Mr. Chris Hosmer has been teaching tuba and euphonium with JSU since 1996.  He also teaches Introduction to Music on-line, Technology of Music, and coaches the tuba/euphonium ensembles and brass quintets.  Currently Mr. Hosmer is serving as the Alabama State Representative for the International Tuba/Euphonium Association (I.T.E.A.).

He currently performs as principal tuba with the Gadsden Symphony Orchestra and the Rome Symphony Orchestra.  He performs regularly with the JSU Brass Quintet and is a freelance musician and composer.  Chris has performed with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra in Terre Haute, Indiana, and the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra in Owensboro, Kentucky.  He has appeared as a soloist with the JSU Community Orchestra, the Parsippany High School Concert Band in Parsippany, New Jersey, and with the Emma Sansom H.S. Band at the 2006 AMEA Conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

He has researched and developed a java based Internet application in which music students can practice their music theory skills online.  A portion of the music program can be found at Music Theory Tutorial.  For anyone interested in the research, the documentation for the music theory application is linked here - Music Theory Supplement, An Approach Using Java JApplets And The Internet.  This document is a technical document and the download times may be long.

Mr. Hosmer received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from Jacksonville State University, earned a Master of Music in tuba performance from Indiana University, and has earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Systems and Software Design from Jacksonville State University.  Chris has studied tuba principally with Dr. Harvey Phillips, Dan Perantoni, Dr. James E. Roberts.  He has studied additionally and performed in masterclasses with Øystein Baadsvik and Michael Lind.

Chris' varied professional experience also includes being an active composer/arranger.  He has had several of his compositions performed by the Indiana University Tuba Quartet, Indiana University Tuba Ensemble, Jacksonville State Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, Jacksonville State Symphony Orchestra, and the Etowah Youth Symphony.  He served in the United States Marine Corp. Reserve in Rome, Georgia as well as in Red Bank, New Jersey.  Chris is currently the Webmaster for the Music Department Web Site.