Profile for

Keith Packman

Interim Instructor of Music in Tuba & Euphonium

Since he was a teenager, Keith Packman‘s career goals were to be an in-demand musician available for a myriad of musical work. Now in his mid-30s, Keith is a tuba player that can regularly be found performing with symphony orchestras, teaching public school masterclasses, giving solo recitals around the world, recording albums, and is always looking forward to the next musical project.

As a performer, Keith has had an active freelance career in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for nearly two decades. He can regularly be heard performing as Principal Tuba of the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra Additionally, he has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Dallas Opera Orchestra, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Allen Philharmonic, Richardson Symphony, Irving Symphony, McKinney Philharmonic, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, and the musical company Lyric Stage. Also a specialist in chamber music, Keith is a part of two professional tuba-euphonium quartets, fLOW Quartet and Isomer Quartet, that have recorded albums and performed across the United States, Japan and Thailand. In various competitive settings, Keith has been a prize winner at multiple prestigious international tuba competitions including those hosted by the International Tuba Euphonium Association and the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. He can also be heard in the viral video “Down in the River to Pray” with the University of Texas at Austin tuba-euphonium studio, which is nearing 2 million views on YouTube.

As an educator, Keith has taught at all academic levels from pre-middle school to collegiate graduate students. His pedagogical practice revolves around developing a high-level of musicality and the best possible sound quality, all while instilling a strong sense of the students' individuality. His college students have gone on to start their careers as various types of music educators and performers while his younger students have achieved many accolades including the coveted TMEA All-State status.

Keith is currently the Interim Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at East Texas A&M University. He holds degrees from the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Austin. He has had extended tuba studies with Don Little (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, ret.), Charles Villarrubia (Rhythm & Brass) and Matt Good (Dallas Symphony Orchestra).