Education

• D.M.A, Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Memphis
• M.M., Master of Music, University of North Texas
• B.M., Bachelor of Music, Kansas State University

Biography

Zack Corpus is an Assistant Professor of Practice for Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Memphis and a tubist with the Memphis Brass Quintet.

He has been heard across the United States and internationally, including Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.He has performed with the Bluff City Wind Ensemble, Shoals Symphony Orchestra, Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Winds, and Memphis Symphony Orchestra and held a substitute position with the Orlando Philharmonic. Prior to his appointment at the University of Memphis, Corpus taught orchestra and band for seven years in the public schools of Tennessee and Alabama.

Corpus has received numerous accolades for his playing, advancing as a finalist in the International Tuba and Euphonium Association competitions and the prestigious Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition. As an avid supporter of tuba and euphonium chamber music, he has championed the creation of new ensembles, the iTuba Quartet, a finalist in the ITEA International Chamber Music Competition and the Zach Curlin Quartet, a chamber ensemble of his students at the University of Memphis. He is passionate about expanding the tuba beyond its classical roots, establishing the North Texas Tuba Jazz Collective, and revitalizing the charts of Rich Matteson and other low brass jazz pioneers. Corpus' arrangements for tuba/euphonium ensemble can be heard on the albums Axis and Tubas in Love released by the University of Memphis Bottom Line Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble.

Dr. Corpus is dedicated to the expansion of performing opportunities for all brass players. As the founder and president of the board of the Grind City Brass Band, a Memphis-based British brass band affiliated with the North American Brass Band Association, he has created new performing opportunities for all brass players. He is also a founding member of a professional brass quintet that is dedicated to the education, creation, and promotion of new chamber music for brass. Corpus also serves as the Greater Memphis TubaChristmas event held annually at Crosstown Concourse, where he welcomes musicians of all skill levels to partake in collaborative music-making. 

He earned his Bachelors of Music from Kansas State University, Masters of Music from the University of North Texas, and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis.  His primary teachers, including Phillip Black, Dr. Steven Maxwell, Donald Little, Dr. Brian Bowman, and Dr. Kevin Sanders, have shaped his musical perspective and contributed to his unique style.