Columbia Chamber Winds

Michael Parker, tuba and bass trombone
Michael Parker is the tuba player with the nationally known Monumental Brass Quintet in Washington, DC. As a member of MBQ, he is on the artist rosters for Summit Records, Class Acts Arts, and the Washington Performing Arts Society. During the summer months Michael maintains a faculty position with the Performing Arts Institute in Kinston, PA. In 1999, he received a bachelor of music degree from Northwestern University where he studied with Rex Martin. A graduate student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Parker studied under the tutelage of Dr. David Kutz. He has performed with the Washington National Opera, Fairfax Symphony, Elmhurst Symphony, Kenosha Symphony, Missouri Brass Consortium, The University of Missouri Faculty Brass Quintet, and the Mount Vernon Brass Consort. As a soloist, Michael has appeared on numerous recital series in the Metro-Washington, D.C. region, including performances at the Strathmore Mansion, The State Department, Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library and the University of Washington in Seattle as a guest artist. Michael Parker has appeared as a soloist with the PAI Wind Ensemble, Northwestern University Tuba and Eeuphonium Ensemble, and the Cascade Youth symphony. He is also very active as a teacher and maintains a large studio in Howard and Montgomery Counties, Maryland.