Lloyd Bone
Lloyd Bone, euphonium, is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Glenville State College in Glenville, WV, and Chairperson of the Department of Fine Arts. He teaches applied brass, music history and literature, brass methods, survey of music, conducts brass ensembles, and is the marching band, pep band, and concert band director. He is also currently the News Editor for the International Tuba and Euphonium Association Journal and is Co-Editor of Guide to the Euphonium Repertoire, The Euphonium Source Book, the first definitive textbook regarding the euphonium.
While at Glenville State College, Mr. Bone has helped bring the GSC Bands and other ensembles to new heights. Lloyd conducted the Glenville State College Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble at various state, regional, and national performances, including the 2007 United State Army Band Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Washington, DC, and the 2008 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference. Under his direction, the GSC Marching Band has performed as the featured band at many of West Virginia's largest venues, including the Forest Festival, the Black Walnut Festival, the Buckwheat Festival, and others.
As a euphonium player, Lloyd performed most recently at the 2008 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference as a featured recital soloist and with various professional ensembles at the conference. Lloyd has performed in the 1998 International Euphonium Mock Band Excerpt Competition in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the 1997 Verso il Millenio International Euphonium Solo Competition in Riva del Garda, Italy, and was a member of the 1996 International Collegiate All-Star Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble in Chicago, Illinois. Lloyd has toured and performed with such groups as the Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band, The Circus Kingdom Circus Band, and the Hoffbrau House Polka Band, where he was euphonium soloist. Lloyd has soloed with numerous high-school bands, as well as collegiate and professional bands, including the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, and Brass Choir, the University of the Cumberlands Wind Ensemble, and the Chattanooga Concert Band. Lloyd was a featured artist at the 2005 Southeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference at the University of Georgia. He also performed with Euphoniums Unlimited on their first recording and at the 2006 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference (ITEC) in Denver, Colorado. Also at the ITEC in Denver, he performed with the Red Rocks Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble, an ensemble of tuba and euphonium professors from around the United States. He also performed in 2006 and 2007 with the Tennessee Tech University 40th Anniversary All-Star Alumni Ensemble in Chicago, the United States Army Band Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Washington, DC, and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Prior college teaching experience includes a doctoral teaching assistantship at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he taught brass methods and assisted with the Bearcat Bands and various music education courses. Lloyd was the adjunct instructor of low brass for Murray State University for two years, where he taught low brass and conducted the tuba and euphonium ensemble. Other teaching experience includes five years as low brass instructor at Music Makers of Cincinnati, four years as band director and general music instructor at the Schilling School for Gifted Children in Cincinnati, Ohio, and as a band director and substitute teacher for the Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Schools and Hamilton County, Tennessee School District.
Lloyd attended Tennessee Technological University where he studied with R. Winston Morris, toured, performed and soloed with the internationally acclaimed Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble (TTTE), and received his Bachelors of Music Education degree in 1995. Lloyd received his Masters of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in 2001. At CCM, he studied with Timothy J. Northcut and served as principle euphonium in the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, and Brass Choir. In 2002, Lloyd began pursuing his doctorate at CCM and is still in the completion process.
Lloyd is happily married to his lovely wife Susan and is father to Casey and Tobias.