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Department of Music
Alex Lapins
Alexander Lapins, instructor of Tuba, Euphonium and Chamber Music at Indiana State University, is an active freelance musician and educator. A member of the Resurrection Brass, Columbus Brass Quintet and a first call Indianapolis studio musician, he is principal tuba of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with Harvey Phillips' Tubacompany, the Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Charleston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He was the 2004 tuba fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, and was invited in 2007 to perform with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra in Greece. Additional performances have included those with the Sunflower Chamber Music Festival, the Henry Mancini Institute, the Rome Festival, AIMS, and the Disney Collegiate All-Star Band.
Currently also an instructor at the University of Indianapolis, Mr. Lapins held similar positions at Indiana University, the Detroit Civic Orchestra, the University of Michigan All-State Program at Interlochen, and the French Woods Festival in the Catskills. He holds degrees from James Madison University (BM) and the University of Michigan (MM). Mr. Lapins is a Doctoral candidate at Indiana University, where he was teaching assistant to the renowned pedagogue Daniel Perantoni. Mr. Lapins currently lives in Indianapolis where he enjoys gardening, reading, biking, and photography.
D.M. Indiana University, in progress; M.M. University of Michigan; B.M. James Madison University.
Office: PA 210
Phone: 812-237-2747
 E-Mail: tubalex@yahoo.com
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