Maddy Tarantelli
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  • Philosophy
  • Presentations
    • Extended Techniques
    • Productivity and Compassion in the Practice Room
    • Playing with Drones and Tuners
    • Buzzing 101
    • Group Warm-Up
    • Music Theory
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Dr. Maddy Tarantelli is Assistant Professor of Horn and the Brass Coordinator at Utah Valley University where she teaches private lessons, brass performance class, brass techniques, pedagogy & literature, and music theory.

Since moving to Utah in 2019, Dr. Tarantelli has performed with the Utah Symphony, Ballet West, the Boise Philharmonic. She was a freelance musician in Kansas City and has performed with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony, the Fountain City Brass Band. Dr. Tarantelli is a founding member of Trilogy Brass with Dr. JoDee Davis and Dr. Jen Oliverio.

Since 2017, Dr. Tarantelli has served on the board of directors for Audition Mode Horn Seminar with Denise Tryon and Karl Pituch. She performs and presents at the International Women’s Brass Conference, International Horn Society Workshops. Her publications can be found in the International Horn Society’s journal, The Horn Call.

Dr. Tarantelli has received two grants from the UMKC Womens Council and grant from the American Scandinavian Foundation to pursue intensive study with Froydis Ree Wekre. She spent her summers teaching theory and performing with faculty ensembles at Interlochen Arts Camp from 2015-2017. She aged out of DCI in 2011 playing mellophone with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps.

Dr. Tarantelli earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in horn performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a Master of Music in horn performance from the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Florida Gulf Coast University. Her primary teachers include Marty Hackleman, Sam Pilafian, and Kirsten Bendixen-Mahoney. Additionally, she has studied intensively with Julie Landsman, Frøydis Ree Wekre, and Denise Tryon.
 
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email: maddyt@uvu.edu
office phone: 801.863.6537
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  • About
  • Look and Listen
  • Philosophy
  • Presentations
    • Extended Techniques
    • Productivity and Compassion in the Practice Room
    • Playing with Drones and Tuners
    • Buzzing 101
    • Group Warm-Up
    • Music Theory
  • Resources
  • Contact