Tuba duets & trios

The title of this work, K-1, relates to the Japanese martial art of that name. Even though I am not a fan of this kind of sports, when Steve Rosse asked me to write something for 6 trombones and 2 tubas, (knowing what a strong player he is),... Read more

Douranda as Trevas (Painting darkness gold) takes its title from a poem by the 18th-century neo-classical Portuguese lyric poet, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765-1805). The work is an ever-changing universe of sound, mainly created by the... Read more

This Dialogue for two tubas is not a dialogue of contrasts but rather one of two voices contributing to the same thematic material. Dialogue is written in a simple A-B-A form and has a quick and energetic pulse. Read more

Teatro de Marionetas is the Portuguese expression for Puppet Theater. In this work, two puppets, represented by the two tubas, meet for a set of three dances. The first dance named “Murmurinho” meaning small and soft talk is inspired by “choro”... Read more

Manuscripts for Tuba was established in 1971 under the sponsorship of the Department of Music at the Tennessee Technological University in Cookville, Tennessee. Under the editorship of R. Winston Morris it has received international recognition as... Read more

Manuscripts for Tuba was established in 1971 under the sponsorship of the Department of Music at the Tennessee Technological University in Cookville, Tennessee. Under the editorship of R. Winston Morris it has received international recognition as... Read more

This piece was composed at the request of Harri Lidsle. The proposed instrumentation of two tubas with a string quartet and pianoforte was a source of consternation to me, since a single tuba can easily balance, in terms of dynamics, a full symphony... Read more