All State Brass 2024-25

Chase Teague from Frisco Texas, is an active performer and teacher in the DFW Metroplex. He has earned his Bachelors of Music Education from Texas Christian University along with his Master of Music and Graduate Performance Certificate from the University of Arkansas. While studying at the University of Arkansas, he won two scholarships from the ITG Scholarship Competitions. Chase has had the pleasure of performing with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Co- Principal Trumpet for the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony, Opera of the Ozarks, Ozark Family Opera Company, Opera in the Ozarks, and the Arkansas Brassworks. This will be Chase’s fifth summer as principal trumpet with the Opera in the Ozarks. In his free time Chase enjoys fishing, basketball, and being with his wife, young son, and two dogs.

 

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Gregory Helseth began playing Horn in his school band in 1972 and has since played in Orchestras, Bands and Chamber Ensembles across the United States, Mexico, France, Scotland, England, Germany, and Brazil. His first jobs were Fourth Horn with the South Dakota Symphony, Sioux Falls, SD, and Second Horn with the Sioux City Symphony, Sioux City, IA. He then joined the Tucson Symphony in 1985 as Third Horn. In 1989 he left Arizona to play Principal Horn with the Omaha Symphony, Omaha, NE. After 13 seasons, he moved to Allentown, PA, where he played Principal Horn with the legendary Allentown Band, and began his career as a Freelance Hornist. In 2004 he returned to Tucson where he was a stay-at-home dad for his two children. Mr. Helseth joined the University of Arizona in 2016 for one year as Adjunct Faculty Horn Professor. In 2007 he was appointed Principal Horn with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln, NE, and remains soloist, clinician, and on-call Hornist in Southern Arizona.

 

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Dr. Justin Croushore holds the position of Visiting Assistant Professor of Music – Trombone at Morehead State University in Kentucky.

An active performer, Justin has held positions with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra and Cape Ann Symphony. He is a founding member of Some Assembly Required, a mixed chamber ensemble that was named a 2019 Finalist for the American Prize Ernst Bacon Award for the Performance of American Music

Prior to his appointment at Morehead State University, Justin has served as a faculty member of Oklahoma City University, Southern Nazarene University, Missouri Southern State University, The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, and Rose State College. Justin holds degrees from the University of Kentucky, Longy School of Music of Bard College, and Morehead State University. Teachers include Bradley Kerns, Norman Bolter, Dr. William Mann, and Dr. Jeanie K. Lee.

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