Tuba and Euphonium Artist
Artists and Presenters
SERTEC 2026 will feature professional musicians, student performers and more from the South East region of the US and beyond.
Featured Tuba Artist - Willie Clark
Featured Euphonium Artist - Ada Brooks
Featured Ensemble - The UGA British Brass Band
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Featured Tuba Artist
Willie Clark is lecturer of tuba and euphonium at the University of Maryland School of Music where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium lessons, coaches brass chamber groups and serves as the director of the UMD Brass Ensemble. Clark is also a retired member of the United States Air Force “Ceremonial Brass” in Washington, D.C., and was a founding member of the Barclay Brass and professional Disney tuba quartet, “The Tubafours.”
As a performer, Clark has toured the United States, South America, Australia, China, Japan and eighteen countries in Europe. During these travels, he performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony, the Empire Brass for the Campos do Jordao Winter Music Festival and USA Tour, American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Sam Rivers’ RivBea Orchestra, The Who, John Legend, Andrea Bocelli and Keith Brion’s New Sousa Band. Clark has also served as a low brass clinician on the European Tour with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. You can hear him on the Tuba 4’s CD, “Under the Boardwalk.” He has also recorded with John Williams and the Boston Bops Brass Section, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, the United States Air Force Band, Alfred Publishing, Warner Brothers and Electronic Arts.
Featured Euphonium Artist
Ada Brooks is a professional euphonium player with the West Point Band. Before securing her position with the West Point Band, she served as a member of the Air National Guard Band of the Southwest and the Dallas Brass Band, while also maintaining a studio of more than 30 private lesson students. She has achieved success in various international competitions, including winning first place in the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Student Competition, first place in the International Women's Brass Conference Mock Audition, and second place in the International Euphonium Tuba Festival Artist Solo Competition. She won an audition with the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America and was deemed qualified and hireable in an audition with the U.S. Air Force Band.
Originally hailing from Montana, Ada’s love of the euphonium brought her across the country at the age of 16 to complete her high school education at the Interlochen Arts Academy. She went on to graduate summa cum laude from the University of North Texas, where she earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in euphonium performance under the tutelage of Dr. Brian Bowman and Dr. David Childs. In her free time, Ada enjoys rock climbing, mountain biking with her dog, and camping in her homemade teardrop trailer.
The University of Georgia
British Brass Band
