BRASS INSTRUCTORS – Tuba

CURT CHASE is Brass Instructor Emeritus having retired after teaching private lessons at Twin Village Music from 1995 to 2020. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Fredonia State College and his Master’s in Music from the University of Michigan. He has 34 years of experience as a school band director, including 22 years at Amherst Central High School where he retired in 1995. He is an experienced adjudicator for county and state solo festivals. He has performed with countless groups including the Amherst Symphony Orchestra, The Lancaster Town Band, and Buffalo Swing.

JEFF GLAUB received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia and is currently completeing a Masters Degree at Buffalo State.  Mr. Glaub is a music teacher in the Buffalo Public Schools and has been teaching private brass lessons at Twin Village Music since 2009.  He has perforned in a number of local ensembles including the Amherst Chamber Ensemble, Cheektowga Community Symphony, German American Musicians, and the Lancaster Town Band.

ANDREA LaBOUNTY received her Bachelors Degree in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia.  She is currently teaches instrumental music at the Cauga Heights Elementary School in Depew.  Miss LaBounty is a member of the American Legion Band of Tonawanda and is currently working on her Masters Degree.  She has been teaching private brass lessons and assisting in the repair shop at Twin Village Music since 2013.