Chris Dickey, assistant professor of tuba and euphonium in the School of Music at Washington State University, is the third-place winner of the 2021 American Prize in Instrumental Performance for the professional division.
Dickey’s recordings of James Stabile’s Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Elizabeth Raum’s Romance for Tuba and Piano, and Studies in American Folk Idiom by Gregory D. Carroll were selected from a national pool of diverse competitors.
At WSU, Dickey is an award-winning educator and teaches tuba, euphonium, film music, and chamber music. He performs regularly with the Equinox Brass Quintet and in regional orchestras.
Performers in the instrumental performance division comprise all wind, percussion, and string instruments.
