For all those aspiring military band euphers...
http://www.marineband.usmc.mil...n/vacancies/index.htm
For all those aspiring military band euphers...
http://www.marineband.usmc.mil...n/vacancies/index.htm
Gregory E. Lopes
Euphonium player
US Navy Band Great Lakes
US Navy Music Program, 2009-Present
Besson Prestige 2052
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Euphonium
Aug. 8
The audition will consist of the following:
A) A solo of applicant’s choice
B) Excerpts from the following:
“Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms” (Mantia)
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” (Sousa)
March from Suite in F for Military Band, Opus 28, No. 2 (Holst)
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz/Patterson)
The Roman Carnival Overture, Opus 9 (Berlioz/Godfrey II)
Chaconne from Suite in E-flat for Military Band, Opus 28, No. 1 (Holst)
“Fiesta del Pacifico” (Nixon)
Theme and Variations, Opus 43a (Schoenberg)
Aegean Festival Overture (Makris/Bader)
The Pines Near a Catacomb from The Pines of Rome (Respighi/Duker)
“Molly on the Shore” (Grainger/Rogers)
Toccata Marziale (Vaughan Williams)
Jupiter from The Planets, Opus 32 (Holst/Smith)
Marche Hongroise from La Damnation de Faust, Opus 24 (Berlioz/Bowlin)
“Rocky Point Holiday” (Nelson)
Colonial Song (Grainger)
C) Sight-reading
Dave Werden (ASCAP)
Euphonium Soloist, U.S. Coast Guard Band, retired
Adams Artist (Adams E3)
Alliance Mouthpiece (DC3)
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This is very interesting...
I was a finalist* for the West Point band in 1980 or so, and the stuff I was told by wise people to prepare was virtually identical to this one.
They added Pineapple Poll^ and Barber's Commando March, IIRC.
*I took the physical and was immediately dismissed from consideration when the doc saw the scar on my lumbar spine from the operation that wired it together! ;-)
^Isn't that difficult 4th-valve passage buried under a bunch of woodwind mush or in unison with the tenor sax, or some such, again IIRC?
That was so long ago that a Yamaha 321 was sorta acceptable for an audition!!
Jim Williams N9EJR (love 10 meter CW)
Formerly Principal Euphonium in a whole
bunch of groups, now just a schlub.
Shires Q41, Yamaha 321, 621 Baritone
Wick 4AL, Wessex 4Y, or whatever I grab.
Conn 50H trombone, Blue P-bone
www.soundcloud.com/jweuph
Who is leaving to create the vacancy?
That's the first question I had. I wonder if Phil Franke is retiring. I think he's got about 22 years in.Originally posted by: JTJ
Who is leaving to create the vacancy?
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
Yes it is. However, you are still expected to play all the notes. But to me the best reason to have it there is to see how a player handles it. BECAUSE it is with WW's, you need to play very smoothly and without sticking out. The alternate fingerings enable you to do that, so it's a good audition test to see if the player knows about such techniques. (For those who don't know what I mean, see the Euphonium Audition Primer)Originally posted by: SnorlaxIsn't that difficult 4th-valve passage buried under a bunch of woodwind mush or in unison with the tenor sax, or some such, again IIRC?
Dave Werden (ASCAP)
Euphonium Soloist, U.S. Coast Guard Band, retired
Adams Artist (Adams E3)
Alliance Mouthpiece (DC3)
YouTube: dwerden
Facebook: davewerden
Twitter: davewerden
Instagram: davewerdeneuphonium