Capriccio for Solo Tuba and Band
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General Info
Year: 2010
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Tuba and piano
Publisher: Kendor Music
Cost: Score and Parts – Rental ($75.00)
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This grade 6 original was written to showcase a player’s virtuosity and agility on an instrument that’s too seldom given the artistic credit it deserves. The three-part work features a heroic main theme, soaring lyrical melodies, and a super-charged finish.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: University of Alabama Wind Ensemble (Kenneth Ozzello, conductor; Mike Forbes, tuba - 2015
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project Lakeshore Wind Ensemble (Manitowoc, Wisc.) (Jeremiah Eis, conductor; Mike Fores, tuba) - 15 October 2022
- Washburn University (Topeka, Kan.) Wind Ensemble (J. Thomas Seddon IV, conductor; Joseph LeFevre, tuba) - 27 February 2022
- Mukwonago (Wisc.) High School Symphonic Band (Emma Angoli, conductor; Mike Forbes, tuba) – 2 March 2020
- Ohlone Wind Ensemble (Fremont, Calif.) (Tony Clements, conductor; Jon Taylor, tuba) – 25 March 2018
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Wind Ensemble (J. Thomas Seddon, conductor; Mike Forbes, tuba) – 27 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 North Central Division Conference, Ames, Iowa)
- Georgia Southern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Robert Dunham, conductor; Mike Forbes, tuba) – 2013
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Battle Quest
- Capriccio for Solo Tuba and Band (2010)
- Cosmic Voyage (2002)
- Cosmic Winds
- Dance of the Trolls (2014)
- Day at Sea (2022)
- Glacier Canyon (2016)
- The Grumpy Troll
- Ice Flow (2018)
- Kaleidoscope
- Os Justi
- Synergy (2012)
- Torque (2013)
- Whispering Pines (2009)
Resources
- Forbes, M. (2010). Capriccio [score]. Kendor Music: Delevan, N.Y.