Tuba Concerto (Ellerby)
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General Info
Year: 1988
Duration: c. 12:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Maecenas Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $188.00 | Score Only (print) - $47.00
Movements (played without pause)
1. I - 6:30
2. II - 5:20
Instrumentation
Full Score
Solo Tuba
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Orchestra Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks
- Tenor Drum
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wood Blocks
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The emphasis is on musicality, and the two contrasting movements investigate the under-exploited lyrical side of the instrument as well as allowing soloists to show their technical prowess.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- United States Army Band (Ft. Myer, Va.) (Jac'kel Smalls, conductor; Derek Fenstermacher, tuba) – 3 February 2018
- University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, (Brownsville) Wind Ensemble (Saul Torres, conductor; Scott Roeder, tuba) – 19 November 2017
- Penn State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Dennis Glocke, conductor; Ryan Hayward, tuba) – 19 November 2015
- Merion Concert Band (Bryn Mawr, Penn.) (Nathan P. Snyder, conductor; James Gourlay, tuba) - 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Cane River Murals (2012)
- Clarinet Concerto (2001)
- Club Europe (2002)
- The Cries of London (2005)
- Divertimento for Wind Dectet (1999/2001)
- Dona Nobis Pacem (1995)
- Elgar Variations (2007/2009)
- Evocations (1996/2001)
- Five Manx Romances (2017)
- From Kitty Hawk to the Stars (2002)
- Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun (2022)
- Malcolm Arnold Variations (2008)
- Menorcan Dances (2019)
- Natalis (1993/2006)
- New World Dances (1999)
- Northumbrian Dances (2019/2021)
- Ovation (2001)
- Paris Sketches (1994)
- Paris Sketches (ed. Reynish) (1994/2004)
- Prelude for Hampstead Heath (1990)
- Requiescant Aberfan (2009)
- Roman Trilogy (2014)
- A Silent Movie Suite (2013)
- A Soliliquy for Solferino (2012)
- Symphony for Winds (1997)
- Tales from Andersen (2006)
- Tristan Encounters (1998/2007)
- Tuba Concerto (1988/1991)
- Venetian Spells (1984)
- Via Crucis (2006)
- Wassail Dances (2018)
- Wessex Dances (2021)
Resources
- Ellerby, M. (1991). Tuba Concerto [score]. Maecenas Music: Surrey [England].
- Tuba Concerto, Maecenas Music