Doug Tornquist
” . . . a player of astonishing flamboyance” (the Los Angeles Times) and “impressive dash” (the Orange County Register), Doug Tornquist has been a part of southern California’s freelance musical world since 1987. He combines a busy life of recording, performing and teaching. He has taught award-wining brass quintets at the University of Southern California and is also a member of the faculties of the California State Universities at Northridge and Fullerton, Pepperdine University and the California Institute of the Arts. He is a regular performer in the major orchestras in the region, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Opera, and has performed on the scores of many films, including those of John Williams, James Newton Howard, Elmer Bernstein, Danny Elfman, and Alan Sylvestri. His degrees are from Wichita State Universtiy and the University of Southern California, where he earned his DMA. He was a prize Winner at the International Tuba and Euphonium Competiton in Riva del Garda, Italy, . He recently recorded a CD featuring solo tuba and other instruments, as well as two albums with the German brass quintet, Quintadillac. He is possibly best known for his recording, with John Lithgow, of “I’m a Manatee.”