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There is a great opportunity coming up in about a month: the 2011 International Euphonium Institute. If you don't already know about this event, it happens each year in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the creation of American euphonium artist Adam Frey. In Adam's materials he says, "Participants will be immersed in recitals, chamber music, concerts, focus classes, and master classes. Participants will also have private instruction during the week and choose to perform in master classes as well as being ...

I recently listed to the preliminary round of the Falcone competition. As an adjudicator for the Euphonium Student players, I listened to several dozen recordings of Barat's Andante and Allegro. It's a nice piece for this type of audition. There are lots of opportunities for musical expression, many detailed markings for dynamics, tempo, and articulation, and some rousing moments in the Allegro that are an excellent indicator of a player's cleanness of technical execution.


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Tubist Jeff Funderburk is a recording artist, Professor of Euphonium and Tuba at the University of Northern Iowa and was President of the International Tuba-Euphonium Association from 1995 to 1997. In addition to his fine abilities as a player and teacher, he is also knowledgeable in the area of repair.


He has posted a set of 14 videos on tuba maintenance and repair. But euphonium players take note: at least two of the topics are applicable to piston-valve euphoniums (the majority ...