EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS FOR EUPHONIUM: Colonial Song by Percy Grainger
Dr. Brian Bowman once told me that all it takes to audition successfully is great tone, time, and style. That concept, though it sounds overly…
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EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS FOR EUPHONIUM: Aegean Festival Overture
The euphonium excerpt from Andreas Makris’ Aegean Festival Overture, specifically measures 149-167, is frequently found on a military band’s audition list. It is an…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS FOR EUPHONIUM: Thunder and Blazes by Julius Fučík
Hi, I’m Lance and I play the euphonium. I have a confession to make. I used to be nervous about telling people this but am…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: The Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz/arr. Safranek
A common and enjoyable excerpt that is frequently found on euphonium auditions is the euphonium solo from Berlioz’s The Roman Carnival Overture. This transcription, copyrighted in…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: Hindemith’s Symphony in B-flat for Concert Band, mvmt. 1
Hindemith’s Symphony in B-flat is a large scale original work written for the concert band. The composer premiered this work with The U.S. Army Band in April…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: “Rufford Park Poachers” from Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy
Any musician who spends enough time playing in a concert band will eventually have the opportunity to play Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger. It is…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: Claude T. Smith’s Festival Variations
Claude T. Smith’s Festival Variations from 1982 contains a few interesting excerpts for euphonium. They are not the most frequently used excerpts at Norwegian band auditions, but…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
We play it in concert band settings and with orchestras, with brass bands and brass quintets. We play it in summer concert series and under…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: Thunder and Blazes by Julius Fućik arranged by Laurendeau/Seredy
A commonly asked for circus march on military band auditions is Entry of the Gladiators, also known as Thunder and Blazes . Fućik titled the march Entry of the…
EXPERTS’ EXCERPTS: Toccata Marziale by R. Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughn William’s Toccata Marziale has made an appearance on nearly every military band audition list for the modern era and is performed frequently by…
