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" . . . a player of astonishing flamboyance" (the Los Angeles
Times) and "impressive dash" (the Orange County Register), Doug
Tornquist has been a part of southern California's freelance musical
world since 1987. He combines a busy life of recording, performing
and teaching. He has taught award-winning brass quintets at the
University of Southern California and is also a member of the
faculties of the California State Universities at Northridge and
Fullerton, Pepperdine University, California Institute of the Arts,
and UCLA. He is a regular performer in the major orchestras in the
region, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles
Opera, and has performed on the scores of many films, including
those of John Williams, James Newton Howard, Elmer Bernstein, Danny
Elfman, Hans Zimmer and Alan Sylvestri. His degrees are from Wichita
State University and the University of Southern California, where he
earned his DMA. He was a prize winner at the International Tuba and
Euphonium competition in Riva del Garda, Italy, . He recently
recorded a CD featuring solo tuba and other instruments, as well as
two albums with the German brass quintet, Quintadillac. He is
possibly best known for his recording, with John Lithgow, of "I'm a
Manatee." |
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