BethMitchellTubaStudio.com
2017
There is a Girl in the Section!
It is a wonderful thing to be a woman, playing tuba well around the world. Traveling as a female tubist is important. It breaks alot of stereotypes, defys many expections and ideas of what a girl is, or is supposed to be. It is more than women’s lib, equal rights, or girl power.
It is being what you want to be, no matter what that is. It is constantly being told you can’t, and having roadblocks placed in your way, but figuring out a way to get around them and do what you want to do anyhow. It is figuring out how to accomplish what you’ve been told is “not possible”, “not proper”, “not ladylike”, that you are “too small”, “too short”, “not male enough”, “strong enough”, that you “lack the balls” and letting your sound and technique speak for itself.
It is being willing to sit with the guys in the back row, figuring out how to fit in, enduring the jokes, having a sense of humour and a thick skin at the same time, and being tough enough to handle whatever comes. It’s about being a girl, who loves music, and is hopelessly a tuba player.
Beth Mitchell
January 2017
SDG
New Frontiers and More Concerts 2017
This year I hope to take new repertoire to more countries and continents. Below is a partial list of upcoming recitals, to be expanded upon as time goes on.
JANUARY
18 SOLO and CHAMBER Performances Zig Kanstul Memorial
28 OCSA Low Brass Festival, SOLO RECITAL, CHAMBER PERFORMANCES
MARCH
8 SOLO RECITAL with Hannah Yin Hellems at Pasadena Presbyterian Concert Series, Pasadena, CA, Westerbeck Auditorium, 12 Noon
16 SOLO RECITAL - Southwest Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference,
University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
17 CHAMBER Performances - SWRTEC, University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
18 SOLO RECITAL with the United States Army Band, SWRTEC, University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
APRIL
17-23 ISRAEL TOUR
Solo Recitals and Chamber Performances
24-27 EUROPEAN PERFORMANCES
JUNE
9 SOLO RECITAL- International Women’s Brass Conference, Rowan University
10 LECTURE RECITAL- International Women’s Brass Conference, Rowan University
12-16 ROGER BOBO WEEK Pasadena City College
15 ROGER BOBO Masterclass 2:30-5, PCC FREE
There is a girl in the section!
1/6/17
This year I hope to take new repertoire to more countries and continents. It is a wonderful thing to be a woman playing tuba well. It breaks alot of stereotypes and defys many expectations of what a girl is, or is supposed to be.
