Through public performances and music education, Evan Kelsick seeks to strengthen the solo, chamber, and large ensemble literature of the tuba/euphonium, and to foster a passion for music in his students and audiences.
Evan has performed solo recitals throughout the country including guest recitals at the University of Alabama, Northeastern Illinois University, Elmhurst College, and Nazareth College, California State University – East Bay, and others.
In addition to appearing as a guest soloist with the University of Houston Wind Ensemble, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra, the Eastern Illinois University Symphonic Winds, and the Heartland Festival Orchestra, he was recorded as a soloist with the Northwestern University Wind Ensemble on the Summit Records album, Rising. Evan is also a substitute tubist with the Montgomery and Alpharetta Symphony Orchestras.
Evan has been a finalist and semi-finalist for military band positions on tuba and euphonium, and since that time, Evan has commissioned solo works by several prominent composers including Chris Teichler, Andrew Waggoner, Gary Fry, Robert Morris, Jeffrey Stadelman, and Samuel Adler. These commissioned works were released on a solo album in 2018, and Evan is set to record his second album of J.S. Bach Inventions in 2025.
Before completing his doctorate at the Eastman School of Music, Evan attended the University of Houston for a bachelor’s degree in music education. He later finished his master’s degree in music performance at Northwestern University. His main teachers include Philip Freeman, Michael Warny, Rex Martin, Don Harry, Larry Zalkind, and Mark Kellogg.
Evan has held teaching positions at Syracuse University, Eastern Illinois University, and Auburn University, and he is in constant demand as an adjudicator around the United States.
