Thomas Lukowicz

Instructor, Tuba and Euphonium
Low Brass Festival

M133 Creative Arts Center
(937)775-3878
thomas.lukowicz@wright.edu

Thomas Lukowicz is currently the Principal Tuba with the Canton (Ohio) Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of New York, and the Pittsburgh Brass. Mr. Lukowicz has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2001-2002, he was a member of the North American touring cast of Blast!. He is an endorser of Willson Musical Instruments.

Mr. Lukowicz is an Instructor at Wright State University. Prior to his position at Wright State, he was on the faculty of Kent State University and Notre Dame College. He has also served as an instructor at Carnegie Mellon University, Riverside Community College, and the Oberlin Conservatory.

Mr. Lukowicz has recorded with the Chamber Orchestra of New York on two CDs, “Ottorino Respighi” and “Salvatore Di Vittorio.” Both recordings contain world premiers and “Ottorino Respighi” has spent weeks on the Gramophone Top 20 Classical Chart. He can also be heard on the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass recording “A Song of Christmas.”

Mr. Lukowicz is a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University, where he served as the Teaching Assistant for the tuba/euphonium studio. He has earned degrees at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (BM), the University of Southern California (MM), and Carnegie Mellon University (AD). He has studied privately with Phil Sinder, Craig Knox, Murray Crewe, Norm Pearson, Tommy Johnson, Chester Schmitz, Wesley Jacobs, James DeSano, and Roy Poper.