Tuba Course of Study

Kevin Sanders Assistant Professor of Tuba & Euphonium http://tuba.memphis.edu The following is a list of literature used in the UM studio and is not meant to be an exhaustive list or a strict formula for students to follow. A specialized course of study will be created for students based on their individual needs.

Fundamentals and Technique: Bell, B. Daily Routine for Tuba Clarke, H. Technical Studies Pilafian/Sheridan The Breathing Gym Pilafian/Sheridan The Brass Gym Sanders Studio Packet Schlossberg Daily Drills and Techniques Starer, R. Rhythmic Training Stevens, M. Scale and Arpeggio Routine Vernon A Singing Approach to the Trombone Methods: Arban, JB Method for Tuba Blazevich, V. 70 Studies Book 1 Blume 36 Studies for Bass Trombone Bordogni/King 43 Bel Canto Studies Bordogni/Rochut Melodious Etudes for Trombone (v. 1-3) Cimera 73 Advanced Etudes Bordogni/Rochut Melodious Etudes for Trombone (v. 1-3) Kopprasch 60 Selected Studies for Tuba Pottag/Andraud 335 Selected Studies for French Horn Snedecor, P. Low Etudes for Tuba Tyrell, HW 40 Progressive Etudes

Freshman & Sophomore Repertoire

Solos: Arnold , M. Bach/Bell Barat, JE Benson, W. Beversdorf, T. Brahms, J. Capuzzi, A.

Fantasy Air and Bouree Introduction and Dance Arioso Sonata Four Serious Songs Andante and Rondo

Curnow, J. Frackenpohl, A. Galliard, JE Gabrieli/Morris Haddad, D. Hartley, W. Hartley, W. Hartley, W. Hindemith, P. Jager, R. Lebedev, A. Marcello/Little McFarland Nelhybel, V. Persichetti, V. Rachmaninov Spillman, R. Vaughan, R. Vaughan, R. Vivaldi, A. Williams, RV Orchestral Excerpts: Brahms Bruckner Gershwin Hindemith Hindemith Holst Mahler Prokofiev Prokofiev Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Verdi Wagner Wagner Wagner Band Excerpts: Barnes Dvorak Fucik Grainger Hindemith

Concertino Concertino Sonata I Ricercar Suite for Tuba Sonata Sonatina Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba Sonate Diverse Moments #1 Concerto in One Movement Sonatas #1 and #5 Sketches Suite Serenade No. 12 Vocalise Two Songs Concertpiece No. 1 Suite Sonata in A Minor Six Studies in English Folk Song Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 4, 7, 8 An American in Paris Symphonic Metamorphosis Mathis der Maler The Planets Symphony 1, 2, 5, 6 Romeo and Juliet, Suite 1 & 2 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 4, 6 1812 Overture Francesca da Rimini Nabucco Overture Das Rheingold Eine Faust Overture Die Meistersinger Third Symphony Carnival Overture Entry of the Gladiators March Lincolnshire Posy Symphony in Bb

Holst Holst Schumann Sousa Sousa Wagner Williams, RV

First Suite in Eb for Military Band Hammersmith Chester Overture for Band George Washington Bicentennial March Stars and Stripes Forever Overture to Rienzi Toccata Marziale

Junior, Senior, & Graduate Repertoire

Solos: Albinoni/Hilgers Arban/Domek Arutunian, A. Bach, JS Bach, JS Barnes, J. Barnes, J. Bozza, E. Broughton, B. Casterede, J. Cheetham, J. Ellerby, M. Ewazen, E. Gardonyi, Z. Grant, J. Gregson, E. Gregson, E. Handel, GF Jacob, G. Jager, R. Kellaway, R. Koetsier, J. Koetsier, J. Kraft, W. Larsen, L. Madsen, T. Madsen, T. Mahler/Perantoni Paganini/Sinder Penn, W. Penderecki, K. Plog, A. Schumann, R. Shostakovich, D. Concerto in A minor Carnival of Venice Concerto Sonata in Eb Partita in A minor for solo flute Concerto Yorkshire Ballad Concertino Sonata/Concerto Sonatine Sonata Concerto Concerto Sonate Three Furies Concerto Alarum Sonata No. 6 Tuba Suite Concertino Morning Song Concertino Sonatina Encounters II Concert Piece Sonata Concerto Songs of a Wayfarer Moses Variations Three Essays for Solo Tuba Capriccio Three Miniatures Drei Romanzen Adagio from the Limpid Stream

Stevens, H. Sonatina Stevens, T. Variations in Olden Style Stevens, J. Triumph of the Demon Gods Stevens, J. Journey Strauss, R. Concerto No. 1 for Horn Telemann/Drobnak Sonata in F Major Wilder , A. Sonata Wilder, A. Suite No. 1 Wilhelm, R. Concertino Williams, RV Concerto for Tuba Williams, J. Concerto for Tuba Woodward, J. Concerto Orchestral Excerpts: (Audition Lists will also guide your study) Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz Hungarian March Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini Overture Berlioz Corsaire Overture Copland Symphony No. 3 Gershwin Piano Concerto in F Kodaly Hary Janos Suite Mendelssohn A Midsummer Nights Dream Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Respighi Fountains of Rome Revueltas Sensemaya Strauss Ein Heldenleben Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Strauss Till Eulenspiegel Stravinsky Petrouchka Wagner Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin Wagner Die Walkure Band Excerpts: (Audition Lists will also guide your study) Glinka Russlan & Ludmilla Overture Grantham Jai ete au bal Mendelssohn Fingals Cave Nixon Centennial Fanfare Rakowksi Ten of a Kind (Symphony No. 2) Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade Reed La Fiesta Mexicana Schoenberg Theme and Variations Smetana The Bartered Bride Overture Verdi La Forza Del Destino Weber Oberon Overture