"Dr. Samantha Lake is an freelance performer and educator in New York City. While performing tuba in multiple ensembles including Calliope Brass, Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Orchestra, and the Ridgefield Symphony, Dr. Lake has also earned recognition as a soloist. Her passion for solo performances was ignited when she won the Young Artist Solo Competition in New London, CT in 2012, resulting in a solo performance accompanied by the U.S. Coast Guard Band. In the past few years, she has won the Rutgers Concerto Competition, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Staff Solo Competition, and University of Connecticut Concerto Competition, and placed second in the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Competition.
Also passionate about her work as an educator, she teaches tuba and euphonium at Kutztown University, and beginner brass Grace Church School and works with many students of all ages with Calliope Brass. This year she is excited to join the faculty of Luzerne Music Center and teach tuba at the University of Connecticut. Previously, she has served as a Morse Teaching Artist fellow and Music Advancement Program Fellow. Holding leadership roles in university and high school ensembles, Dr. Lake has also conducted rehearsals and led by enthusiastic example. Dr. Lake has taught group and masterclasses at Sichuan Conservatory of Music, University of Connecticut, Ohio University, Interlochen Arts Academy, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and various public schools.
Dr. Lake is from southeastern Connecticut and graduated with a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut. She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rutgers University and her doctoral research led to presentations at VTEC 2021 and IWBC 2022 on the exclusion of high voices in tuba multiphonic repertoire and the commission of two works for unaccompanied tuba. Her principal teachers are Alan Baer and Gary Sienkiewicz."