Standards for the high school tuba player

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:27 pm

I will be graduating in June of this year (FINALLY!) and I'm just wondering what solo pieces, the standards, I should have played through by now and I'd like to add some of them to my collection. To give you an idea of where I'm at skill-wise, I was just ranked 1st chair in the MENC All-Eastern Band this past weekend.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:32 pm

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:36 pm

I should probably list what I have:

Judas Maccabeus
Air and Bourree
Concertante-Walters
Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba-Hartley
Suite for Tuba-Haddad
Vaughan Williams Concerto
The "Effie" Suite No. 1-Wilder

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:43 pm

well if you are simply looking for pieces to have in your library:
Strauss Horn Concerto No1, Gregson Concerto, Hindemith Sonate, Persichetti Seranade No.12, Vaughan Williams 6 Studies in English Folk Song. There are just a few thoughts.... many many more pieces out there....and don't I wish I owned them all.

fpoon · Post by **fpoon** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:26 am

The John Williams Jabba the Hutt theme is beyond awesome, but hard as snot. Worked on it my senior year of high school, but I still can't play it...

But by what you say, you are a wee bit better than I was...

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:42 am

Isnt Vangaugh Williams's concerto a 6?

Who is Vangaugh Williams?