A1C Gabriel Preusse is a bassist with the United States Air Force of the Golden West, Travis AFB, CA. Originally from Brazil, his Air Force career began in 2024.
A1C Gabriel Preusse is a 2015 graduate of the University of Brasilia, Brazil, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in both Music Education and Double Bass Performance. In 2017, he earned a master’s degree in Double Bass performance from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas. He has performed with the Corpus Christi Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Valley Symphony Orchestra and other community orchestras in south Texas. A1C Preusse has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas A & M University of Kingsville, and as an orchestra director in the Texas Public School System.
EDUCATION
2009 Performance Certificate, Electric Bass Performance, Escola de Musica de Brasilia, Brazil
2012 Bachelor of Arts Education, Music Education, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil.
2015 Bachelor of Music, Double Bass Performance, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil.
2017 Master of Music, Double Bass Performance, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas.
ASSIGNMENTS or CAREER CHRONOLOGY
- July 2024 – Present, Band of the Golden West, Travis AFB, CA
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman 1st Class – 26 Jun 2024