Tom Lukowicz
Brass Arranger & Caption Head
Dr. Thomas Lukowicz is an accomplished musician with a diverse career in performance, education, and the marching arts. He is the Associate Professor of Low Brass at the University of North Alabama, Tuba-Artist Faculty at the Tennessee Valley Music Festival, and Principal Tuba of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of New York.
Dr. Lukowicz has performed with many top orchestras in the United States, including the Columbus Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, and Pittsburgh Symphony Brass. He has also recorded numerous CDs with the Chamber Orchestra of New York and can be heard on the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass recording “A Song of Christmas.”
He is also a passionate educator and has been on faculty at Wright State University, Kent State University, and Notre Dame College. Additionally, he served as an instructor at Carnegie Mellon University and the Oberlin Conservatory. He has led masterclasses, performed guest recitals at universities nationwide, and presented or performed at numerous Midwest, Southeast, Northeast, and International Tuba Euphonium Conferences. He has also served on faculty at the Roger Bobo Festival of Brass and the 2023 International Euphonium Tuba Festival. His students have gone on to win positions at the Seattle Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Shoals Symphony, and competitions at the regional and National levels.
Dr. Lukowicz is also an accomplished marching arts performer and educator. He has been a brass staff member at the Santa Clara Vanguard, Blue Knights, and Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps. He also served on the music staff of the RCC Marching Tigers and the Spirit of America Band. He was a judge for the Pennsylvania Federation of Contest Judges, working championship shows for circuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan. He was a member of the Concord Blue Devils from 1997 to 1999, winning two DCI World Championships and three consecutive Jim Ott Awards for brass performance. From 2001-2002, he was a performer with the North American touring cast of Blast!.
He earned his doctorate at Michigan State University, where he served as the Teaching Assistant for the studio. Additional studies include Carnegie Mellon University (AD), University of Southern California (MM), and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (BM).
