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David Werden, Solo Euphonium: Variations, by Jerry Owen

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I just added a new video to the Euphonium Videos page. This one is a performance by me of Jerry Owen's original euphonium composition "Variations," written for jazz euphonium player Rich Matteson. The band is The United States Coast Guard Band, conducted by Lewis J. Buckley, from a 1983 performance for the College Band Directors National Association. The piece is a good showcase for the jazzier sounds of a euphonium, but it does not require the ability to ad lib - all notes are written out. I enjoyed playing the piece so much, as found it to be such a good crowd pleaser, that I approached Jerry Owen about publishing it. He agreed, and I published the solo/band version. Later, when I turned over my publications to Cimarron Music Press, this was included. And more recently Jerry has made a solo/piano version available.


The piano version can be found here:

Variations, euphonium solo with piano.


and the band version is here:

Variations, euphonium solo with band.


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