Graduating Student Recital • TUBADOUR: TUBA MUSIC OF THE LAST 50 YEARS • Kyle Wendling, tuba

Kyle Wendling is a tubist and conductor from Owosso, Michigan, and is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. He specializes in classical and jazz as a tubist, and in symphonic and chamber orchestra repertoire as a conductor. Kyle has studied Tuba Performance at Central Michigan University where he studied with Dr. Mark Cox and currently pursues a Masters of Music at the Longy School of Music where he studies with Kenneth Amis. While a student at CMU, Kyle achieved principal tuba positions in the CMU Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, and Wind Ensemble. He also studied orchestral conducting with Dr. José-Luis Maurtúa. He served as assistant conductor with the CMU Concert Orchestra and currently serves as a conductor with Longy’s Orchestra FLEX, directed by Andy Kozar. Kyle performs regularly with Orchestra FLEX, the Bay Colony Brass (from Burlington, Massachusetts), and the Imagine Orchestra, led by Dr. Bill Banfield. His favorite hobbies include writing poetry, playing video games, and playing Dungeons & Dragons with his friends.