title: Carol Jantsch
text: # Carol Jantsch
  
  Carolyn Mae "Carol" Jantsch (born on March 8, 1985) is an American tuba player. She is the daughter of a medical doctor and a Kenyon College vocal-music teacher, Nancy Jantsch. She began to study piano at age 6, and the euphonium at age 9. She took up the tuba in seventh grade.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Jantsch graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy boarding high school in 2002, and is a 2006 graduate of the University of Michigan. While attending university, Jantsch auditioned for the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. She was a semi-finalist for the New York tuba position. She won the Philadelphia position of Principal Tuba in February 2006, appointed by music director Christoph Eschenbach. She assumed the chair, full-time, with the 2006–2007 concert season. Jantsch is the youngest member of the Orchestra and is, according to National Public Radio, the first woman to hold a Principal Tuba chair among major orchestras in the United States.
  
  In addition to the Orchestra, Ms. Jantsch also teaches at Yale School of Music.
  
  Jantsch is also a noted Ultimate frisbee player, and won a tuba throwing competition.
  
  ## Awards and solo competitions
  
  She has won:
  
  * Potomac Festivals Tuba Artist Competition in 2005
  * Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition
  * International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen in Germany
  * Arts Recognition Talent Search
  * Young Artist Award from Interlochen Arts Academy
  * Columbus Symphony Orchestra Young Musician's Competition
  * Student Tuba at the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition
  * Arnold Jacobs Mock Orchestral Tuba Competition (Arnold Jacobs was the principal tubist for the Chicago Orchestra for 44 years, 1944 to 1988)
  * A Scholarship from the Music for Youth Foundation
  
  ## Discography
  
  * Cascades (2009) - Carol Jantsch, tuba, Susan Nowicki, piano
  