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Our community orchestra has posted the program for this year's fall concert. Our first rehearsal is still a week a way so I have not seen the music yet, but I was wondering if any of the follwing compostions have a part written for tuba. If they do, what is the level of difficulty?

Gilbert & Sullivan – H.M.S. Pinafore Overture
Kulesha – Serenade for Strings
Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave, Op. 31
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Waldteufel – Waltz “Les Patineursâ€

Kulesha – Serenade for Strings

My guess would be....no.

Maybe if it was for Strings AND Tuba....hehehe.

Tchaikovsky=yes
Brahms=yes

Dunno about the others....good luck searching!

Allen Carter

Tortuba wrote: Brahms – Academic Festival Overture

Has a tuba part, and I believe it is relatively easy.

Tim

Hey, you have some really nice music to work with there! The Tchaikovsky has the usual juicy licks. Nothing horrible technically but some good loud melodic playing. Beware the Brahms! While the vast majority of the part is really easy, the very end has a very nasty lick that I'm surprised doesn't show up more often on auditions. It jumps around quite a bit and hits a C just above the staff. As is typical with Brahms, the intonation has to be dead on while you're doing all that. I don't believe there is a part in the G&S overture, certainly not in the Kulesha string piece. Typical oompah-type parts in the Grieg and Waldteufel. Good luck and enjoy!

Marche Slav has a nice tuba part. The academic Festival has a really good tuba part with some challenging licks and you get to blow a bit, too.

A have vague memory of Peer Gynt having a tuba part but don't quote me.

Gilbert and Sullivan do not have parts for tuba.

Hey Schlep! I wonder if there are some animated thingies of the 'Six Guy'. What a hoot! Wish I could dance. Hell.... I can barely walk!