Ken Drobnak to appear at ITEC 2025

May 19, 2025 -- Posted by : kpdrobnak05

In addition to judging the Artist Tuba Competition, Drobnak wll be presenting a lecture on Bill Bell's dream for an association for tuba players. Robert Rÿker, a student of Bell and tubist with the Montreal Symphony, began the predecessor Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association (T.U.B.A.) in the 1960s. Harvey Phillips, R. Winston Morris and Les Varner setup the organization founded in 1973. The founders established T.U.B.A. (later International Tuba Euphonium Association) to promote and advance the tuba and euphonium. Conferences were envisioned to promote the collaboration of performers, composers, builders, repairers, retailers, publishers, programmers and others. Usually held every two years, ITEC's server as an opportunity for those interested in everything euphonium and tuba to gather and experience new music, techniques and connect with old friends while making new ones.

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ITEC Spain 2025 aims to be a meeting place where artists, educators, students, amateurs, composers, manufacturers, vendors and the rest of the members of our collective can express our concerns, worries and projects related to the future of the euphonium and the tuba. A future in which inclusion, equity and fellowship are fundamental values for our community, where every voice counts, and every perspective enriches the way forward regardless of nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion or age. Let us adopt a pluralistic vision of the world we live in, capable of uniting us for common causes and preserving our traditions, roots and customs as part of the cultural diversity that enriches humanity.


Valencia is a city that opens onto the Mediterranean Sea and combines tradition with modernity, has great cultural activity, is welcoming to the millions of people who visit it every year, is full of fun, and has an exquisite gastronomy to welcome the artists who will attend this conference. In terms of music, the city has the necessary facilities for a conference of this magnitude, it has a professional orchestra and band, numerous high-level amateur bands in the surrounding area, countless hotels to stay in, and connections to the main airports of the world.

The Palau de la Música, venue of ITEC Spain 2025, is the most representative place in Valencia for the musicians of the region, as it is home to the city’s Orchestra and Band. It has magnificent concert halls and facilities to carry out all the activities required at an ITEC. It also has important added extras such as a loading bay, public parking (by the hour) and its own restaurant. The Palau is located next to the Turia riverbed promenade in the center of Valencia, in an area with numerous cafés, restaurants and hotels, where it is easy to stay and easy to get to from any point in the City.


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Ken Drobnak is a free lance teacher and tuba artist based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (USA) Metroplex. He serves as an Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at East Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas (USA). Drobnak has performed with the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Winds, Helena Symphony Orchestra, Billings Symphony Orchestra and the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra. He has been performing historical tuba solos with the Rapid City Municipal Band (South Dakota, USA) every summer for the past fifteen years. Since 2017, Drobnak has served as Historian of the International Tuba Euphonium Association. In the years leading up to ITEC 2023, Drobnak wrote a number of articles on the history of the organization for the ITEA Journal and hosted a panel discussion at ITEC 2023 with founding members. Tuba-Euphonium Press (now part of Cimarron Press) has published many of his music arrangements for low brass instruments. Drobnak has been teaching for over 30 years and his career has spanned three continents. Drobnak holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from Michigan State University, a Master of Music from The University of New Mexico and undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Tuba Performance from The University of Akron. Recent performances are on his YouTube channel (Ken Drobnak), and additional information is posted on his website at www.drobnakbrass.com.