Hello everyone,
I have been amazed at the amount of new music currently being written for the Euphonium but I cannot help but wonder if some pieces push the technical boundaries of range and technique so that they are only ever performed by a small number of players.
This may just be from my perspective but I often felt as a player growing up in The United Kingdom that there was a massive leap in repertoire with this middle ground not really being covered although I think this is more down to my own perspective than any actual reality especially as accessing music as a younger player could be somewhat problematic.
I have seen some rather amazing organisations which have grouped together to publish music for our instrument and I wondered if something more universal and permanent existed which allowed a group of individuals to publish and perform music.
I have really enjoyed commissioning new piece of music but I have always been concerned about their future as pieces of music after their initial performances and with the price of commissioning a new piece of music at quite a significant amount I was wondering if the way forward was to create a more collaborative venture with a group of likeminded individuals to ensure all possible weak points of commissioning new music could be avoided especially cost and ensuring the future success of the music.
I wond be really interested to read and hear if there are any collaborative ventures currently in existence?
Many Thanks,
Micah Dominic Parsons