Craig Fuller* Craig Fuller* | Omaha Symphony Watch & Listen Blog Donate Omaha Symphony - Music Director Thomas Wilkins Donate Events and Tickets ❮ BACKEVENTS AND TICKETS Calendar 2022/2023 Season Series Packages Subscriber Info Student Rush Group Sales Symphony | Anywhere Symphony Anywhere ❮ BACKSYMPHONY ANYWHERE Symphony | Anywhere Learning Library Omaha Symphony App Plan Your Visit ❮ BACKPLAN YOUR VISIT Venues Holland Center Strauss Performing Arts Center Concert FAQ Public Health Update: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Venue Guidelines Omaha Symphony Promise Learn & Engage ❮ BACKLEARN & ENGAGE Teachers & Students Community Programs Learning Library FAQ for Educators Omaha Symphony App About ❮ BACKABOUT Conductors Ankush Kumar Bahl Music Director Ernest Richardson Resident Conductor & Principal Pops Conductor Thomas Wilkins Music Director Laureate The Omaha Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Mission and IDEA Statement of Intent Symphony History Board of Directors Governing Members Staff Guilds Employment Auditions ❮ BACKSEARCH Watch & Listen Blog Craig Fuller* Principal Tuba Craig Fuller has been Principal Tuba of the Omaha Symphony since 1978. He is also Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he taught for 32 years. He is a graduate of Indiana University where he studied with the late Harvey Phillips. Fuller has performed as a soloist with the Omaha Symphony on numerous occasions, as well as the Lincoln Symphony, the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra and the U. S Army Orchestra in Washington D. C. He has performed solo recitals in a number of states, and has performed in brass quintet recitals throughout the Midwest and in the Czech Republic. In addition to his long associations with the Omaha and Lincoln Symphonies, Fuller has also performed with the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Henry Mancini Orchestra and the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra in Door County, Wisconsin. Fuller’s former students include numerous public school teachers, college teachers and symphony orchestra tuba players throughout the United States. One of his areas of research includes instrument design and repair. He authored a chapter in the “Tuba Source Book” in this area and he holds a U.S. Patent for an instrument design. The Omaha Jaycees recognized Fuller for community service and professional achievement by naming him an “Outstanding Young Omahan”. Fuller has recorded with numerous groups including Mannheim Steamroller, Pete Yorn, the Omaha Symphony and the Chicago Symphony. He has played for many of the world’s top conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Klaus Tennestadt, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Baremboim, Leonard Slatkin, Gunther Schuller and Robert Spano. Fuller has been involved in commissioning new works for tuba and brass quintet and has performed a number of world premieres of new works. Ticket Office 1200 Douglas Street Omaha, NE 68102 402.345.0606 Get Directions Administrative Office 1905 Harney Street, Suite 400 Omaha, NE 68102-2318 402.342.3836 Get Directions Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram News Series Sponsors © Copyright 2022 Omaha Symphony.