Best three solos for high school solo contest

bububassboner · Post by **bububassboner** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:10 pm

Hi, every time I ask some one this question I get different answers. So I want to know what some of you guys out there would use. Just to spice it up lets do this for both tuba and euphonium. Thanks

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:10 am

KingbaritoneGod wrote:Best High school pieces for euphonium...PERIOD:

Derek Bougious:
Concerto for Euphonium (not trombone)

Jukka Linkola:
Concerto for Euphonium

Jan Bach:
Concert Variations

If a good high school student doesn't do well with these pieces they should do everyone a favor and QUIT!!!.....period

That should thin the herd pretty extensively.

tubabike · Post by **tubabike** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:07 am

KingbaritoneGod wrote:Best High school pieces for euphonium...PERIOD:

Derek Bougious:
Concerto for Euphonium (not trombone)

Jukka Linkola:
Concerto for Euphonium

Jan Bach:
Concert Variations

If a good high school student doesn't do well with these pieces they should do everyone a favor and QUIT!!!.....period

I must say as a teacher I was a little upset to read Kingbaritonegod's final words:

"If a good high school student doesn't do well with these pieces they should do everyone a favor and QUIT!!!.....period"

I value the tube net as a resource for players of all levels and a source of valuable information, tips, inspiration, etc. After reading KingBaritoneGod's other posts on tubenet I find him to be quite rude, crude, and in general somewhat offensive.

This board is a place to share information so that the tuba community can grow and keep in touch.

That being said...

My favorite HS Tuba Solos:

Walter Sear Sonatina for Tuba (MD & VA Grade III)

Bach/ Bell Air & Bourree (MD & VA Grade IV)

Lebedev Concerto in One Mvt. (MD & VA Grade V)

Broughton Sonata (MD & VA Grade VI)

My Favorite Euph Solos:

Edward Llewellyn My Regards (arr. for Euph in Concert & Contest Collection) (MD Grade IV)

Telemann Sonata in f minor (for trombone but often on list for Euph) (MD Grade V)

Gordon Jacob Fantasia (MD & VA Grade VI)

"If a good High School tuba or euphonium player can't play the pieces above then they should do themselves a favor and find a piece more suitable for them at the moment and aspire to grow towards the pieces above"

KevinMadden · Post by **KevinMadden** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:23 am

and i thought KBG was dead...........

Bill Troiano · Post by **Bill Troiano** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:35 am

In New York, where solo contest or evaluation (NYSSMA) is divided into 6 difficulty levels, level 6 is the level that advanced HS students who would like to make All-State would perform. Our solos are listed in the NYSSMA Manual where students (or their teachers) may choose from a number of different pieces. In my experience as a teacher, and in seeing evaluation sheets from fo HS students all over Long Island, I would say that the most widely chosen solo tuba piece would be, Sonata in A Minor, by Vivaldi/Morris. Granted, it is not originally a tuba solo, but Winston's arr. is listed for solo tuba as a level 6 solo. It is probably chosen so often because it is the most playable piece on the list. Some of the others that I've chosen for my students as level 6 solos are: Lento - Holmes, Concerto in One Mvt. - Lebedev, Ballad of Enob Mort - Uber, and Second Concerto, mvt. 1 - E. Williams. I've also had a few do the Hindemith. Although, I don't recall ever working with a student on the VW, some HS students in NY have performed it. BTW - Happy New year to all!

skinnytuba · Post by **skinnytuba** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:08 pm

This is a harder question to answer than it seems. I've always just thought that each student should pick a piece that they can really make sparkle; regardless of difficultly level. But, if they have to pick pieces based on some grading system, I guess they can't always do that.

Since most of my answers are already listed I'd like to add a transcription of the Allegro Mvt. from Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 1 to the list. Great piece, and it fits the tuba very well. All of Mozart's Horn Concertos do, but that's the one I liked the best.

Happy playing all!

zeign7 · Post by **zeign7** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:48 pm

I like the Suite for Tuba/Baritone by Haddad. I never performed it but it was a great piece to work on and is a lot of fun. It's for both instruments and works quite well on either IMO.

For euphonium some of the galliard bassoon sonatas are great works too (even though the editions are for trombone). Sonata V doesn't have that demanding of a range and is a GREAT teaching tool.

The Marcello Sonata in F is good tuba one (I like to play it on F tuba with a bunch of different octave transpositions) and I think there may be an edition for euphonium now? I seem to remember hearing it on one of Steven Mead's CDs.

Anyway my $.02