What is your taste?

[UTTuba_09]

What kind of solo music do you most like to play?

[The Big Ben]

What kind of solo music do you most like to play?

At the current time, I like to play solos I can play...

How's that?

I have a book of easy solos with piano and am learning "Happy Farmer", "Hall of The Mountain King", "Carnival of Venice" and a bunch of duets I play with my teacher...

I also have figured out popular tunes like "God Bless the Child", "Misty" and "Moonglow".

Great fun....

Jeff "Learning to play the notes *and* the rests" Benedict

[circusboy]

All kinds.

Solo playing is pretty much the only playing I do these days, and I love it. The type I play at any given time depends on my mood:

If I'm calm and focused, I like playing truly classical classical music (etudes, sonatas, Bach transcriptions, etc.)

If I'm wide awake and looking for a challenge, I really like "playing" some of the more modern literature.

In other or general moods, I always like to play classic melodies from the American Songbook ("Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Misty," etc.) or pop/rock/R&B.

[Dylan King]

Stuff that comes out of my brain noodle.

[Steve Marcus]

What kind of solo music do you most like to play?

1. A solo written as part of an orchestral piece

2. Taking a chorus or two with a Dixieland/trad jazz band

[Chuck Jackson]

Two criteria:

Anything I can drink beer with.

I have to enjoy it. I like, as well as loathe, solos in just about every category.

Doc

I love Doc.

Chuck"the truth shall set you free"Jackson

[Tubanese]

some kind of pop songs like "Take my breath away"

[MartyNeilan]

Rythmic stuff from the modern rep that sounds bad@$$ and can get a crowd cheering.

Cosma, Sparke, Gregson, Curnow etc......

I take it you like Holsinger then.

[Wyvern]

Ones that are lyrical and melodic.

I tend to feel envious of euphonium players who often get such solos. Unfortunately those for tuba seem to mostly be written either to show off the player's technical ability, or to be comical.

[Mark]

Does anyone REALLY perform (in public) tuba solos other than college kids, a few college teachers (those who play well, or are required by their schools to perform solos), the rare community band novelty, and perhaps a handful or two of Baadsvik type of folk?

Here in the Seattle, Chris Olka was recently featured at the Triple Door (http://www.tripledoor.com/).

[Steve Inman]

Does anyone REALLY perform (in public) tuba solos other than college kids, a few college teachers (those who play well, or are required by their schools to perform solos), the rare community band novelty, and perhaps a handful or two of Baadsvik type of folk?

bloke "a mature not-connected-to-an-ivory-tower-institution adult who feels VERY fortunate to be asked to play a solo or two once every year or two, and usually has to hire his own accompanist - because often the supplied accompanists cannot play the selected literature"

If you've got a musically-minded church, there should be the occasional opportunity to play a solo piece during a prelude / postlude / offertory. But you probably wouldn't choose a technical / "flashy" piece -- maybe for the postlude. But as I like melodic pieces, there ought to be some nice, simple arrangements of standard hymns out there that might be a bit boring for the performer, but that the audience (congregation) would really enjoy.

Cheers,

[BriceT]

I love to play just about anything.

I like very challenging solos, but also solos that I canplay very well and sound great.

Right now I'm playing a mix of Baroque and Modern literature.