts in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in October 2011. She recently earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Carol Wincenc.

Despite starting out on the trombone, Daniel Kiang has become one of the promising young Tubists of his generation. He has been a student of Gao Yue, Tim Buzbee, David Kutz, Alex Hurst, Jacomo Bairos and Hidehiro Fujita, who were previously and presently the Principal tubists of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.