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Hey folks,
One of the saddest things about our instrument is the apparent dearth of avant-garde literature for us. Do any of you know of some good avant-garde euphonium solos or tuba quartets? As far as solos go, I'm aware of Steven's "Soliloquies," but that's where it ends. I also know of no literature for tuba quartet that pushes any sort of compositional boundaries, and I would much appreciate some recommendations here as well!

As a note, what I refer to when I describe "avant-garde" can mean any of the following, but is by no means limited to this list:
Serialism (not exactly avant-garde, but still interesting enough)
Total serialism (i.e. Boulez)
Texturalism (i.e. Penderecki)
Microtonalism (i.e. Scelsi)
Chance music (i.e. Cage)
Minimalism (i.e. Reich)
Eclecticism (i.e. Maxwell-Davies)
Danger music (i.e. Higgins)
and anything else that pushes boundaries!!

Thank you all for your input!
David

(note: "our instrument" here primarily refers to the euphonium, as the tuba has a few tasty solos available, such as the Furies and Penderecki's Capriccio)

There's Gunther Schuller. FIVE MOODS FOR TUBA QUARTET (1973).

http://www.allmusic.com/performance/fiv ... 0001907828" target="_blank


N.B. It's for Tuba quartet and not Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. Though I think the top two parts a playable on Euphonium. (I read it several years ago so my memory is a bit fuzzy.)

You can look a video of a performance posted on August 21th on this page:
https://www.facebook.com/CARRILLO13.ITT

Maybe not avant-garde enough, but along with Sotto Voce Cimarron Music Press commissioned a new tuba quartet from Anthony Plog a few years back. You can find it on our site or from your favorite retailer.

You can view some sample pages here:

http://www.lowbrassmusic.com/fantasy-movements-8441

The Tuba Quartets of George Heussenstamm are quite interesting and The Glider Landscape by Peter Smalley.