Suggestions for a Tuba Solo with Band Accom?

josh wagner · Post by **josh wagner** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:42 am

Do you know what day you will be performing? Thank you.

josh wagner · Post by **josh wagner** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:47 am

Thank you.

kontrabass · Post by **kontrabass** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:45 am

email sent.

tubabike · Post by **tubabike** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:30 pm

So where are all the suggestions on this thread?

I am in the same boat as Ben and would love to hear some suggestions!

Ben...

I have been thinking about the following pieces:

Broughton
Plog 3 Miniatures
Lebedev Conceto in 1 mvt (if there IS a band accomp)
Beelzebub

other than that I'm just scratching my head....

Alex C · Post by **Alex C** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:43 pm

I suggest "The Carnival of Venice" if you are playing an F or Eb tuba. I happen to know of a really good arrangement which will be available after the 18th.

djwesp · Post by **djwesp** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:07 pm

Daniel in the Lion's Den would be a good fit here.

The biblical references are great around christmas time, and on top of that, you are in Indiana!

Dean E · Post by **Dean E** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:46 pm

At the two extremes of difficulty would be:

(1) Vivaldi's Winter (I think that Oystein Baadsvik told the USATEC that it took him about twelve years to master), or

(2) Harvey Phillips' "Santa Wants a Tuba for Christmas."

But seriously, want a meditative mood? Copland's Quiet City.

A few pop or light traditional tunes suitable for a medley might be:

The Little Drummer Boy,
Go Tell It on the Mountain,
Babes in Toyland/March of the Toys,
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire),
Greensleeves.
Twelve Days of Christmas,
(wrong season, but sometimes performed nonetheless) Handel's Hallelujah Chorus;

clagar777 · Post by **clagar777** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:35 pm

Curnow, Fantasia for Tuba and Band

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:57 pm

ben wrote:Tuba Solo with Band Accom?

That would be ANY band piece we play!

Blake Dowling · Post by **Blake Dowling** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:05 pm

These don't fit the christmas theme but are really nice.

The Gregson Tuba Concerto (the 3rd mvt. is really cool)

Concertino for tuba and band by BenCriscutto.

The concertino is fast and fun, if you can double tounge it won't be hard. The gregson on the other hand goes up to E above the staff for a while. Good on a bass, but sounds great on a CC.

BriceT · Post by **BriceT** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:17 pm

Bencriscutto Concertino: about medium difficulty

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:34 pm

Here's a whole slew of suggestions...

http://www.tubaeuphoniumpress.com/c506.html

I recommend the Aldo Forte. Not seasonal, but good.

oldbandnerd · Post by **oldbandnerd** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:25 am

Low! How a Rose 'Ere Blooming arranged by British composer Terry Treherne. Written as a Euphonium solo with band accom. But you can play the euph part down an octave .
Here's his web site : http://www.euph9.freeserve.co.uk/terry.htm#euph or you can contact me via pm.

keronarts · Post by **keronarts** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:52 am

Also a bunch of others not listed above @ Robert King or BVD Press. Couldn't find Ed Sauter's Conjectures or Warren Benson's Helix @ either, though I do believe at one time there were full wind ensemble arrangements for each. Perhaps tunes like that are now a little more dated.

BVD Press · Post by **BVD Press** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:29 am

I have not completed the engraving process yet, but Barbara York's Directions is a very solid chart. If it is something that might interest you, please email me privately and I can work on getting it completed ASAP.

There is a piano accompaniment version available on the Cimarron Music Press along with a .pdf sample.

Here are Barbara's program notes:

Notes on â€œDirections for Tuba and Symphonic Bandâ€

tubabike · Post by **tubabike** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:58 pm

Does anyone know has the Benson Helix been recorded?

I did a quick search but didn't find anything....

Also does anyone have an idea of how difficult the wind band parts are for this work?

(I'm looking for a work for a summer festival ages 12- 18).

thanks!

keronarts · Post by **keronarts** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:47 pm

Hey tubabike, yes, I'm pretty sure Harvey Phillips recorded Helix back in the vinyl days. Never picked up a copy of it, so I can't help you there.

But Winston Morris, I believe, mentioned the recording in his old "Guide to Tuba Music" [title? -- 1970's publication], so you might pursue that avenue as a source of the original recording, or subsequent re-engineering.

Harvey was also re-doing a few of his old records from that era a few years back. That re-engineering project was mentioned on an earlier thread on this forum, I'm pretty sure. But that might also be a means of getting ahold of the recording. Other aficionados of Harvey "back in the day" could also be Gary Bird of Indiana U of Pennsylvania fame, along with Mary Ann Craig of Montclair State College, NJ -- or wherever they are now.

Wish I could be a little more thorough for you, but off the top of my head, that seems to be accurate.

Stephen Shoop · Post by **Stephen Shoop** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:46 pm

I currently have three early tuba solos with band accompaniment available: (1) Solo Pomposo (recording available on the recently-released Arnold Jacobs Legacy CD), (2) Down in the Deep Cellar (recently recorded by Kelly Diamond and the U.S. Navy Band), and (3) The Storm King. You may contact me directly, or check out my store on the auction website. Steve Shoop- stephen_shoop@yahoo.com; Stephen Shoop Music Publications. In the near future I will also have available The Happy Farmer. This version was performed by Bill Bell when he played (with Joe Tarto) in Paul Lavalle's Band of America.

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