Director - St. Cloud Municipal Band

Tuomaala earned Bachelors degrees in horn performance and music education from Bowling Green State University and a Masters degree in Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he studied conducting with Dr. Terrance Milligan.

While in Cincinnati he founded the Cincinnati Chamber Arts Ensemble and served as assistant conductor for the Clermont Philharmonic, Blue Ash Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony and Chorale, and the Miami Valley Youth Orchestra.

He also studied conducting at the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, Conductors Guild Workshops, USAF Heartland of America Band Conducting Seminar, and the Elba Conductors Training Program in Italy.

Currently he works at St. Cloud State University where he is Director of the new Husky Sports Band in addition to marketing and recruitment for the Department of Music. His previous teaching positions include Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan), Marygrove College (Detroit, Michigan), the College of Mount St. Joseph (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Alma College (Alma, Michigan).

Having written reviews of new music literature and was a regular columnist for Band & Orchestra News, School Band and Orchestra, Drum Corps World, and schoolmusic.com. He has also served as a clinician for music conferences and workshops at the University of Dayton and the University of Delaware.

An advocate for arts education, he has taught music K-12 in both private and public schools earning recognition with the 1997 Most Promising Teacher Award from Purcell Marian High School and national recognition with a Melody Grant Award from the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation in 1999.