Search results for: 'Three Piazzolla tangos for tuba and piano'

with Piano

(Milonga del Angel, Invierno Porteno, Adios Nonino)

with Piano

ZIGGY is based on a favorite cartoon character of the past. He is funny, slightly clumsy, romantic, very
patriotic, and has a gentle loving spirit. His wonderful attributes are meant to be reflected in the music.
SUNSET is a Texas sunset where there is quiet serenity at the end of the day with nature sounds, and
then a vast “rosy glow” extending over the landscape. It spreads across the horizon and then fades into the
night.

SCHERZO ON A PUN comes from my acquaintance with three punsters--- two in my family and a
fellow musician. All of them are highly skilled in multiple areas, and when they offer a pun, they each wait
to see how long it takes for me to “get it.” Then there is laughter and great admiration on my part of their
cleverness and high intelligence.

Three for Two (or One or Three) is a versatile composition for trombone(s) and/or euphonium(s) with optional percussion (bongos, snare drum) on any or all  movements.

A 6-8 minute work playable with a tenor-bass “trigger” trombone, challenging for but playable by a college senior. Three for Two teaches jazz stylistic characteristics that are not normally encountered in standard classical solos.

The three movements can be performed entirely or independently, and with variances in instrumentation from solo trombone or euphonium (TC euphonium parts included) to duos including bass trombone or percussion or trios including the same. All notes are playable without a trigger-horn, and the duo version is easier for the brass-performer than the solo version. An optional percussion part includes the highly portable instruments of bongos and snare drum so that staging is easily accomplished for a horn/percussion duo or trio.

The title of the piece refers to the three movements scored for duo, solo, or trio (ordered so within the title since it rhymes with the popular title “Tea for Two”). One can generate fourteen instrumentations of this composition, as indicated on the cover sheet of each part.

with Piano

Lon Chaffin’s Formal Persistence for tuba and piano is a piece that focuses on the form of the music. The first movement is a rondo, the second a Fugue, and the third is a theme and variations.

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.

2 Euphs and Tuba

1. The Chase

2. The Soliloquist and Chorus

3. The Dancers

Tuba Etudes

Can also be used as short recital pieces.