FROM THE BACK ROW: Dan Neesley of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra
Dan Neesley has been the principal tubist with the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra (MBO) for 42 years and a longtime personal friend whom I have admired…
Dan Neesley has been the principal tubist with the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra (MBO) for 42 years and a longtime personal friend whom I have admired…
So often today music students feel they must score that one big job or they are a failure. Many people ask why I do so…
Chase Garner recently won a position playing tuba with the Army Field Band. He started basic training in June and will begin playing with the…
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…
The following round-table discussion was centered on auditions for premiere military bands. This conversation took place in the late summer of 2016 with the following…
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…
With the Field Band Tuba and Euphonium Sections: SFC Lauren Veronie Curran, euphonium MSG Chris Sarangoulis, euphonium SSG Scott Devereaux, tuba SSG Chase Garner, tuba…
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…
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…
Paul Creston’s Celebration Overture is not guaranteed to appear on a military band audition, but it is very likely something you will play eventually. Regardless of the…
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