Jesse Chavez, tuba A native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Jesse's first music lessons were on the piano when he was seven. As a high school freshman, he decided to join the marching band, and was encouraged to take up the tuba. Two years later, he was an All-State musician, and two years after that he was attending Tennesse Technological University, where he studied with internationally recognized tubist R. Winston Morris. During this time he performed, toured and recorded with the acclaimed Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble, including a performance at Carnegie Hall.