Gustavus Adolphus College

Adjunct Instructor
Music

Paul Budde graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire in 1993 with a Bachelors Degree in Instrumental Music Education and from the University of Minnesota in 2004 with a Masters Degree in Tuba Performance. In addition to his current Private Lesson studio of 25 students from in and around the Twin Cities, he has also taught both Middle and High School Band and Marching Band in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

His playing experiences have included Solo Recitals and Performances, Chamber Ensemble experiences in Brass Quintets (St. Anthony Brass Quintet, Clearwater Brass Quintet, and Bellwether Brass Quintet) and Tuba Quartets (The Pistons and Smashing Tubas), as well as Large Group Ensembles (Minnesota Orchestra, Encore Wind Ensemble, Lake Wobegon Brass Band, and the Saint Paul Civic Symphony). Budde’s collegiate tuba quartet, The Pistons, was the first place winner of the first-ever International Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition in 1992.

In addition to teaching and performing, Budde has served as Chairperson for Tubonium, a two-day tuba and euphonium workshop held in the Twin Cities, bringing Guest Artists Tom Ashworth, Marty Erickson, Lance LaDuke, Patrick Sheridan, John Stevens, David Werden, and Jerry Young as performers and clinicians to this Twin Cities event. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Band Director's Association. Budde has studied privately on tuba with John Stevens (1987–1988), Jerry Young (1988–1993), Arnold Jacobs (1993), and Ross Tolbert (2001–2004), and recently returned from a Tuba Workshop titled "Access All Areas" put on by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan.