Rose Schweikhart is an active low brass musician in the Springfield area playing tuba, euphonium and trombone. She holds the position of the Assistant Solo Baritone Horn in the 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Band and can be heard as soloist on Woodman, Spare that Tree.

Rose received her MMus with Distinction in Tuba Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, where she studied with Roger Bobo and James Gourlay, and she completed her Bachelors of Arts in Music Theory and Performance cum laude with Honors from Connecticut College under the tuteledge of Gary Buttery. She has performed on Tuba and Euphonium in such diverse places as Le Domaine Forget in Quebec, Canada, Budapest, Hungary and Kalavrita, Greece.

At the University of Illinois at Springfield, Rose is on the administrative staff in the Dean's Office of the College of Public Affairs while remaining an active member of the UIS Band, Chamber Orchestra, and Jazz Combo. She is also a member of the Springfield Municipal Band on Trombone and the Heartland Brass Band on Euphonium.

When not playing music, Rose Schweikhart is a talented web-designer with many web sites to her credit, including TubaNews.com. She also enjoys remodelling and restoring her 100-year old house in Downtown Springfield with her Fiancé, Captain R. Todd Cranson, Director of the 10th Cavalry Band.

Trooper Schweikhart performs on an immaculately restored Bb Bass Trumpet manufacturered by the C.G. Shuster Company in Markneukirken, Germany, circa 1890. It features 3 side-action mechanical rotary valves and is finished in raw brass with nickel silver trim.