compositions for the competition – tuba



1st category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Marco Bordogni - 43 Bel Canto Studies No. 7
    (Robert King Music / Alphonse Leduc Edition Musicales / Music for Brass No. 281)

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • David Uber - Romance
    (Alnitra Music Com. 1986)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Alec Wilder - "Effie" Suite (6th and 5th movement - Effie Sings a Lullaby and Effie Goes Folk Dancing)
  • Benedetto Marcello - Sonata No.5 in B major (1st and 2nd movement)
    (it will be downloadable here)
  • Alexandre Tchérépnine - Andante pour Tuba et Piano
    (Edition M.P.Belaieff – Boosey& Hawkes, 1950)
  • Don Haddad - Suite for Tuba
    (Templeton Publishing, 1966)
  • Sol B. Cohen - Romance and ¨Scherzo
  • Rodger Vaughan - Concertpiece No. 1

2nd category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Marco Bordogni - 43 Bel Canto Studies No. 21
    (Robert King Music / Alphonse Leduc Edition Musicales / Music for Brass No. 281)

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Henri Eccles - Sonata in G minor (1st and 3rd movement)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Alexej Lebedjew - Concerto for Tuba No. 1
    (Hofmeister Musikverlag)
  • Alexej Lebedjew - Concert Allegro
  • Thomas Stevens - Variations in Olden Style
    (Editions Bim, CH, TU8)
  • Enrique Crespo - Escenas latinas (3rd and 4th movement)
  • Jan Koetsier - Sonatina, op. 57 (1st and 2nd movement)

3rd category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Marco Bordogni - 43 Bel Canto Studies No. 33
    (Robert King Music / Alphonse Leduc Edition Musicales / Music for Brass No. 281)

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Edward Gregson - Concerto (1st movement)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • Bruce Broughton - Sonata (1st and 2nd movement)
  • Anthony Plog - Tuba Sonata (3rd and 4th movement)
    (Éditions BIM, 2007 - TU123)
  • Eric Ewazen - Concerto (1st and 2nd movement)
  • Alexandre Arutiunian - Concerto (1st and 3rd movement)
    (Éditions BIM, 1993)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams - Concerto (1st and 2nd movement)
    (Oxford University Press)
  • Jacques Castérede - Sonatine

4th category

1. round - obligatory composition:

  • Roland Szentpali - Allegro Fuoco
    (Editions Bim, TU109a)

2. round - obligatory composition:

  • Jan Koetsier - Concertino op. 77 (1st movement)
    (Cimarron Music Press)

optional compositions (one composition for each round):

  • William Kraft - Encounters II
    (Éditions BIM, 1991)
  • Krzysztof Penderecki - Capriccio
  • Edward Gregson - Alarum for Solo Tuba
  • Anthony Plog - Postcards V for solo Tuba
    (Editions Bim, CH, TU210)
  • Ben Miles - Contraptions for Unaccompanied Tuba
    (Cimarron Music Press)
  • John Stevens - Salve Venere, salve Marte
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