Latest news and upcoming projects

STIMULANSMEDEL

Jack has been awarded funding from Lund University in preparation of a concert featuring new music for serpent. The premiere concert is scheduled for February 2025, watch this space!

RESEARCH POSITION IN MALMÖ

Jack is very proud to announce that he has been appointed a Post-Doctoral Research at Malmö Academy of Music through the University of Lund. He is looking forward to working with Prof. Michael Edgerton and the rest of the team in Sweden over the next two years!

DIE SPIELTECHNIK DER TUBA / THE TECHNIQUES OF TUBA PLAYING

Jack has written the latest edition in this series of instrumental guides for performers and composers for Bärenreiter-Verlag, now available at the links above. It is also available as an eBook (English / German).

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE BERLIN SENATE

Jack is happy to announce that he has been awarded a research scholarship from the Berlin Senate for 2023, investigating approaches to composition for historical members of the tuba family. More details to follow!

NEW RECORDINGS AND PAPERS

New recordings on historical instruments as well as recent video conference presentations have recently been added to the Research tab above.

Jack Adler-McKean is a performer-researcher promoting the tuba family through collaborations with internationally renowned ensembles, composers and academic institutions.

He performs as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and as an orchestral musician, around the world, as well as giving seminars, conference presentations, publishing writings on music, and curating collections of original compositions for the tuba family. Originally from Brighton on the south coast of England, he currently lives in Berlin.

Alongside performing and researching with all members of the tuba family, he also works frequently as a composer, editor, copyist, repetitur/coach, vocalist, administrator, conductor, and arranger.

Having studied at Bachelors and Masters levels in Manchester and Hannover, he gained his Ph.D in performance studies from the Royal Northern College of Music, generously supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Great Britain.

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