Meet our Associates

Mark Sayler is a tuba and euphonium performer, composer, and teacher from Fairhope, AL. He is currently pursuing his masters in tuba performance at Louisiana State University under the tutelage of Dr. Charlie Goodman and has a bachelor’s degree in tuba performance from the University of South Alabama where he studied under Dr. Clayton Maddox and Dr. William Petersen. Formerly an Eastman Rising Artist, he won the 2024 IET Artist Solo competition, the 2026 SERTEC Artist Tuba Solo competition, and the University of South Alabama concerto competition. Mark is an ASCAP composer and a teacher with the Blue Knights drum and bugle corps based in Denver, CO and has performed on tuba and euphonium with the Northwest Florida Symphony orchestra. In his seldom spare time, he enjoys playing bass and cello for various occasions and finding new mediums to feature the tuba.

A photograph of Logan Wadley, tubist and co-founder of American Brass Press, holding a tuba and wearing a tuxedo.Logan Wadley is a Doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music studying with Dr. Justin Benavidez, while also serving on the faculty of the Eastman Community Music School. An award-winning soloist and ensemble musician, he has appeared as a guest artist across the United States, and earned top honors at national and international competitions. 


Logan’s accolades include earning the Silver Medal at the 2024 Falcone Tuba Artist Competition, first place in the Tuba Artist Division at the Northeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference, and winning the Eastman School of Music Concerto Competition, where he performed the Arild Plau Tuba Concerto with the Eastman Symphony Orchestra in 2025. He is also the recipient of the 2023 Celentano Award for Excellence in Chamber Music, the 2021 Jim Self Award, and prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, culminating in a performance on NPR's "From the Top" show #371 in La Jolla, California.  


Logan has performed as a guest artist on recitals at the University of Rhode Island, North Carolina School of the Arts, University of South Dakota, University of Houston at Victoria  and the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota. His festival attendance includes the Curtis Summerfest in Philadelphia (2019), National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland (2023), Round Top Music Festival in Round Top, Texas (2023, 2024), the Falcone Festival (2024), as well as the Victoria Bach Festival, where he appeared as an emerging artist for the duration of the festival (2025).


Logan earned his Bachelor’s degree in Tuba Performance with High Distinction and a Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music in 2023, followed by a Master’s degree in Tuba Performance in 2025. His principal instructors include Roger Bobo, Don Harry, Chris Olka, Craig Knox, Todd Cranson, and Chuck Dibley.