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Guest Artist, Euphonium
Airman First Class John Garcia II hails from Roanoke, Virginia, and is a
euphonium player with the Air Force Band of Liberty’s Concert Band and
Ceremonial Brass. He attended Athens High School in Athens, West Virginia,
from which he was graduated in 1994. While there, he performed Clarke’s
Carnival of Venice with his high school band and received the John
Philip Sousa Band Award. He continued his studies at Alderson-Broaddus
College in Philippi, WV, attending on a full scholarship. In 1998 he
received a Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis on Euphonium and
Trombone Performance. During his undergraduate years, Airman Garcia
performed James Curnow’s Symphonic Variations for Euphonium and
Orchestra with the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra and was named a Yamaha
Young Performing Artist. In the fall of 1998, he entered the University of
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music as an Albert C. Yates Scholarship
recipient, covering full tuition. Two years later he graduated with a
Master of Music degree in Euphonium Performance.
Airman Garcia entered the United States Air Force in October, 2000, and
received his first assignment with the United States Air Force Band of
Liberty. His wife Jennifer joined the first trumpet section of Concord Band
last fall.
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