Fritz A. Kaenzig

Chair, Wind & Percussion Instruments and Professor Tuba & Euphonium
fak@umich.edu
734-764-0184

Professor Kaenzig is Chair of the Wind and Percussion Department, has served as principal tubist of the Florida Symphony Orchestra and as additional or substitute tubist with Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and the symphony orchestras of Detroit, San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and St. Louis, under such conductors as Bernstein, Haitink, Leinsdorf, Ozawa, Salonen, and Slatkin. He has recorded and performed as soloist with several of these orchestras, among others. Since 1984, Mr. Kaenzig has been principal tubist in the Grant Park (Chicago) Symphony Orchestra during summers.

As guest instructor, recitalist, soloist with ensembles, and adjudicator, Mr. Kaenzig has made appearances at many high schools, colleges, universities, conferences, and music camps throughout the United States, Korea and Japan and was a member of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Prior to joining the U-M faculty, he taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Mr. Kaenzig is a past president of the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association, now known as the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, which he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors, and is a frequent featured soloist at its international conferences.

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