Carol Jantsch
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Carol Jantsch (born Carolyn Mae Jantsch, in Ohio) is an American tuba player. She is the daughter of a medical doctor and a Kenyon College vocal-music teacher, Nancy Jantsch. She began to study piano at age 6, and the euphonium at age 9. She took up the tuba in seventh grade.[1].
Jantsch graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy boarding high school in 2002, and is a 2006 graduate of the University of Michigan. While attending university, Jantsch auditioned for the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. She was a semi-finalist for the New York tuba position. She won the Philadelphia position of Principal Tuba in February 2006[2], appointed by music director Christoph Eschenbach. She assumed the chair, full-time, with the 2006-2007 concert season. Jantsch is the youngest member of the Orchestra and is, according to National Public Radio [3], the first woman to hold a Principal Tuba chair among major orchestras in the United States.
[edit] References
- ^ *Tom Krisher, "Carol Jantsch not your everyday tuba player". Associated Press, 15 March 2006.
- ^ Peter Dobrin, "Breaking the brass ceiling". Philadelphia Inquirer, 26 February 2006.
- ^ Renée Montagne and Miles Hoffman, "Young Tuba Player Gets Nod from Phila. Orchestra". Morning Edition, National Public Radio program, 15 September 2006.
