Senior Lecturer of Tuba/Euphonium
cfuller2@unl.edu
(402) 472-2982
Craig Fuller is senior lecturer of music at the University of Nebraska and principal tubist of the Omaha and Lincoln Symphonies. He is a frequent soloist with the Omaha Symphony, both on tour and on the Orchestra's Omaha series concerts.
Fuller recently performed in the Chicago Symphony for a week of Subscription Concerts in Orchestra Hall with Daniel Baremboim conducting. Earlier in his career, he also played extra tuba with the Boston Symphony and toured with the Henry Mancini Orchestra.
Fuller is a graduate of Indiana University where he received his undergraduate degree and a Performer's Certificate. His primary teacher was Harvey Phillips and other teachers have included Gene Pokorny and Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony, Ronald Bishop, of the Cleveland Orchestra and Roger Bobo, formerly of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mr. Fuller also attended the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood as a Beranek fellowship recipient. He participated in the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, the Aspen Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.
In 1985 he was recognized by the Omaha Jaycees for his community service and professional achievements and named an "Outstanding Young Omahan". Craig is a clinician for Custom Music Company, distributor of Hirsbrunner Musical Instruments, AG Sumiswald, Switzerland. He also is a consultant for the N. P. Griffith company of Omaha, maker of tuba and euphonium mutes.