Andy Rummel
Andy Rummel is the Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. A native of Delavan, Illinois, Andy received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education and his Masters Degree in Music Performance from Illinois State University in Normal and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. His private teachers include Mark Moore, David Zerkel, and Ed Livingston. Andy is the principal tubist with the Heartland Festival Orchestra and has appeared with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra on several occasions. Prior to his arrival at Illinois State, Andy was the principal tubist with the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band and the Heritage Brass Quintet located at Langley AFB in Virginia. In addition to his duties with the Heritage of America Band, Andy was the instructor of tuba at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia and was the substitute tubist with the Virginia Symphony, also in Norfolk, Virginia. He premiered composer Aldo Forte’s first tuba concerto, Dance Rhapsody for Tuba and Band, which was recorded on the Heritage of America Band compact disc, Band Dances. He has been a featured soloist with the Vermont Youth Philharmonia, the Illinois State University Wind Symphony and the Brass Band of Central Illinois. Andy has presented recitals at the United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Washington, DC, the South East Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Athens, GA and the Hawkeye Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Iowa City, Iowa.