Solo Tuba
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3 Miniatures
Composer: O'Toole, Anthony
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied:
1. Intrada 2. Chant 3. Capriccio Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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5 Segments for Solo Tuba
Composer: Cummings, Barton
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: TubaTuba, unaccompanied Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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Aztec Gods
Composer: Torres, Julian C.
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied
I. Mictlāntēcutli - God of Death
II. Xipe Totec - God of Spring and Regeneration
III. Huitzilopochtli - God of War and the Sun
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Azure Roads
Composer: Meier, Zachery. S
Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
Genre: Contemporarywith Piano; Composed for Chris Dickey, this piece is perfect for any college recital. Probably best on F or Eb tuba, but would work on C or Bb as well. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Big Alice
Composer: Pullen, Don Arranger: Johnson, Howard
Instrumentation: Solo and Tuba Ensemble Instruments: Bass, Drum Set, Piano, Tuba
Genre: JazzTuba solo, 5 Tubas, Piano, Bass and Drum Set
“Big Alice goes from the Bo Diddly rhythm figure and gets more raucous as the piece goes on.”
- Howard Johnson
When Howard heard Don Pullen’s chart, he immediately wanted to arrange the piece for Gravity to play. During a rehearsal when he brought the arrangement to the band, he called Don Pullen and the ensemble played the arrangement on Pullen’s telephone answering machine. When Don Pullen heard the musical message, he immediately called Howard and exclaimed that “he loved it!”
Howard Johnson’s jazz tuba ensemble is envisioned as a tuba choir- with tubas in F, E flat, CC, and BB flat- that encourages tuba players to learn to play in the upper register. His charts were originally written for his tuba jazz ensemble, Gravity, formed in 1968 with Howard Johnson as solo lead tuba. The charts can in fact be performed with euphoniums; but he formed his group, made his arrangements and developed this specific instrumentation 50 years ago as a statement about tubas and prefers to hear his arrangements played in this configuration, encouraging tuba players to develop the range required. His most important advice is that whatever instrumentation is used, make it fun and find the best jazz rhythm section!
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Blue Grace
Composer: Sievers, Claire
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: ContemporaryUnaccompanied; tuba part comes with C, B-flat and E-flat parts
Part of the VTEC 2021 solo competition:
Tuba - 16-19: Blue Grace (Claire Sievers)
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Boom!
Composer: O'Toole, Anthony
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: ContemporaryUnaccompanied; A challenging piece for any college performer Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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Concert Etude, Op. 49
Composer: Goedicke, A Arranger: Stuckemeyer, Patrick
Instrumentation: Solo and Tuba Ensemble Instruments: Euphonium, Trumpet, Tuba
Genre: ClassicalGoedicke’s Concert Etude, op. 49 was originally written for trumpet, and remains Goedicke’s most popular and most frequently performed work. It has been arranged for nearly every instrument in the brass family at one time or another, and here is accompanied by a flexible brass ensemble
This versatile solo works great as a showpiece for either euphonium or trombone with a variety of accompaniments. The accompanying ensemble can be trombone quintet, tube/euphonium ensemble, or simply a mix of low brass instruments. This accompaniment will also work with the original trumpet solo edition.
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Contraptions
Composer: Miles, Ben
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied: 5 movements Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $17.00
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Danças Para Um Amigo
Composer: Self, Jim
Instrumentation: Brass Choir Instruments: Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Percussion, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax, Tuba, Vibraphone
Genre: ContemporaryRecording by:
Sérgio Carolino, bass tubaSAXOFÍNIA - Saxophone QuartetJosé Massarrão - soprano saxJosé Lopes - alto saxMário Marques - tenor saxAlberto Roque - baritone saxJeffery Davis - vibraphone“Danças Para Um Amigo” 2005 (Dances for a Special Friend) was commissioned by and written for the Portuguese Tuba virtuoso, Sergio Carolino. It is for Solo Tuba, Saxophone Quartet and Vibraphone (with percussion). There are four contrasting movements. Rapidinho is a fast, odd-meter romp. Much of the movement is in 5/8 with much rhythmic overlapping between the instruments. It ends in a vamp and fade. Vagaroso is in a slow 11/8 meter with much contrapuntal interaction between the tuba and vibraphone. The saxophones play a more accompaniment role. Brincadeiras (scherzo) is a jazzy alla breve with lots of syncopation. There is an optional improvised section for the solo tuba and tenor sax with modal and augmented chord changes. The “groove” for this movement was inspired by the theme music to the US PBS Charlie Rose Show. The finale movement, Correrias (chase), is a fast, driving virtuoso movement for all the instruments. The rhythm is a constantly changing 3/4- 6/8 feel propelling to a final double high Bbtuba note. “Danças….. was written with the special talents of Sr. Carolino in mind. His ability to play technicallychallenging and improvisational music is very unique.
Jim Self is a Los Angeles free-lance musician, a veteran of thousands of motion pictures, television shows and records, and tuba soloist on many prominent movies. He is Principal Tubist with the Pasadena and Pacific Symphonies, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera and Opera Pacific orchestras. His compositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, and other brass and woodwind chamber music.
More about Jim and his recordings can be found here:
Basset Hound Music - http://www.bassethoundmusic.com
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E Lucevan Le Stelle
Composer: Puccini, Giaccomo Arranger: Caldarise, Joseph
Instrumentation: Solo and Trombone Ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, Trombone, Tuba
Genre: Classical, Operawith 6 Trombones and Bass Trombone
“E Lucevan Le Stelle”, extracted from the third act of the opera Tosca, is one of the most important arias in the operatic repertoire. The character Mario Cavaradossi, a painter in love with Tosca, sings it as he awaits his execution on the roof of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome. Here, it is set for solo tuba and trombone choir.
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Egyptian Gods
Composer: Torres, Julian C.
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied
I. Apophis – God of Darkness and Destruction
II. Anubis – God of Death and the Afterlife
III. Horus – God of War and the Sky
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Evolution
Composer: Neloms, Bob Arranger: Johnson, Howard
Instrumentation: Solo and Tuba Ensemble Instruments: Bass, Drum Set, Piano, Tuba
Genre: JazzTuba solo, 5 Tubas, Piano, Bass and Drum Set
“I learned this tune from Bob Neloms when I was 18 and he was 16 years old. I’m still playing it although he barely remembers writing it.”
- Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson’s arrangement of Evolution was first performed in the early 1970s. Recordings of the arrangement with the original Gravity personnel have been lost. Bob Neloms is known for his active musical life as a post-bop jazz pianist in New York starting in the late 1960s. The story has it that many years later when Howard played Evolution for Bob Neloms, Bob did not recall the composition. The evolution is that learning and recreating Bob Neloms’ chart was monumental for Howard. He continued to use this composition to build his knowledge of jazz harmony and to develop and sharpen his improvisational skills.
Howard Johnson’s jazz tuba ensemble is envisioned as a tuba choir- with tubas in F, E flat, CC, and BB flat- that encourages tuba players to learn to play in the upper register. His charts were originally written for his tuba jazz ensemble, Gravity, formed in 1968 with Howard Johnson as solo lead tuba. The charts can in fact be performed with euphoniums; but he formed his group, made is arrangements and developed this specific instrumentation 50 years ago as a statement about tubas and prefers to hear his arrangements played in this configuration, encouraging tuba players to develop the range required. His most important advice is that whatever instrumentation is used, make it fun and find the best jazz rhythm section!
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Fanfare and Song
Composer: Rosbarsky, Michael
Instrumentation: Solo and Tuba Quartet Instruments: Euphonium, Tuba
Genre: Contemporary3 Euphs and 2 Tubas; for Keating Johnson Learn MoreFrom $20.00
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Fantasi over Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanke
Composer: Baadsvik, Anna
Instrumentation: Solo and Brass ensemble Instruments: Bass Trombone, French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
Genre: Christmas, ContemporaryTuba Solo and Symphonic Brass
(4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones and Bass Trombone)
Recorded on Oystein Baadsvik's "Snowflakes - Classical Christmas"
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Fantasy for Solo Tuba
Composer: Paasch, Antony
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: ContemporaryFor unaccompanied Tuba, "Fantasy" offers a good challenge for the medium-advanced to advanced player. This is a one movement work. Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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Five Sketches for Solo Tuba
Composer: Frackenpohl, Arthur
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied; I. Intrada II. Air III. Scherzo IV. Blues V. Rondo Learn MoreFrom $15.00
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Fly With The Wind
Composer: Tyner, McCoy Arranger: Johnson, Howard
Instrumentation: Solo and Tuba Ensemble Instruments: Bass, Drum Set, Piano, Tuba
Genre: JazzTuba solo, 5 Tubas, Piano, Bass and Drum Set
“Fly with the Wind is what McCoy does better than anyone else. The soaring melodic and intense rhythmic nature of this composition carries me aloft.”
- Howard Johnson
Fly with the Wind was originally recorded in 1976. The album featuring this title track was McCoy Tyner’s first all-strings project with flute, oboe and his rhythm section featuring McCoy Tyner, piano, Ron Carter, bass, and Billy Cobham, drums. Later in 1992, The Turning Point album was released on the Birdology label with McCoy Tyner’s Big Band, featuring Howard as both a tubist and an arranger.
Howard Johnson’s jazz tuba ensemble is envisioned as a tuba choir- with tubas in F, E flat, CC, and BB flat- that encourages tuba players to learn to play in the upper register. His charts were originally written for his tuba jazz ensemble, Gravity, formed in 1968 with Howard Johnson as solo lead tuba. The charts can in fact be performed with euphoniums; but he formed his group, made his arrangements and developed this specific instrumentation 50 years ago as a statement about tubas and prefers to hear his arrangements played in this configuration, encouraging tuba players to develop the range required. His most important advice is that whatever instrumentation is used, make it fun and find the best jazz rhythm section!
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Fnugg (solo tuba)
Composer: Baadsvik, Øystein
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporary, Entertainment, Jazz"Fnugg is the best new thing I’ve heard in years." Roger Bobo Learn MoreUpdate Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.As low as $15.00
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Greek Gods and Goddesses
Composer: Torres, Julian C.
Instrumentation: Solo Instruments: Tuba
Genre: Contemporaryunaccompanied
I. Hades - God of the Underworld
II. Aphrodite - Goddess of Love and Beauty
III. Ares - God of War
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