David Fedderly (born 1953) is an American orchestral tuba player and teacher.

Life and career

As a fifth-grader in Silver Bay, Minnesota Fedderly's first choice of instrument was drums, but there were too many drummers already. Trumpet and trombone (his second and third choices) weren't available either, so he was offered a sousaphone instead. He earned the money for his first tuba by cleaning out bear cages at the Split Rock Trading Post,[1] and went on to study at Northwestern University with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Arnold Jacobs.[2]

Fedderly has been the principal tubist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 1983 and has performed as substitute principal tuba for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.[2]

Fedderly is a notable teacher of tuba, euphonium, and general respiratory techniques for playing brass instruments. He lectured at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University until 2000 and rejoined the faculty in 2009.[3] He has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School since 2002 and has also held teaching positions at DePaul University, University of Maryland, College Park, and The Catholic University of America.[4]

He is a member of the board of directors of the International Tuba Euphonium Association,[5] where he served as treasurer from 2008–10,[6][7] and is the proprietor of the Baltimore Brass Company, a large brass sales and repair shop in Catonsville, just west of Baltimore.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Impromptu - David Fedderly". Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. May 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. 1 2 "Biography: David T. Fedderly, Principal Tuba". Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
  3. ↑ "Fedderly rejoins faculty at Peabody". International Tuba Euphonium Association. October 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Music Faculty: David Fedderly". The Juilliard School. Archived from the original on 2011-02-09.
  5. ↑ "ITEA Board of Directors". International Tuba Euphonium Association. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". ITEA Journal. International Tuba Euphonium Association. 35 (4). Summer 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-04-29.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "ITEA Online: ITEA Journal Volume 37 Number 4 (Summer 2010)". ITEA Journal. International Tuba Euphonium Association. 37 (4). Summer 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-04-29.


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