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ITEC Day 4 2016 Recital Pieces

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TEP11089/11090 Hexagon - Anne McGinty (Mark Nelson and Matt Tropman)

6 Movements - Euph/Tuba Solo and Duet with Piano

TEP10034 Contrapunctus IX - Bach/Forbes (IN U of Purdue)

Tuba Quartet

TEP10788 Bacchanale from “Samson and Dalila” - Saint-Saens/Wilson (E Carolina U)

Tuba Quartet

TEP10733 A Little Monster Music - Elizabeth Raum (E Carolina U)

Tuba Ensemble

TEP11088 - Prelude in C# Minor - Rachmaninov/Renshaw (Ensemble Subsonique)

Tuba Ensemble

CM2594 White Keys - Zach Collins (Atlas)

Tuba Quartet

CM2860 Ascendance - Ben McMillan (Atlas)

Tuba Quartet

CM1775 Power Play - Frank Gulino (Atlas)

Tuba Quartet

TEP10438 Mars - Holst/Butler (Appalachian State U)

Tuba Ensemble

TEP10287 Tubas Latinas - Aldo Rafael Forte (Oakland U)

Tuba Ensemble and Percussion

CM1481 Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky/Sutherland (Presidio Brass)

Brass Quintet

CM2925 Shenandoah - arr. Scott Sutherland (Presidio Brass)

Brass Quartet and Piano

unaccompanied

UIL Prescribed Music List: 304-1-32867

EETT

I. Promenade

II. Columbine

III. Pantalon

IV. Pierrot and Pierrette

V. Secrets

VI. Harlequin

with Piano

Sonata for Tuba & Piano, originally titled “Andante & Allegretto”, was written for Jay Norris, a colleague and good friend from our time with the United States Army Field Band and premiered at the US Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Conference at Fort Myer, VA in (or around) 1992.

The title is changed from “Andante & Allegretto” as that didn’t quite accurately describe the piece. After taking far too much time deliberating over what to call it, I settled on the hardly original “Sonata” with the subtitle “Prayer & Supplication”. The two movements are linked by a brief quasi-cadenza with thematic material from the first section restated toward the end of the piece.

The subtitle “Prayer & Supplication” is taken from Philippians 4:6. While sacred music does make up a good portion of my fairly modest output, I don’t recall consciously thinking in those terms while writing the piece (though may have been subconsciously). In any case, it does suggest some rather intense emotional, even spiritual struggle, concluding with eventual resolution.

In December 2016, there was the remarkable opportunity to work through the piece with New York Philharmonic tubist Alan Baer at Juilliard. (This was after a rehearsal with the NY Phil brass and percussion for their annual Holiday concert that included a piece Phil Smith had commissioned). Al had some very helpful suggestions, not necessarily big things but little things that made a difference.

with Piano; New Version - 1988

UIL Prescribed Music List: 304-1-32862