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Publication Date

12-3-2017

Year of Release

2017

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Anthony Reynolds, tuba

Mary Beth Norman, piano

Thomas Cavender, trombone

PROGRAM NOTES

Ordner Seg

Hailed as one of the greatest tuba soloists to ever live, Oystein Baadsvik is the only tuba player to have made a career exclusively as a solo performer. Baadsvik has won numerous international awards including his country's national tuba competition when he was only fifteen. Having studied with legendary tubists Harvey Philips and Arnold Jacob s, Baadsvik inherited their goal of making the tuba a prominent solo instrument. Due to their teachings, he constantly pushes the boundaries of what the tuba can do and he has commissioned and premiered works to expand the repertoire of the tuba. Ordner Seg achieves that goal and is one of Baadsvik's early compositions dating from when he was still an up-and-coming soloist. This piece features a slow melody with difficult range jumps towards the middle of the piece.

Concerto for Tuba

Born in 1954 in Cleveland Ohio, Eric Ewazen has been a prominent composer for brass for the last thirty years. Ewazen studied under other prominent composers such as Samuel Adler and Milton Babbitt at the Juilliard School where he has been a faculty member since 1980. Like many of his other brass works, Ewazen's Concerto for Tuba, which he composed in 1997, features short melodic quotes, meter changes and tonal harmonies. Not only is this piece one of his longer works, it is also one of the longest tuba concertos with a run time of twenty-five minutes. This piece features three movements with the final movement frequently using the 5/8 time signature.

Conversation for Tenor and Bass Trombone

Charles Small came from a family of musicians. His brothers both had jobs as musicians which helped support his family during the Great Depression. It was his brothers' action that swayed Charles to pick up the trombone. After Charles graduated college, he worked as a freelance trombonist for several years in New York. It was during these years that Charles met bass trombonist David Taylor. Charles Small originally composed this work as a trombone duet for David Taylor and himself in 1976. While the piece appears to be technically challenging, Conversation for Tenor and Bass Trombone's main goal was to simulate "dialogue" between the two performers. Sadly, Charles Small passed away in April this year and his funeral was attended by the many trombone player that were fortunate enough to have learned from him.

Capriccio for Tuba

Penderecki's Capriccio for Tuba is wildly different from most current tuba repertoire. Composed in 1980, in the latter half of Penderecki's career his Capriccio for solo tuba requires more technical skill than most tuba solos require today. Having no set meter or key signature, this piece pushes the boundaries of what the player can do due to the multiple octave jumps and various melodic transitions. However, the piece does a set pulse and is divided into three sections with the middle section being a waltz. Capriccio for Tuba is performed on F tuba due to the range requirements.

Morning Song

Roger Kellaway is primarily a Hollywood composer. Kellaway has composed numerous works including the closing theme to the popular TV how All in the Family. Kellaway is also an astounding jazz artist having played numerous jazz groups around the world. Originally composed for the great tuba soloist Roger Bobo, Roger Kellaway's Morning Song especially show off the tuba's range. From an octave above middle down to pedal F, Roger Bobo's playing style and Roger Kellaway's jazz roots are evident in how this piece was composed. This jazz influenced piece features techniques such as pitch bending and improvisation and is a great conclusion to this afternoon’s concert.

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Performance. Mr. Reynolds is a student in the studio of Dr. Michael Stroeher.

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Smith Recital Hall

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Fine Arts | Music | Music Performance

Marshall University Music Department Presents a Senior Recital, Anthony Reynolds, tuba

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