I have now posted another video on YouTube, this time of a performance during a Coast Guard Band tour. This performance is of the Fantasy for Euphonium and Brass Band by Philip Sparke. I am playing with The United Coast Guard Band's brass and percussion section, conducted by Lewis Buckley.

You can see it here: Dave Werden, Sparke Fantasy on YouTube

Or you can watch it from the video player below:

It's time I caught up to the 21st century, so I digitized one of my recordings from my Coast Guard Band days. The Band does an annual Christmas Concert (now called a Holiday Concert), and I played a solo for this one (from 1985). It was Gounod's Ave Maria, arranged by the Band's former principal clarinetist Ralph Loomis.



I'm a little new to converting VHS tapes to digital, so I think I may have gotten the aspect ratio wrong - it looks a bit too wide. But I'll try to get it better next time around.

Franz Liszt wrote a nice piece for bass trombone and organ, which can work well with either euphonium or tuba. It is the "Hosanna" and is based on a hymn tune with simple variations. It is a rather powerful work, but is not technically challenging. I have used it in church and it worked well.

The sheet music is available here:

Liszt Hosanna

You can buy a recording of Christian Lindberg playing this and several other pieces that offer good choices for a worship service or recital:

Christian Lindberg, the Sacred Trombone


Or you can get the single track as an MP3 download here:

Hosanna, by Franz Liszt, Christian Lindberg Trombone

There is also a YouTube video (although it is one of those videos that shows only still shots) where you can hear the music played very well:

I have just added a recording to our Downloads for Members Only area in the Euphonium-Tuba Forum. It is a live recording from The United States Tuba-Euphonium Conference about 15 years ago. It is a "must-hear" performance! They trade lines back and forth so fast you can hardly keep up.

Childs Brothers: Moto Perpetuo, free MP3 download.

My site has a convenient section of brass videos, already embedded in a video browser/player. I have chosen videos I feel are of value for one reason or another.

In the last couple days I added a few new tuba videos. They feature the late, great John Fletcher (best know for his work in the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble). John was a great musician and technician. You will find his videos, as well as 40 other tuba videos, on this page:

Tuba Music Videos

You will also find links for videos of euphonium, trumpet, French horn, trombone, and brass ensemble. And for real trumpet fans, there is a separate section of Doc Severinsen videos.

If you are a composer (or pass this along if you know a composer) there is a chance to win a First Prize of $2000, a Second Prize of $1000, or a Third Prize of $500. You need to compose a piece for brass octet (3131)  3 trumpets (cornets, flugelhorns), horn (in F), 3 trombones (bass clef), & tuba. Euphonium (bass clef) may be substituted for one trombone part (312.11). This competition is sponsored by the The Humboldt Brass Chamber Music Workshop.

Complete details here: 4barsrest News