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Biography
Dr. Hauser has several arrangements for brass quintet published through Music Express Publishing in the Encore Brass Series and his transcription for solo trombone and wind band of Arrows of Time by Richard Peaslee, was premiered in March 2000 at the Eastern Trombone Workshop by New York Philharmonic principal trombonist Joseph Alessi with the U. S. Army Band, and was recorded by Scott Hartman and the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble for Summit Records. In addition to his numerous arrangements and transcriptions for mixed brasses and jazz ensembles, Dr. Hauser has also done several arrangements for Winston Morris and the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble, including Sister Sadie by Horace Silver and Sidewinder by Lee Morgan, and The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by G. F. Handel, all of which were recorded for Mark Records on the TTTE's Play That Funky Tuba Right, Boy! and Carnegie VI . He was also a featured soloist and arranger on several jazz and classical compositions on Shazam! by the Brass Arts Quintet, also available from Mark Records. Dr. Hauser was the featured soloist on his own composition, EuPhunk for 8-part Euphonium Ensemble and Drums, as a member of Euphoniums Unlimited, a large euphonium ensemble project lead by R. Winston Morris whose eponymous CD was released by Mark Records in December, 2004. In April, 2005, Dr. Hauser recorded a CD of compositions for solo trombone and winds with the Tennessee Tech Symphony Band conducted by Joseph Hermann that is available through Mark Records. Works recorded include Alexandre Guilmant's Morceau Symphonique , the World Premiere recording of TTU composer Greg Danner's Slide Ride , Eric Ewazen's Concerto for Trombone and Band , Richard Peaslee's Arrows of Time , Three Miniatures by Anthony Plog, and Reflective Mood by Sammy Nestico. The Brass Arts Quintet's forthcoming recording, Serengeti: Brass Arts Quintet and Friends, includes his award winning composition, Road Rage, and also features Dr. Hauser as trombone soloist in a new setting of Tommy Dorsey's Trombonology arranged for solo trombone with brass quintet. Dr. Hauser's current duties at Tennessee Tech include teaching applied trombone and instrumentation; directing Trombones at Tech , the TTU Trombone Choir; and performing with both the Bryan Symphony Orchestra and the Brass Arts Quintet. If you need further information, you can contact Dr. Hauser at jhauser@tntech.edu or call 931/372-6086.
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