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Bradley Coker, a native of Republic, Missouri, is an Assistant Professor of Music Education, Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Tennessee at Martin. In addition to teaching tuba and euphonium, he teaches courses in Brass Methods and Beginning Instrumental Ensemble Techniques, Literature, and Conducting. Since December of 2005, Dr. Coker has been invited as a semi-finalist for the West Point Military Academy Band, the International Tuba Euphonium Conference Quartet Competition, the Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral Audition, and the Leonard Falcone International Tuba Artist Competition.
Dr. Coker holds a DMA in tuba performance with a related field in wind band conducting from the University of North Texas. Prior to his studies at North Texas, he served for three years as an Assistant Director of Bands at Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, where his concert bands consistently received Sweepstakes Awards for concert and sight-reading performances. His article “Success at All Levels,” discussing public school performance experiences, was published in the November 2002 issue of the Southwestern Musician.
Dr. Coker holds degrees from Baylor University and Missouri State University. He has performed with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps as a euphoniumist (1996) and assistant conductor (1997). Dr. Coker won the Drum Corps Midwest contra bass bugle solo competition in 1997. He completed two seasons as tubist with the Pasadena (Texas) Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with the San Angelo (Texas) Symphony, the Waco (Texas) Symphony, and the Springfield (Missouri) Symphony. His tuba and euphonium instructors have included Don Little, Dr. Brian L. Bowman, Mitsuru Saito, Frank Woodruff, Dr. Michael A. Fischer, Robert Loffler, and William Hartman.