When he was a teenager, Keith Packman's career goals were to be an in-demand musician available for a myriad of musical work. Now in his mid-30s, Keith is a tuba player that can regularly be found performing with symphony orchestras, teaching public school masterclasses, giving solo recitals, recording albums, and is always looking forward to the next musical project.

As a performer, Keith has had an active freelance career in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for well over a decade. He can regularly be heard performing as Principal Tuba of the Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Allen Philharmonic, Richardson Symphony, Irving Symphony, McKinney Philharmonic, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Dallas Chamber Symphony and the musical company Lyric Stage. Also a specialist in chamber music, Keith is a part of two professional tuba-euphonium quartets, fLOW Quartet and Isomer Quartet, that have recorded albums and performed across the United States and Japan. In various competitive settings, Keith has been a prize-winner at multiple prestigious international tuba competitions including those hosted by the International Tuba Euphonium Association and the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival. He can also be heard in the viral video "Down in the River to Pray" with the University of Texas at Austin tuba-euphonium studio, which has surpassed 1.8 million views on YouTube.

As an educator, Keith has taught at all academic levels from pre-middle school to collegiate graduate students. His pedagogical practice revolves around developing a high-level of musicality and the best possible sound quality, all while instilling a strong sense of the students’ individuality. His college students have gone on to start their careers as various types of music educators and his younger students have achieved many accolades including the coveted TMEA All-State status.

Keith is currently on faculty at Texas Woman's University teaching applied tuba and euphonium lessons . He holds degrees from the University of North Texas (BM - Performance, BM - Music Theory) and the University of Texas at Austin (MM - Performance). He has had extended tuba studies with Don Little, Charles Villarrubia and Matt Good.