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ISB 2025 Convention Presenter — Tyler Shepherd

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Name:	Tyler Shepherd
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Presentation Date:	Friday, June 6, 2025 10:00 AM
Presentation Venue:	KMU 240 Choir Room
Presentation Title:	Dounis and the Double Bass
Presented / Performed Previous ISB Convention?	No
Type of Presentation:	Lecture/Performance
Genre:	Adult Learners, Professional-in-Training, Young Learners, Pedagogy, Classical - unaccompanied, Orchestral Music, Other
Bio:	Tyler Shepherd has performed, recorded, and toured across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States. Formerly Principal Double Bass of the Welsh National Opera, he has also appeared as Principal Bass with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, BBC Scottish Symphony and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Tyler has also performed with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Prior to his appointment with WNO, Tyler served two seasons as Principal Bass of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, where he appeared as a concerto soloist. Tyler studied at Boston University, Boston Conservatory and Walnut Hill School for the Arts. His primary teachers were Edwin Barker, Dennis Roy, and Steve Zeserman. During his time in Boston, he was a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and a Tanglewood Music Center fellow for two summers, where he won the Maurice Schwartz Prize. As a teacher is currently on faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington and has appeared at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, the Royal Scottish Conservatoire, and the Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Drama,. He has also been a tutor the Britten-Pears Festival Orchestra in England.
Program (if available):	Not Provided