5-7-22 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center / Celebrating International Tuba Day

Greetings!

A lot of synchronicity occurred in the construction of this particular show.  It started with the book pictured below which was rescued from a local thrift store. It consists, as the title indicates, of a collection of program notes for performances of compositions with the tuba as a solo classical instrument.  As I started going through it, I found that while there were some interesting pieces documented, the copyright date was 1994.  This, in turn, inspired a dive down another internet rabbit hold to find more current tuba based music.  In addition as I was digging, I found that May 6th, the day before the broadcast, was International Tuba Day.  Whoda thunk?

My resulting research turned up three doctoral dissertations which focused on various aspects of tuba repertoire, a solo tuba discography & a resource for composers concerning the capabilities of tuba, including the use of extended techniques.

⦁ Investigating "experimentalism" : a case study of the tuba and its repertoire - Andrew Brian Larson - DMA diss., Louisiana State University, 2013
⦁ Tuba Solo Discography: A Comprehensive Guide to Solo Literature Recordings Released on Compact Disc - Brian Gallion - DMA diss., Louisiana State University, 2010.
⦁ The Composers Guide To The Tuba: Creating A New Resource On The Capabilities of the Tuba - Aaron Michael Hynds - DMA diss., Graduate College of Bowling Green State University (2019) 

With these resources, it's your turn to deep dive into contemporary tuba music.

Enjoy!

Joel

e-mail: pushingtheenvelopwhus@gmail.com

Twitter: @envpusher1

 

Playlist: 5/7/22 Pushing The Envelope: Celebrating International Tuba Day 

• T.U.B.A. Canon / Bourbon Regurgitation - tubas: Brian Gallion / Joseph Skillen - 2ba 2unes - Mark Records
• https://markcustom.com/MarkCustom_New/Menu2_ViewAlbum.asp?CDNum=52098-MCD

 

• Concerto for Tuba & Orchestra - tuba: Velvet Freeman / Bowling Green Philharmonia / composer: John Williams - New Music from Bowling Green - Albany Records (2004)
• https://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY633&Category_Code=a-NR

 

• Second Hand Paint - Leo Bachmann - Palette of Sounds - Unit Records (2001)
• http://leobachmann.ch/

 

• Low - tuba: Jay Rozen / piano: Joseph Kubera / composer: Howard Skempton -  Naked Singularity; Killer Tuba Songs V. 2 - Composers Concordance Records (2015)
• https://jayrozen.wixsite.com/tuba

 

• Idiot Bastard Son - Jay Rozen / composer: Frank Zappa -  Naked Singularity; Killer Tuba Songs V. 2 - Composers Concordance Records (2015)
• https://jayrozen.wixsite.com/tuba

 

• Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') - Taj Mahal, feat. Howard Johnson - The Real Thing - Columbia/Legacy (1971)
• https://www.tajblues.com/discography/

 

• Silicate - ORE (Sam Underwood) - Belatedly - digital release (2017)
• https://oretubadoom.bandcamp.com/

 

• Music For Two Big Instruments - tuba: Alan Baer / piano: Brad Haag / composer: Alex Shapiro - Notes from the Kelp - Innova (2007)
• https://www.innova.mu/albums/alex-shapiro/notes-kelp

 

• Western Sky - Tom Heasley - Where The Earth Meets The Sky - Hypnos (2001)
• http://www.soundswim.com/products/594735-tom-heasley-where-the-earth-meets-the-sky

 

• Eclipse - violin: L Subranamiam / tuba: Øystein Baadsvik / vocal: Kavita Krishnamurti  - Journey: music for Indian violin & tuba - BIS (2018)
• https://bis.se/composer/subramaniam-lakshminarayana/journey-music-for-indian-violin-tuba

 

• Serenade No. 12 for Solo Tuba, Opus 88 - tuba: David Zerkel / composer: Vincent Persichetti - American Music For Tuba: Something Old Something New - Mark Records (2006)
• https://smtd.umich.edu/about/faculty-profiles/david-zerkel/

 

• Incurzion for Tuba & Synthesizer - tuba: Ben Miles / composer: Curtis Olsen - Contraptions - Blue Griffin (2012)
• https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/contraptions-ben-miles

 

 

 

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