George Alberti
Introduction

George Alberti

Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium Office: 0345 - Doudna Fine Arts Center
Phone: 217-581-2253
Email: glalberti2@eiu.edu
Website: https://eiutubaeuphonium.mystrikingly.com/

INTRODUCTION

George Alberti is an active performer and educator working in Central Illinois. He serves as the Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at Eastern Illinois University where he has worked since 2022. George performs with the Keystone Quartet, a tuba euphonium quartet that strives to push the limits of the tuba euphonium quartet repertoire. George also performs regularly with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, the Heartland Festival Orchestra, and Sinfonia da Camera. Other ensembles he has performed with include the West Virginia Symphony, the Johnstown Symphony, the Keystone Wind Ensemble, and the Gaudete Brass.

He has performed on several Keystone Wind Ensemble albums including Tempo Di Bourgeois (2012), Fisher Tull (2013), and Grace & Glory (2014). George also performed on the solo album of Zach Collins titled Chronicle. With the Keystone Quartet, he has released two albums: Sweet Appalachia (2022), and Keystone Kitchen (2024).

Along with his work as a performer, George has a diverse background in education. Prior to his appointment at EIU, George served as the Visiting Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania for the 2021-2022 school year. From 2014-2017, George worked with B Sharp Youth Music, an El Sistema program in Fort Worth, Texas. While with B Sharp, George taught private lessons to all the brass instruments, conducted the wind ensemble, and taught music theory and many other classes for the program. Starting in 2020, George began teaching Public Speaking at the University of Illinois, where he still maintains his position as an instructor.

George holds degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2011), Texas Christian University (2014), Southern Methodist University (2020). His primary studies have been with Zach Collins, Matt Good, and Scott Tegge.