Dr. Ramón Garavito, Jr. is a Mexican-American tuba artist and music educator from Tucson, Arizona. Garavito currently serves as the Visiting Assistant Professor of Tuba-Euphonium at Stephen F. Austin State University. He was previously the Instructor of Tuba-Euphonium at Blinn College. Prior to these appointments, Garavito was a graduate teaching assistant for the tuba-euphonium studios at Florida State University and the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.
An avid soloist, Garavito frequently performs at conferences, such as at International Tuba-Euphonium Association regional and international conferences, and The U.S. Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Workshop. He has been a prizewinner at various international solo competitions including those held at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, the International Women's Brass Conference, and the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. Other accolades include being a winner of the 2020 U.S. Army Tuba-Euphonium Workshop Tuba Solo Competition (where he performed the World Premiere of "Reflections on the 'Last Post'" by Howard Buss with the "Pershing's Own" U.S. Army Band), the 2019 Frost Bands Concerto Competition, and Gold-Medalist of the 2015 Tuba Student Competition at the Falcone Festival.
He has performed with ensembles such as the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, and as a Fellow of the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. Garavito is a National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) Artist with the Sphinx Organization. He also performs at conferences with the Backburner Tuba and Euphonium Collective.
Garavito holds degrees from Florida State University (D.M. Tuba Performance), the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (M.M. Tuba Performance) and Arizona State University (B.M. Tuba Performance).
His primary tuba teachers are Dr. Justin Benavidez, Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Deanna Swoboda and the late Dr. Kelly Thomas.
"A Message from the Man in the Moon," featuring music about the moon. The repertoire will include arrangements of Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann's A Message from the Man in the Moon, Eric Whitacre's Goodnight Moon, Bart Howard's Fly Me to the Moon.
