Background
Kaenzig, Fritz Alexander was born on January 30, 1952 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph Garrett and Mary Eleanor (Black) Kaenzig.
Kaenzig, Fritz Alexander was born on January 30, 1952 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph Garrett and Mary Eleanor (Black) Kaenzig.
Bachelor of Music Education, Ohio State University, 1974; Master of Music, University of Wisconsin, 1975.
Teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin School Music, Madison, 1974-1975;
tubist, Florida Symphony Orchestra, Orlando, Florida, 1975-1976;
assistant professor music, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1976-1983;
principal tubist, Waterloo (Iowa)-Cedar Falls Symphony, 1976-1983;
from assistant to associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, 1983-1989;
principal solo tubist, Springfield (Illinois) Symphony Orchestra, 1985-1989;
principal tubist, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, since 1984;
from associate professor to professor music, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1989;
tubist, Michigan Opera Theatre, since 1992. Guest tubist Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1990, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1980, Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1996, Long Beach Symphony, 1995, Santa Barbara Symphony, 1995-1996. Guest tubist, soloist St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, since 1984.
Guest lecturer Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1978, 82-83.
Member Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association (vice president 1985, 1991-1993, president 1993-1995, past president since 1995), Pi Kappa Lambda (president Chi chapter since 1992, Zeta chapter 1987-1989).
Married Monica Ann Setnicar, May 21, 1988.