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CHROMOS The CHROMOS Tuba Quartet was founded in 2014 with a mission of artistic and educational outreach. Members of CHROMOS are members of the Wisconsin Tuba Quartet and Willson Tuba Quartet, two quartets with ties to John Stevens, Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The group debuted at John Stevens' Retirement Celebration alongside the UW-Madison Alumni Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble in March 2014. The diverse perspectives and backgrounds each member brings to CHROMOS results in a vitality which is distinctive and dynamic. CHROMOS, an abbreviation of the plural of chromolithographs, are a product of a process for making multi-color prints; the process became the most successful of several methods of color printing developed in the 19th century. This analogy of color is well-suited to music, particularly the genre of the tuba-euphonium quartet. John Stevens (b. 1951) has enjoyed a distinguished career as a performing tubist, university professor, composer, arranger, conductor and administrator. He is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Tuba and Euphonium Association. Professor Stevens is an internationally renowned composer who has concentrated primarily on writing for brass instruments and has published over 50 original compositions and numerous arrangements. To date there are also over 50 recordings of his works by soloists and ensembles from all over the world. He has been commissioned by major orchestras in the USA and abroad, many prestigious soloists and chamber ensembles worldwide, wind bands and choir. Stevens is an ASCAP composer and conductor of The Isthmus Brass. He resides in Madison, Wisconsin. The works on this album, CHROMOS Tuba Quartet Plays John Stevens, consist entirely of arrangements and compositions by John Stevens for tuba/euphonium ensemble, many of which are found on state solo/ensemble lists. Many of th