Octubafest honors tuba professor Harvey Phillips

The IU Jacobs School of Music Brass Department will dedicate the 2010 Octubafest to tuba pioneer and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Harvey Phillips, who passed away last week.

The series of concerts by music students will begin Wednesday and end Sunday with an Octobaween concert at 7 p.m. in Ford-Crawford Hall.

Phillips established Octubafest in 1974 to honor his teacher William Bell. The concert series has become widely celebrated with performances at universities and communities across the country.

“It’s especially meaningful to have the first performance of the 2010 Octubafest on the day of Harvey Phillip’s memorial service this Wednesday,” Daniel Perantoni, professor of tuba at the Jacobs School, said in an IU press release. “He was our mentor, and we all feel a deep sense of gratitude to him for all he did, both personally and professionally. We will have Harvey close to us in spirit.”

Concerts will take place each night beginning at 7 p.m. in Ford-Crawford Hall.

For more information, visit www.music.indiana.edu/events.

— Bailey Loosemore