there's this phenomenon - over the past couple of decades - whereby composers (who really haven't done their homework) are now viewing the tuba as ... A few years ago, I played an orchestral work (don't remember the details) that had a low D at ff held over several measures. The conductor ask me if ...

I think I have played Fountains three or four times over the last 30 years. I don't think it's really that good of a work. I like Pines much more; but have only played it two or three times.

I know someone who ordered a tuba from Miraphone with a detachable bell. So they will do it. Someone like Matt Walters or Dan Oberloh could do it; but I'll bet you don't want to pay what they would charge.

russiantuba wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:35 pm Bolero is one of the works programmed...

I got tired of tracking rests in Bolero and put this together: https://www.dogandtuba.com/Tuba/Bolero_Roadmap.pdf. Let me know if you use it and find any mistakes.

Many years ago, I was asked to sub for an outdoor concert in a large park. On the concert was the 1812 Overture. As I was setting up, a guy puts a metal trashcan right behind me and then takes a shogun out of a bag. Immediately a couple of cops show up and I hear the guy tell them the orchestra has ...

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:08 am I never heard of Atterberg --- this is nice music. Great horn parts too!

I had not heard of Atterberg either. He wrote some really good music.

Performed Kurt Atterberg's Symphony No. 2 yesterday. If you haven't heard it, it's very nice: https://youtu.be/XTh233TWXTQ?si=8lyrW552O6Udwuqk . If any of you are sheet music editors, here is my gripe about this handwritten sheet music: Cues are helpful, but when there are so many with the notes ...

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russiantuba wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2025 4:52 pm 21 weeks of guaranteed pay with all over scale at $1433 a week, so roughly $30,000 a year.

So, not quite enough to cover 21 weeks of rent in Hawaii?

I have a Seattle Wind Symphony rehearsal that night. Otherwise, I would definitely be there.

Mark Wiseman

TheYorkSoundMachine wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2024 6:47 pm Are there "compilation" books of tuba parts to Concert pieces available anywhere to be had?

It's not clear if you only want band and not orchestral. If you want orchestral:

https://cherryclassics.com/collections/excerpts

and

https://www.orchmusiclibrary.com/products.php

There's a coach comin' in!

bloke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 10:17 pm

Somehow, I believe you'll figure out a way to get through this stressful time in your life.

I don't know... I have had a lot of turkey sandwiches since Thursday. Even with all that Tryptophan, I am so stressed. I need a safe space and a teddy bear to comfort me.

I am not a member of ITEA. I just got an email from ITEA announcing a local TubaChristmas. At the bottom of this email is a link to unsubscribe. I clicked on this link because I really don't want to receive spam from ITEA. Guess what? The page the unsubscribe link sent me to says I have to join ITEA ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7THDnf3nX0

If you don't speak German, there are time links in the description to the excerpts. These guys are good!

I thought Symphony was a chocolate bar.

bloke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2024 7:33 pm This is where the Memphis one will be this year.

When I was at Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College) my friends and I would walk to the Sears to buy stuff.

Where are you located?

I vaguely remember seeing a piece of music that had the instruction "strike the tuba bell with your mouthpiece". I want to say it was from the 1970's.

If you add a fifth valve, it would be cool for it to have interchangeable slides for the most common fifth-valve tunings.