David Gillingham, Vintage for Solo Euphonium and Band/Piano
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David Gillingham, Vintage for Solo Euphonium and Band/Piano
I REALLY enjoy playing this piece, but I do not know much about it. Has anybody on TubeNet played this;did you make a recording? Can anybody tell me why it is considered to be more difficult than the turn-of-the-century virtuoso solos(which are out of my playing ability?)
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If you are looking for program information, you can find a lot at http://www.gillinghammusic.com/. It says that Vintage was premiered on January 18th, 1991, at the Midwestern School Band and Orchestra Conference in Ann Arbor, MI. The soloist was Ed Mallet and he was accompanied by the Big Rapids High School Band. Among the people who have recorded it are Brian Meixner, Shoichiro Hokazono, Roger Behrend, Steven Mead, and Tormod Flaten - someone else can probably name more.
Turn-of-the-century virtuoso solos cover a wide spectrum of difficulty. I have high school students who have played Beautiful Colorado and Napoli, but I would hesistate before I'd give a student Fantasia di Concerto, The Volunteer, Arban's Carnival of Venice, etc. Some of those solos are hard enough that I won't play them, either.
My point is, I wouldn't say that Vintage is harder than all of the virtuoso solos - just some of them. I wouldn't assign it to a high school student largely because of the range - it briefly goes up to high Eb and has a lot in the 4th valve register. I know there are talented high school players out there, but the ones I have taught have lacked the technique to get through the fast parts of the piece anywhere close to quarter=132, and the musical maturity to carry off the beginning of the piece or the super-long cadenza, even with cuts. Finally, it is hard to put together with piano. My students don't get lots of time to rehearse with their accompanists for solo/ensemble contest, and the time they do get is outside of their lesson so I can't always be there. Plus, the piano part is hard and lots of the accompanists that my students work with don't realize that tuba and euphonium accompaniments can be just as hard and demand just as much preparation as solos for any other instrument...but that's a whole different post.
Sorry for the length...
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Turn-of-the-century virtuoso solos cover a wide spectrum of difficulty. I have high school students who have played Beautiful Colorado and Napoli, but I would hesistate before I'd give a student Fantasia di Concerto, The Volunteer, Arban's Carnival of Venice, etc. Some of those solos are hard enough that I won't play them, either.
My point is, I wouldn't say that Vintage is harder than all of the virtuoso solos - just some of them. I wouldn't assign it to a high school student largely because of the range - it briefly goes up to high Eb and has a lot in the 4th valve register. I know there are talented high school players out there, but the ones I have taught have lacked the technique to get through the fast parts of the piece anywhere close to quarter=132, and the musical maturity to carry off the beginning of the piece or the super-long cadenza, even with cuts. Finally, it is hard to put together with piano. My students don't get lots of time to rehearse with their accompanists for solo/ensemble contest, and the time they do get is outside of their lesson so I can't always be there. Plus, the piano part is hard and lots of the accompanists that my students work with don't realize that tuba and euphonium accompaniments can be just as hard and demand just as much preparation as solos for any other instrument...but that's a whole different post.
Sorry for the length...
- Jamie[/i]