Dave Werden Resources
for "The Instrumentalist" Interview

Below are links to accompany some of the discussions from my interview for The Instrumentalist Magazine. Each will open a new window or tab. To return to this page, simply close the new window or tab.

Instrument Considerations

• First, what is a "baritone" really?
  Baritone or Euphonium? (One of the most popular pages on my site!)
• Intonation graphs of many compensating euphoniums:
  http://www.dwerden.com/Intonation/
• The methodology that I use to do intonation tests, which helps me avoid playing "to habit" because I'm used to my own instrument:
  http://www.dwerden.com/forum/entry.php/684-Methodology-for-Evaluating-Intonation
• Thorough discussions of selecting an instrument. At the top of the page you will find links for a panel discussion on choosing euphoniums, and an article on choosing an inexpenisve euphonium:
  http://www.dwerden.com/eu-articles-choosing.cfm

• Sergei Nakariakov playing string music on his flugelhorn. He performs some amazingly hard figures for brass but always keeps music in the foreground:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkcaMYgriTU
• Lynn Harrell on cello playing the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata. I arranged this for euphonium and it has been very popular. This would make a good recording to gain insight on phrasing:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgR1014gJtQ&t=178s
• Jascha Heifez playing the Brahms concerto. There is a spot in a cadenza that gives me chills every time I hear it. As euphoniumists, we need to strive for that kind of musicality:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPU1bOIWYXc

• My book on alternate fingerings, which have two basic uses: technique and intonation:
  https://www.cimarronmusic.com/catalog/product/view/id/12481/s/advanced-fingering-guide/
  If can also search my YouTube channel for "fingering" and find a few videos that give tips:
  https://www.youtube.com/@dwerden/search?query=fingering
• My demonstration of the technique Rich Matteson used to develop a quality high register:
  https://youtu.be/VTJ4Gb9aBTE

• My International Songbook for Euphonium, which is a good tool to help students develop their musicality:
  https://www.cimarronmusic.com/internationalsongbookforeuphonium
• My euphonium-tuba quartet suite, "Songs of the British Isles," which was inspired by Harvey Phillips. I worked hard to make the arrangement interesting for players and audience, without reaching beyond the abilities of school ensembles:
  https://www.cimarronmusic.com/songs-of-the-british-isles-14923
• My collection of marches for euphonium-tuba quartet share technical requirements and ranges with the original marches. Playing these will help develop musical style and ability using the rich themes that are in marches they may someday play in band.
  https://www.cimarronmusic.com/marchcollectionfortubaquartet

• A Salvation Army solo called "Ransomed." Written by a Salvation Army bandmaster, George Marshall, who was himself a euphonium player. It is a 3/4 time theme and variations solo with a nice lilting feel:
  https://samusicindex.com/brass/ransomed/162
• There is an interesting solo in the collection Childs' Choice called "The Riders of Rohan" by Rodney Newton. It is not very difficult but offers room for some creative individual expression:
  https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/childs-choice-sheet-music/19089734
• For advanced players:Frank Proto's "Capriccio di Nicollo," written for trumpet virtuoso Doc Severinsen. I performed it and convinced the composer to do a euphonium version: http://www.liben.com/capriccioniccoloeuph.html