Dr. Scott Roeder serves as Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium
at the University of Texas-Pan American where he teaches applied
tuba/euphonium, brass pedagogy, brass ensemble, and pep band.
Before moving to the Rio Grande Valley, Dr. Roeder served as
principal tubist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony, Lone Star Brass,
and the 2003 Texas Music Festival. Currently he serves as principal
tuba with the Valley Symphony Orchestra. Additional performance
credits include the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Canton Symphony,
Illinois Symphony, LaCrosse Symphony, Big Spring Symphony,
Beloit-Janesville Symphony, Joe Wendel Orchestra, and Havlak-Batla
Polka Band.
As a soloist Dr. Roeder has given recitals and master classes at
universities around the country and was an invited soloist at the
2005 and 2009 International Tuba Euphonium Association South Region
Tuba Euphonium Conference. Additionally he has been a featured
soloist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony, University of Akron
Symphony, Odessa College Band, and the UT-Pan American Concert Band
and String Orchestra. Dr. Roeder has been a prize winner in
multiple regional solo competitions and was named a semi-finalist
for the Leornard Falcone International Tuba Competition (1999 and
2000) and the 2000 International Tuba Euphonium Conference Solo
Artist Tuba Competition in Regina, Saskatchewan.
As an educator Dr. Roeder has previously taught at Wayland Baptist
University, the University of Akron, and served as the low brass
instructor for the Midland, Odessa, and Crane (TX) school
districts. Other teaching positions have included the Wisconsin
Summer Music Clinic, Baylor University Summer Music Camp, Blue Lake
Fine Arts Camp, and Sewanee Summer Music Festival. In 2004 Dr.
Roeder was invited to present a lecture at the International Tuba
Euphonium Conference in Budapest, Hungary as well as the 2003 South
Region Tuba Euphonium Conference.
Dr. Roeder received his Bachelors in Music Education at the
University of Illinois, Masters in Music Performance from the
University of Akron, and in 2008 received his DMA from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. His teachers include John Stevens,
Tucker Jolly, Mark Moore, Sam Pilafian, and Pat Sheridan.