Tuba quartet

This upbeat, funky miniature is a great concert encore or short opener. Read more

A magic journey at sea. Superb melodies and dramatic effects. Read more

When I was in school I hated homework… Very often I just did not do it, got bad grades and my parents were unhappy. Biology-Cells: the musical material starts with a structure like a DNA cell and makes different mutations.  Chemistry: every note is... Read more

The Four Little Pieces consists of four brief original works inspired by the music of four composers, whose lives ranged in time from the 16th century’s Thomas Morley, to Johann Sebastian Bach, to Victor Ewald, and, finally, to the 20th century’s... Read more

The work was conceived to feature each of the players individually in addition to the ensemble as a whole. One voice has the melodic lead a great deal of the time and there are solo cadenzas for the other three parts. The work emplies both the... Read more

The work features styles of jazz and popular music that were not generally found in the tuba/euphonium repertoire at the time this piece was composed. The Prologue and Epilogue are in a “jazz ballad” style. The three main movements feature latin... Read more

This Neo-Renaissance piece is made of five typical 15th century Italian dance movements, mainly modal with a few modern interventions. The Saltarello includes a tambourine part which is played by the 4th part of the quartet. Read more

With its ripping beginning and rhythmic interplay, the work gives the quartet and its individual members an adventuresome challenge from beginning to end. Read more

This quasi-rock ballad was written with the intent of representing a visual color with an aural art form. In addition to the lush harmonies, pointillistic entrances, and eloquent solo passages, the sonority of the conical instruments adds color to... 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