I am in a tuba/euphonium quartet and I wanted to know if anyone had suggestions of some music for such a group that was "different"...or out of the ordinary.
I don't know how else to describe what sorta thing I have in mind, but maybe something that breaks out of the ordinary use of such a quartet...... hmmmmmm, someone know's what I mean though...so enough blabber....
any cool pieces someone could suggest? (the use of multi-phonics and such would be cool....or beatboxing as mentioned in a pervious post..hahah)
I don't know if it's in print or not, but one of the coolest pieces I've ever heard for tuba quartet is a piece called "Move." It's by the composer Matt Davidson, so maybe contact him for info on it, (come to think, I need to do that myself...) The group I saw play it is Tubalate, a group I highly recommend to anyone out there, especially tuba players.
"There are places in music that you can only go if you're an idiot."--Tom Waits
there is a piece called tuba sauce and it is pretty cool. I think it has 4 movements and each one depicts a type of sauce. either dillon or baltimore brass has it for sale. Hickey's I know does.
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I was in a TubaEuph quartet once at a recital with a "Fluba" player (A tuba player who also doubles on Flute....very rare breed indeed). We played an arrangement of "Stars and Stripes Forever", and on the last run the "Piccolo solo", which was covered by the 1st Euphonium in that arrangement, was instead played by the Fluba player (who was on 1st Tuba). She set her Tuba down and pulled a piccolo off the stand and played the part while the 1st Euphonium covered her Tuba part....
No one suspected that the Tuba player knew how to play Piccolo...it was a nice effect to add to the performance.
Brandon Quam
Sam Houston State University '11
Willson 2900 w/ BB1 mpc
Bob1062 wrote:Arrange "Orion" by Metallica. You'd have to get a drummer but it'd be worth it!
Ryan McGeorge did this for the USMB T/E Quartet last year. It rocks, but in order for the drummer to be able to really thrash, you'd need to mic the brass. You might ping him on whether Metallica gave him permission to distribute the arrangement(I know he had permission to arrange...)
While you're at it, you should ask him about his Hank Levy arrangements.
If you're looking for something different, you might try Musica De Lupus, an original composition by Gary Buttery (former tuba soloist with the Coast Guard Band, member of their tuba quartet and the Atlantic Tuba Quartet). This piece was written a a tribute to the plight of the wolf and requires appropriate sound effects from the players.
hmmmmmm, someone know's what I mean though...so enough blabber....
but it'd be worth it!