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Lucas Hulett currently serves Wichita State as Director of Athletic Bands where he coordinates both the “Shocker Sound” basketball band and the “Shocker Sound Machine” marching ensemble. Lucas performs regularly with a number of local Kansan artists, most notably Nathan Willams Skinny slim and the Fat Tuesday Brass Band (sousaphone), and Riley Day’s ‘Daydream’ (trombone) Lucas has released 2 albums with Daydream in 2018 and 2021. Additionally, he works as a studio musician, recording remotely for a number of projects country-wide, and teaches private lessons. Lucas holds degrees from Wichita State University (MM) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (BM).
Born and raised in Charlotte NC, Lucas studied euphonium and tuba in undergraduate school, but also dedicated a great deal of his energy to both bass and tenor trombone in jazz and classical genres. Lucas quickly experienced success as a private lesson teacher, section coach, and marching band instructor immediately following high school and continued to work in a professional capacity as an undergraduate student. As a private teacher, his students experienced an array successes ranging from regional honor band appearances, to placing in nationally recognized solo competitions.
His experience on tenor and bass trombone in a myriad of outlets aided in fostering a professional playing career as an independent contractor.
After undergraduate school, Lucas divided his time amongst several orchestras both semi pro and professional, toured the east coast as a salsa trombonist, and arranged music for high school bands, chamber ensembles, and the Buzz City Brass mini corp., housed by the National Basketball Association and the Charlotte Hornets, and sponsored by Jupiter Brass and Ludwig Percussion.
Lucas and his Wife Meri also founded Intrepid Brass in 2016 in Charlotte NC (intrepidbrass.org) and continues as a chamber brass and launching in 2022, full American Brass Band in Wichita KS.
Lucas appeared as a soloist on several occasions with the UNC Charlotte Wind Ensemble on euphonium and tuba, Euphonium soloist with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra, and again as a soloist with the UNC Charlotte Big Band. During his tenure at UNC Charlotte, he had the opportunity to perform with widely successful jazz artists such as Dick Oatts, Brad Leali, Scott Wendholt, Mike Steinel, Jeff Coffin, Harold Danko, Terell Stafford, Jim Riggs, and Paul McKee.
In 2016, Lucas left NC to obtain his Master of Music at Wichita State where he served 2 years as a graduate assistant studying trombone and conducting. While in Kansas, he has continued to teach privately, write/arrange, perform with the Wichita Grand Opera, and in 2018, joined the faculty at Wichita State University.
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