Carol Jantsch became the first female tuba player to win a major symphony orchestra position while she was still a senior attending the University of Michigan back in 2006. In addition to her duties as principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Carol has been active as a tuba soloist, appearing in recital and in concerto settings with orchestras and ensembles around the world, and now has started her own tuba cover band called “Tubular”.
Carol Jantsch is a stunning virtuoso musician, which is perhaps even more remarkable for the fact that she performs on an instrument that isn’t typically known for its virtuoso capabilities. As you’ll hear in this interview, Carol thrives on hearing folks exclaim, “I never knew the tuba could sound like that!” I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Carol after a reading rehearsal together, and learned that she is not only a musical virtuoso, but between her varied interests in ultimate frisbee, distance running, reading voraciously and writing her own solo and ensemble arrangements for her tuba cover band, “Tubular”, she is also a virtuoso in the art of living.
Links
Carol’s website: http://www.caroljantsch.com/
Tubular’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TubularBand/
Tubular plays “Bohemian Rhapsody”: https://youtu.be/rsVi_-f2ipA
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2 Comments on "Carol Jantsch, Principal Tuba of The Philadelphia Orchestra"
I love Carol Jantsch. I’ve watched her career ever since she entered the Philly orchestra. I have a good friend trumpet player for Curtis (Stanford Thompson) who told me about her incredible achievement of passing the Philly audition at the age of 20. She has such a great attitude about music and live in general. I hope she always does. BTY, Hugh, I’m sure you know Stanford. He may be a good story for one of your podcasts.