Biography

Dr. Ramón Garavito, Jr. is a Mexican-American tuba artist and music educator from Tucson, Arizona. An avid soloist, Dr. Garavito has been a prizewinner at various international solo competitions, including the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference and the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. Other accolades include being the winner of the 2020 U.S. Army Tuba-Euphonium Workshop Tuba Solo Competition, the 2019 Frost Bands Concerto Competition, and the 2015 Tuba Student Competition Gold Medal at the Falcone Festival.

An active music educator, Dr. Garavito resides in East Texas and currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Tuba-Euphonium at Stephen F. Austin State University. He was previously the Instructor of Tuba-Euphonium at Blinn College. Dr. Garavito holds degrees from Florida State University (D.M. Tuba Performance), the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami (M.M. Tuba Performance) and Arizona State University (B.M. Tuba Performance).

His primary tuba teachers are Dr. Justin Benavidez, Dr. Aaron Tindall, Dr. Deanna Swoboda, and the late Dr. Kelly Thomas.