Scott Roeder

Dr. Scott Roeder is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he teaches applied tuba/euphonium and conducts UTRGV Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. Previously Dr. Roeder served for 4 years as Principal Tubist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Lone Star Brass Quintet. Currently he serves as Principal Tuba with the Valley Symphony Orchestra. Additional orchestral performances include the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, Canton Symphony, Illinois Symphony and many other professional orchestras throughout the country. Dr. Roeder is a Buffet Group USA Artist performing exclusively on B&S Tubas and Meinl Weston tubas.

As a soloist Dr. Roeder has performed recitals at conservatories and universities around the United States, Spain, and Mexico and has been a featured artist at multiple ITEA Regional Tuba Euphonium Conferences as well as a guest artist at International Tuba Euphonium Conferences in the United States, Hungary, and Austria. Additionally, he has been a featured soloist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony, Valley Symphony Orchestra, University of Akron Symphony, A Coruna CSM Brass Band, Odessa College Band, and the UTRGV Wind Ensemble and UTRGV Symphony Orchestra. His first solo album, “Five Muses” was released in 2020 under Mark Records.

As an educator Dr. Roeder previously taught at Wayland Baptist University, the University of Akron, and served as the low brass instructor for the Midland, Odessa, and Crane (TX) school districts. Other teaching positions have included the Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic, Baylor University Summer Music Camp, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Sewanee Summer Music Festival. Dr. Roeder has also presented sessions at the 2004 International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Budapest, Hungary and the 2010 International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of the book “Tuba Tutor”, a pedagogical text on solo tuba literature. Dr. Roeder has also served as an adjudicator at the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition, the International Tuba Euphonium Conference, and the 2018 and 2024 AETYB Tuba Festivals in Spain.

Dr. Roeder received his Bachelors in Music Education at the University of Illinois, Masters in Music Performance from the University of Akron, and his DMA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His teachers include John Stevens, Tucker Jolly, Mark Moore, Sam Pilafian, and Pat Sheridan.