Band Piece with Tuba Solo

[Arkietuba]

Daugherty's Raise the Roof

While that is a cool tuba part, it's a timpani solo piece (and difficult at that) so if you had a bad-a timpani player it'd be doable.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Daugherty's Raise the Roof
Barnes Symphony 3
Holst 2nd Suite
Ewazen Hymn to the Lost and Living (Pedal BBbs exposed)
Band transcription of Sensemaya
Ticheli's Playing with Fire
Persichetti Symphony for Band

I'm looking for a band piece for a high school that features a pretty good tuba solo. I'm thinking grade 3 or 4.

Swing and a miss, except perhaps for the Holst. And I daresay that doesn't "feature a pretty good tuba solo."

I'll put in a vote for Paul Creston's "Celebration Overture." It's listed as a Grade 6, but I suspect that's for the extended chromaticism and a few range issues. It's not that difficult, as our very average community band was able to pull it off pretty well a couple of years ago.

[ScottM]

Jetty Brubaker, who was one of the arrangers for the one of the service bands, did a fun arrangement featuring the tuba section called Tiptoe Through the Tubas. It is an series of arrangements of Tiptoe Through the Tulips .
Played it at the ACB conference last year and it was a good fun piece.
Scott M

[Arkietuba]

Flowermound Marcus high school did this...

Lots of high schools do lots of difficult literature and make it through the piece without a major meltdown but that doesn't mean it should be played by all high schools (especially if you have to hire a timpani soloist just to play it)

[phatty77]

Here's my two cents (I don't think I saw these pieces yet and should really be considered in my opinion):

Persichetti-Divertimento.
Vaughan Williams-Toccata Marziale
Grainger-take your pick
Jack Stamp-again take your pick