T. J. Ricer

Dr. Thomas J. Ricer holds a Bachelor of Music from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, a Master of Music from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. He has performed with the Cincinnati, Honolulu, Syracuse, Knoxville, Lima, and Middletown Symphony Orchestras, as well as Keith Brion’s New Sousa Band and the Knoxville Wind Symphony. He is currently the principal tubist in the Springfield Symphony and is a former principal of the Lebanon Symphony Orchestra. Ricer plays modern jazz as the tubist for the Dave Rivello Ensemble and funk as a founding member of the Po’ Boys Brass Band. In addition to his work as a tubist, Ricer has played bass trombone in the Blue Wisp, Streamliners, and Jack Carr Big Bands and as a soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble. He is a regularly contributing writer for the International Tuba and Euphonium Association’s Journal. When not playing low brass, Ricer is the lead singer and bass player for “CASH Back,” a tribute to the Man in Black, has completed a marathon, and holds a certification as a group aerobics instructor.

Ricer’s primary instructors include Mike Thornton, Sande MacMorran, and Don Harry.

T. J. playing with the Po' Boys