Don Lucas

Chair of Brass, Woodwind, and Percussion Department; Associate Professor of Music, Trombone and Euphonium | donlucas@bu.edu | 617.358.2502

Room 427, 855 Commonwealth Avenue

Don Lucas was educated as a Fulbright Scholar to London’s Guildhall School of Music (“Premiere Prix” and Advanced Solo Studies Diplomas), Texas Tech University (MM and BM), North Texas State University, The University of Houston (DMA work) and The Berklee College of Music. His principal teachers include Denis Wick, Robert Deahl, Al Lube, Carsten Svanberg, Phil Wilson, Michel Becquet, Allen Barnhill, John Marcellus, Phil Wilson, Leon Brown, and Dave Maser.

Mr. Lucas has performed with The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Empire Brass Quintet, Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, the American Classic Trombone Quartet (founder), and with many orchestras. Internationally, Mr. Lucas has performed recitals and taught master classes throughout the world. Engagements in the United Kingdom included Wigmore Hall (London), The British Trombone Society Festival, The Repton Brass Festival, The Royal Northern College of Music, Cheathams School of Music (Manchester), The Royal Academy of Music (London), The Guildhall School of Music (London), and The Royal Scottish Academy of Music (Glasgow). Engagements in Russia included The Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), The Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (St. Petersburg), and The Fine Arts Institute (Vladivostok). Other international engagements included, Korean Trombone Festival, Brazilian Trombone Association National Festival (Rio de Janeiro), the Conservatoire Superieur (Paris, France); Trombones de Costa Rica International Brass Festival (San Jose); The International Trombone Festival (Feldkirch, Austria), The International Trombone Symposium (Melbourne, Australia), and three trombone ensemble camps in South Korea.

In the United States, Mr. Lucas has performed as soloist, recitalist, and clinician. Engagements included Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie; Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center; The Juilliard School; The Eastman School of Music; The United States Army Orchestra Band “Pershing’s Own”; The United States Naval Academy Band; The West Point United States Military Academy Band; the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic; the New York Conference for Brass Scholarships; the MasterWorks Festival; the Eastern Trombone Workshop (Washington, DC); Harmony Ridge Brass Festival (Vermont); 76 Trombones+4 Trombone Festival, Las Vegas; College Band Directors National Association Convention; The Texas Music Educators Association Convention; Texas Bandmasters Association Convention; the Christian Artists Music Festival (Colorado); Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute; the Las Vegas Music Festival; and over a hundred appearances at universities, festivals, schools, and camps.

Mr. Lucas’ honors include the only Premier Prix Diploma ever awarded to a brass player in the history of the Guildhall School of Music (London); Bronze Medal L’unamite & Finalist, Toulon International Solo Competition; First Prize Winner ITA Frank Smith International Trombone Solo Competition; First Place “Fellow,” Harmony Ridge Brass Festival; First Place Solo & Group Competitions, National Christian Artists Seminar; and First Prize, The American Classic Trombone Quartet, Summit Brass International Brass Chamber Group Competition.

Mr. Lucas has performed under the baton of many distinguished conductors, including Ivan Fisher, Leonard Slatkin, John Adams, Hugh Wolf, and Christopher Hogwood. He has recorded with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the American Wind Symphony. Solo and Brass Chamber Music selections were recorded on two CDs for North South Recordings and Warwick Music Publishers, UK. He has released two Solo CDs: Hymns for Trombone and Cantabile.

Mr. Lucas has premiered/commissioned many pieces for trombone from many composers, including Fisher Tull, Jacques Casterede, Derek Bourgeouis, Adam Gorb, Elena Roussanova Lucas, Franz Cibulka, David Maslanka, Theodore Antoniou, Alun Hoddinott, Gary D. Belshaw, and Daniel Schnyder.

Previous teaching appointments include Texas Tech University, Eastern New Mexico University, Sam Houston State University, and public school teaching in Fairfax County, Virginia; Wake County, North Carolina; and Brenham and Southland, Texas.

Mr. Lucas is a performing artist and clinician for the S. E. Shires Co. of Hopedale, Massachussetts.