As most readers already know, the Holst Second Suite in F for Military Band is a great piece for euphonium players. The first movement has a particularly nice solo - in my mind it is an example of ideal euphonium scoring. The melody is lyrical and singing, and the band is scored very lightly behind the solo. For those who want to play this solo, even when your band has not programmed it, I wrote it as part of a 2-movement suite for euphonium and piano. The sheet music is available here: ...
In this video I go through some of the logic for using alternate fingerings. I'll show some specific examples and explain a bit about the advantages alternate fingerings can offer (technique or intonation). More information is available from my book Advanced Fingerings for Euphonium: http://www.dwerden.com/eu-books-fingering.cfm YouTube direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nklNJEj_Fk0 Or view it right here: ...
From the Disney movie "Beauty and the Beast," here is the title song. Music can be obtained here: https://fave.co/2X1CMz2 Watch on YouTube with this link, or view the embedded video. https://youtu.be/5vh9U7p9yk4