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A graduate of The University of Iowa, Mr. Werden was the euphonium soloist with
The United
States Coast Guard Band for more than 20 years. He has performed throughout
the United States, as well as in Canada, England, Japan, and the former Soviet
Union. Through FM and TV broadcasts, his solos have been heard in dozens of countries
around the world. He is a recitalist and clinician, and has performed at local,
national, and international symposiums. He was a member of The USCG Band Euphonium/Tuba
Quartet, the Atlantic Tuba Quartet, and the Classic
Brass Band. He previously taught at the University of Connecticut and is
listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Education.
His efforts to expand the role and recognition of the euphonium led the British
magazine Sounding Brass in conjunction with the American publication Euphonia
to name him "Euphonium Player of the Year" in 1980. He is the first
American awarded this honor. In 1981 he was elected to the post of Euphonium
Coordinator for the International
Tuba-Euphonium Association (formerly called Tubists Universal Brotherhood
Association: T.U.B.A). In 1987 he was appointed to the Honory Board of Advisors of
ITEA. His many solo performances and his efforts to expand the role of the euphonium
in music earned him the prestigious Coast Guard Commendation Medal. He has also
been awarded two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Coast Guard Special Operations
ribbon, two Coast Guard Unit Commendations, and three Coast Guard Meritorious
Unit Commendations. In 1993 he was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda honors society.
He has published articles in Euphonia magazine, The
Instrumentalist magazine and
the T.U.B.A. Journal.
He is the author of The Blaikley Compensating
System, Scoring for Euphonium,
co-author with Denis Winter of the Euphonium
 Music Guide, and a co-author of the Brass Player's Cookbook. He compiled and edited a series of papers by Arthur Lehman
into the book The Brass Musician. He has also published over four dozen
arrangements for a variety of solo instruments and ensembles, and published a popular and authoritative article on the world wide web explaining the difference between baritone
and euphonium.
David Werden is currently living in Minnesota, working as a computer consultant
and teaching tuba and euphonium at the University of Minnesota. He continues
to work with Custom
Music Company and Sterling Musical Instruments to develop and improve the Sterling
compensating euphonium. Since moving to Minnesota he has performed with Symphonia (America's Premier Large Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble), the Minnesota
Orchestra, the Sheldon
Theater Brass Band, was a special guest artist at the International Euphonium Institute, and has been heard on live national broadcasts of A
Prairie Home Companion. He is in constant demand as a guest artist and clinician.
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