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4th Avenue Suite is a composition set for three euphoniums and three tubas. Its inspiration comes from a vacation at North Carolina’s Outer Banks when we were staying in a rental house on 4th Avenue. The tunes are derived from a sequence of numbers used to open the digital door lock of the house for that week. The numbers, 3 6 8 2 4 3, are employed by their numerical placement in a musical scale. I thought: “What if; these numbers could be made into a tune (or several)?” The entire suite is not confined to these notes, but the tunes in the movements have grown out of this sequence. To construct several generations from a set of notes seemed enough, so no attempt has been made to relate the movements to events or situations. The movements are subtitled as follows: I. Intrada; II. Intermezzo; III. Minuet; and IV. Finale. The challenge level is Medium to Medium Difficult. All players are utilized in important roles and the composition offers various combinations of featured players, sections with just euphoniums or just tubas, and total ensemble. Learn More

ITEC Day 1 2016 Recital Pieces

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CM2675 The Struggle Within - Jonathon Oliver (TN Tech)

Tuba Ensemble

CM0168 Quartet for Brass - Ramsoe/Buttery (The Alchemy Quartet)

Tuba Quartet

CM 0108 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - Mozart/Werden (The Alchemy Quartet)

Tuba Quartet

TEP10752 Procession of the Nobles - Rimsky-Korsakov/Butler (KS State U)

Tuba Quartet

CM2875 The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy/Maxwell (KS State U)

Tuba Quartet

OV1001 Cat Affairs - Anna Baadsvik (Beth Mitchell and Alex Lapins)

Tuba or Euphonium duet and Piano

TEP10287 Tubas Latinas - Aldo Rafael Forte (Oakland U)

Tuba Ensemble and Percussion

BW0494 Suite for Six Tubas - Barton Cummings (UCLA)

Tuba Ensemble

TEP10221 Quatre Chansons (UCLA)

Tuba Quartet

CM2117 Four Paintings by Grant Wood - Barbara York (John Manning)

Tuba and Piano

TEP10697 Concerto per Flicorno Basso - Amilcare Ponchielli (Benjamin Pierce)

Tuba and Piano

OV0713 Vise (Simple Song) - Skomsvoll (Oystein Baadsvik)

Tuba and Piano

ITEC Day 3 2016 Recital Pieces

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CM2912 Prophecies - Barbara York (Mark Norman)

Tuba and Piano

CM2906 Snapshots - Barbara York (Mark Norman)

Tuba and Piano

CM2138 Every Day an Alleluia - Barbara York (Mark Norman and Joe Dollard)

Euph, Tuba and Piano

TEP10287 Tubas Latinas - Aldo Rafael Forte (U of MT)

Tuba Ensemble

CM2045 Tubas of the Apocalypse - Benjamin McMillan (U of MO at KC)

Tuba Quartet

TEP10598 Londonderry Air - Traditional/Mehlan (Baylor)

Tuba Quartet

CM1740 Color Code - Elizabeth Raum (Zach Collins)

French Horn, Tuba and Piano

CM2585 Big Sky - Frank Gulino (Zach Collins)

French Horn, Tuba and Piano

TEP11091 R.S.V.B. Hymn - Gail Robertson (R.S.V.B Quartet)

Tuba Quartet

CM1474 P.C. Tuba Quartet - Barbara York (R.S.V.B Quartet)

Tuba Quartet

with Piano

Simone Mantia is one of the most important euphonium virtuosi in the history of the instrument. His contributions to the euphonium repertoire are significant. A composer and arranger, Mantia recognized the need to expand the euphonium repertoire and was active in bringing the euphonium from the back of the band to the front of the stage as a solo instrument.

This solo collection presents modern editions of some of the most well-known pieces in Mantia’s repertoire. These editions are based on the materials found in the Simone Mantia Collection, a resource archived in 2009 by Gretchen Renshaw which contains many of Mantia’s musical possessions. Through collaboration with Steven Mead, Renshaw has aimed to correct the errors in the original versions of these pieces and provide editorial suggestions that will aid in exciting performances of these works.

The titles included in this collection are: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms, Valse Caprice “Priscilla”, Rio Rita, The Southerner, Solvejg’s Song and Fantasie Originale.

Elgar’s most hated piece – at least the piece that he came to hate – was the trio from this march, known by its more familiar title, “Land of Hope and Glory”. Of course, if Elgar had heard it performed by a brass quintet, he may well have started enjoying it again. Never mind, this piece is an audience favorite, and will really get the trumpets working together.

– Andrew Heading

2 tubas (or 2 bass trombones)

or tuba/bass trombone with downloadable backing tracks (downloads included for both parts 1 and 2) – recorded by Zach Collins

Concert Duets is a collection of 14 arrangements of works by prominent 18^th-century composers, mostly taken from Trio Sonatas. Duet 11 is a Jim Self original work in the Rococo style; and Duets 12, 13 and 14 are arrangements of the three-movements of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins. Included with this edition are play-along recorded tracks by tubist Zach Collins, who also served as editor of the current edition.

I created these duets as Christmas gifts for my tuba playing friends, with the first duet being arranged in 1976.  All 14 of the duets are challenging and fun to play and are especially effective as concert pieces.

As a young musician I had the privilege of playing duets with many of the world’s finest tubists including Harvey Phillips, John Fletcher, Bob Pallansch, Chester, Schmitz, Dan Perantoni, Toby Hanks, Ron Bishop, Winston Morris and Tommy Johnson. I learned more about playing music in these duo sessions than from any other musical activity I have ever experienced. Duets are powerful teaching tools for learning and mastering rhythm, phrasing and intonation and for developing overall musicianship.

Jim Self:

Self (b. 1943) is a Los Angeles free-lance musician, a veteran of thousands of Hollywood motion pictures, television shows and records, and tuba soloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the “Voice of the Mothership” in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pacific and Pasadena Symphonies and the Los Angeles Opera and Hollywood Bowl Orchestras. Formerly he was in The U.S. Army Band and tuba / euphonium professor at the University of Tennessee. He holds a DMA from the USC Thornton School of Music where he is Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Chamber Music. His compositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, other brass, string and woodwind chamber music, wind band and orchestra. Jim has produced many solo jazz and classical recordings. His music and recordings are available from Potenza Music and www.jimself.com. Jim Self is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Zach Collins, editor:

Zach Collins is professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 2019, he released his first solo album, Chronicle. It was recognized with the 2021 ITEA Roger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording for the best Solo Tuba Album.

His interpretation of William Kraft’s Encounters II for Solo Tuba was released on Cambria Master Recordings. Zach performs with Eastern Standard, a horn, tuba, piano trio he formed with Heidi Lucas and Jacob Ertl. The ensemble has released two commercial albums, Eastern Standard and Wanderlust.

Zach regularly performs with the Keystone Chamber Winds, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, and West Virginia Symphony Orchestras. His compositions and arrangements for brass and for tuba and euphonium can be purchased from Cimarron Music and Eighth Note Publications. Zach earned degrees from Texas Christian University and the University of Southern California. His primary teachers have been Richard Murrow, Jim Self, Tommy Johnson, and Norm Pearson. Zach Collins is a Miraphone artist.

2 Euphs, 3 Tubas and optional Percussion

TUBAS LATINAS (overture for tuba ensemble) is a one movement work commissioned by Earnest Walls for the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble, R. Winston Morris, Director, and is dedicated to this outstanding and renown group of musicians. The work was composed between December 1991 and January 1992 on a request by Mr. Morris for a piece to be premiered at the 1992 National M.E.N.C. Convention in New Orleans (April 1992) and later to be performed at the International T.U.B.A. Conference in Lexington, Kentucky (May 1992). 

TUBAS LATINAS is scored for 2 Euphonium and 3 Tuba parts along with 2 optional percussion parts (Perc. 1: 2 claves and 2 cowbells, the latter to be mounted on a stand and played with snare drum sticks)(Perc. 2: 2 maracas and tambourine). The composition is approximately 6 minutes in length and contrasts Spanish and latin american musical elements. It consists of 4 sections in a slow-fast-slow-fast format. The first section opens with a slow introduction featuring Euph. 1. in a cantabile Spanish style melody. The second section, which begins at measure 18, consists of bullfight bravura type music which is occasionally interrupted by syncopated jazz rhythms. In section 3, which begins at measure 134, the opening melody of the introduction returns, this time dressed in different garb. A solo Tba. 1. cadenza leads to section 4. This section contrasts with the previous 3 spanish sections since it is in a latin style. This final section, which begins at measure 147, is as long as the previous 3 sections combined. A secondary theme from section 2 (meas. 68-83) is developed in latin style during the second part of section 4 (meas. 175-186 and 216-224). It is also in this section that the optional percussion parts are introduced. All players should ensure that the latin style rhythms are played effortlessly, never hurried or labored. 

Aldo Rafael Forte

with Piano

I. Lights far out at Sea - Gatty
II. Down Deep within the Cellar - Fischer
III. The Water Mill - Diehl
IV. Unforgiven Days - Roeckel
V. By the Sea - Schubert
VI. Romance - Rubinstein
VII. The Pilot - Nelson
VIII. Tom Bowling - Debdin
IX. Minstrel's Song - Nicolai
X. Come brave the sea - Bellini
XI. Oh, My home - Abt
XII. The Melodies of Many Lands - Glover
XIII. The Fairy Jane - Marzials
XIV. The Harmonious Blacksmith - Handel
XV - See, The Conquering Hero comes - Handel
XVI. Faith -Glover
XVII. The Hour of Prayer - Nelson
XVIII. Peace of Mind - Sponholtz
XIX. Dear old Songs of Home - Abt
XX. On Wings of Song - Mendelssohn

Michael Kibbe writes about his brass quintet, Metal Music:

This work is my second essay for brass quintet, composed in 1993 and revised in 2009. The four movements are named for differing types of metal from which, historically, the instruments have sometimes been made or veneered. But these movement titles, (Brass, Silver, Copper and Gold) are only points of inspiration. The music itself presents four movements of contrasting tempos and coloration.