Dennis W. AsKew serves as Professor of Tuba and Euphonium and Music Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  Additionally, he serves as Competitions Coordinator and Journal Archivist for ITEA as well as Associate Editor for Colleges and Universities of the ITEA Journal.

He has been a staff member with many high school and college band programs in the south, northeast, and midwest, many of which received high ratings and won numerous titles, including Bands of America Grand National Champion.  Since 1999, Dr. AsKew has been an Artist-Clinician with UMI, and performs on the Conn 52J tuba.  He has been active as a performer, having given solo recitals throughout the east and southeastern United States, Canada, Italy, Australia, and the Netherlands, as well as numerous concerts as a member of the Market Street Brass Quintet.  He has given masterclasses for conservatory students in the Netherlands, and was a featured performer as a part of the Dutch National Tuba/Euphonium Conference. 

Dr. AsKew has maintained an active participation in public school education by presenting workshops and masterclasses in many of the area high schools and middle schools, and state and regional music conferences. His UNCG Tuba Band has performed at many conferences, including the 1995 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference, held at Northwestern University in June 1995 and the 1997 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference "Verso il Millennio" in Riva Del Garda, Italy in July 1997.  Additionally, they were featured performers at the 1999 TubaMania Conference in Sydney, Australia and the 2000 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Regina, Canda where Dr. AsKew was featured as a soloist and member of the 5th Bass Jazz Funk group.  

Dr. AsKew's first CD, Carolina Morning, with tubist Kelly O'Bryant, was recorded in the summer of 1998.  His second CD, tentatively titled "a/skew/d", will contain at least 5 premiere recordings of new works and transcriptions.  

AsKew received a bachelor's degree from The University of Georgia, a master's degree from Penn State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Tuba Performance from the The University of Michigan.