Juan Enrique Alonso
Juan Enrique Alonso is an emerging tuba artist from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, currently based in Dallas, TX, where he serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler and tubist with Naples Brass in Florida.
Alonso has shared the stage with many of America’s top orchestras, having performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, The Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Ballet, Syracuse Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony, Dallas Winds, Richardson Symphony, and others. He has performed the entire 2021 and 2022 summer seasons with the Buffalo Philharmonic, as well as a large majority of the 2021-2022 concert season while the position was vacant. In recent years, he has accompanied some of the world's most renowned musical artists, including Byron Stripling, Canadian Brass, Chris Botti, Kelli O'Hara, Kenny G, Leslie Odom Jr, Sultans of String, and Veronica Swift.
Additionally, Alonso is an Associate Member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has held fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival, Round Top Music Festival, Wagner Opera Institute, National Music Festival, and Miami Music Festival, as well as summer institute fellowships with the Detroit Symphony and Cincinnati Symphony. Other acceptances have included offers for the Chautauqua, Sewanee, and Brevard Music Festivals, as well as the Festival de Opera de San Luis. His recent accomplishments include being a finalist for the Minnesota Orchestra Fellowship, New World Symphony, and the U.S. Air Force Academy Band, as well as a semi-finalist for the Buffalo Philharmonic, U.S. Army Field Band, U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Brass, USAF Band of the West, and USAF Heritage Band. He has also performed the John Williams Tuba Concerto with the world-renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble under the direction of Mark Davis Scatterday after having won a concerto competition.
Alonso has found success in several international competitions amongst tubists from China, Japan, and South Korea, having been a semi-finalist in the Leonard Falcone International Solo Artist competition, ITEC Tuba Artist division, ITEC Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestra competition, and the winner of the 2021 “Stars and Shipes” International Military Audition, judged by principal members of the U.S. “President’s Own” Marine Band, U.S. “Pershing’s Own” Army Ceremonial Band, U.S. Army Field Band, and the U.S. Coast Guard Band. He has also been a prize-winner at several regional ITEA conferences in the solo, mock orchestra, and mock band auditions — conferences in which he has now given artist recitals.
Prior to his current university positions, Alonso served as a Teaching Assistant at the Frost School of Music and Eastman School of Music, as well as Instructor of Tuba at the University of Rochester. He holds an Artist Diploma from the Frost School, an MM from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and a BM from Texas Christian University (TCU). Alonso owes all of his success to his cherished primary instructors who have never ceased to support him: Aaron Tindall, Craig Sutherland, Don Harry, Tim Northcut, and Richard Murrow, as well as his mentors Warren Deck, Chris Olka, and Andrew Dougherty.
Alonso has shared the stage with many of America’s top orchestras, having performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, The Florida Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Sarasota Orchestra, Sarasota Ballet, Syracuse Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Tulsa Symphony, Dallas Winds, Richardson Symphony, and others. He has performed the entire 2021 and 2022 summer seasons with the Buffalo Philharmonic, as well as a large majority of the 2021-2022 concert season while the position was vacant. In recent years, he has accompanied some of the world's most renowned musical artists, including Byron Stripling, Canadian Brass, Chris Botti, Kelli O'Hara, Kenny G, Leslie Odom Jr, Sultans of String, and Veronica Swift.
Additionally, Alonso is an Associate Member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has held fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival, Round Top Music Festival, Wagner Opera Institute, National Music Festival, and Miami Music Festival, as well as summer institute fellowships with the Detroit Symphony and Cincinnati Symphony. Other acceptances have included offers for the Chautauqua, Sewanee, and Brevard Music Festivals, as well as the Festival de Opera de San Luis. His recent accomplishments include being a finalist for the Minnesota Orchestra Fellowship, New World Symphony, and the U.S. Air Force Academy Band, as well as a semi-finalist for the Buffalo Philharmonic, U.S. Army Field Band, U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Brass, USAF Band of the West, and USAF Heritage Band. He has also performed the John Williams Tuba Concerto with the world-renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble under the direction of Mark Davis Scatterday after having won a concerto competition.
Alonso has found success in several international competitions amongst tubists from China, Japan, and South Korea, having been a semi-finalist in the Leonard Falcone International Solo Artist competition, ITEC Tuba Artist division, ITEC Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestra competition, and the winner of the 2021 “Stars and Shipes” International Military Audition, judged by principal members of the U.S. “President’s Own” Marine Band, U.S. “Pershing’s Own” Army Ceremonial Band, U.S. Army Field Band, and the U.S. Coast Guard Band. He has also been a prize-winner at several regional ITEA conferences in the solo, mock orchestra, and mock band auditions — conferences in which he has now given artist recitals.
Prior to his current university positions, Alonso served as a Teaching Assistant at the Frost School of Music and Eastman School of Music, as well as Instructor of Tuba at the University of Rochester. He holds an Artist Diploma from the Frost School, an MM from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and a BM from Texas Christian University (TCU). Alonso owes all of his success to his cherished primary instructors who have never ceased to support him: Aaron Tindall, Craig Sutherland, Don Harry, Tim Northcut, and Richard Murrow, as well as his mentors Warren Deck, Chris Olka, and Andrew Dougherty.