STUDENT REsources and MATERIALS LIST

TUBA |

TUBA

1. The Brass Gym | Focus On Music

2. Daily Routine - "The Bell Scales" | William Bell, ed. by Abe Torchinsky | Encore Music

3. 20 Minute Warm-Up Routine by Michael Davis, performed by Gene Pokorny | Hip-Bone Music

4. Complete Method for Tuba by J.B. Arban | Encore Music Publishers

5. Complete Vocalises for Tuba by Giulio Marco Bordogni, ed. by Wesley Jacobs |  Encore Music Publishers

6. Ten Studies for Low & High Tubas by Johannes Brahms, ed. by John Van Houten | Encore Music Publishers

7. Sixty Etudes Op. 5 for Tuba by C. Kopprasch (For High Tuba); Sixty Etudes Op. 6 for Tuba by C. Kopprasch (For Low tuba) | Encore Music Publishers

8. Fifty Etudes for Tuba by Boris Grigoriev, ed. by L. Keating Johnson & Wesley Jacobs | Encore Music Publishers

9. The Complete Solfeggi for Tuba by Guiseppe Concone, ed. by Wesley Jacobs | Encore Music Publishers

10. 18 Preludes for Tuba by Hubert Collinet, ed. by Wesley Jacobs | Encore Music Publishers

11. Loud Playing for Tuba by Wesley Jacobs | Encore Music Publishers

12. 24 Progressive Vocalises for Tuba by H. Panofka, arr. by Wesley Jacobs | Encore Music Publishers

13. Tuba Players Orchestral Repertoire Vol. 1-16 by Abe Torchinsky (Links: 1, 2, 3, 4,& 16) | Encore Music Publishers

14. Hal Leonard Advanced Band Method for Basses/Tuba by Harold W. Rusch with Special Studies by Arnold Jacobs (p. 46-64) | Hal Leonard

15. Six Suites for Cello Solo by J.S. Bach, ed. by Pierre Fournier (Not Required) | International Music Company

16. Mastering the Tuba by Roger Bobo (Not Required) | Editions Bim

17. Technical Studies for Bass Clef Instruments by Clarke-Gordan | Carl Fischer

18. 70 Studies for BB flat Tuba by Vladislav Blazhevich Vol. 1 & 2 | Robert King

19. The Complete Boosey & Hawkes Tuba Scale Book | Boosey & Hawkes

20. The Brass Gym by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan | Focus On Music

21. Thirty-Six Studies for Trombone with F Attachment by O. Blume |arr. and ed. by Reginald H. Fink.|Carl Fischer

22. The One Hundred by Wesley Jacobs | Encore Music Publishers

23. Low Etudes for Tuba | Phil Snedecor

24. Low(er!) Etudes For Tuba | Phil Snedecor

EUPHONIUM

1. The Brass Gym by Sam Pilafian and Patrick Sheridan | Focus On Music

2. Rochut-Bordogni - Melodious Etudes – Books 1, 2, and 3

3. Arban - Complete Method Bass Clef Euph-Trombone

4. Guggenberger - Basics Plus: Studies for 1 or 2 Bass Clef Brass Instruments

5. Ervin, Tom - Rochut Duets

6. Kopprasch - Sixty Selected Studies for Trombone - Books 1 and 2

7. Leiby Rochut for Two Too

8. Mueller, Robert - Technical Studies (Book 1)

9. Payne - Euphonium Excerpts

10. Tyrell - 40 Progressive Studies for Trombone

11. Vining - Rangesongs

12. Voxman - Selected Studies for Trombone

13. Ervin, Tom - Sixty Counterparts - Voxman Selected Studies Duet Accompaniment

Tenor TROMBONE

Selected Tenor Trombone Study Material

Detached

Arban – Famous Method

Bordner - First Book of Practical Studies

Bordner - Second Book of Practical Studies

Cimera-Hovey – Method Cimera – 170 Studies

Cimera – 79 Studies Hering – 50 Recreational Studies

Hering - Forty Progressive Etudes

Hering - 32 Etudes

Ostrander – The F-attachment and Bass Trombone

Blume – 36 Studies

Kopprasch – Sixty Selected Studies

Miller – 60 Studies

Mueller – Technical Studies

Raph – Classic Vintage Studies

Slama – 66 Studies

Tyrrell – 40 Progressive Studies

Voxman, ed. – Selected Studies

Bitsch – 15 Rhythmical Studies

Boutry – 12 Etudes de haut Perfectionnement

Bozza – 13 Etudes Caprices

Charlier – 32 Etudes de Perfectionnement

Couillaud – 30 Modern Etudes

Maxted – Twenty Studies Pichaureau – 20 Etudes

Legato

Bordogni/Rochut – Melodious Etudes, Books 1, 2, 3

Busser/Couillaud – 12 Etudes Melodiques

Cimera – 55 Phrasing Studies

Fink – Introducing Legato

Fink – Studies in Legato

Sieber/Raph – Introductory Melodious Etudes

Clef Studies

Blazhevich - Sequences

Edwards - Studies in Clefs (Before Blazhevich)

Fink – Introducing Tenor Clef

Fink – Introducing Alto Clef

Kahila – Advanced Studies in tenor and Alto Clefs

Sauer – Intermediate Clef Studies

Jazz Studies

Elkjer – Jazz Fragments Gale – 24

Jazz Etudes

Johnson, JJ - Exercises & Etudes for the Jazz Trombonist

Lipsius – Reading Key Jazz Rhythms

Nightengale – Easy Jazzy Tudes

Nightengale – Get Prepared for 20 Jazz Etudes

Nightengale – 20 Jazz Etudes

Snidero – Easy Jazz Conception

Snidero – Intermediate Jazz Conception

Snidero – Jazz Conception

Warm-Up/Routines

Marstellar – Advanced Slide Technique

Marstellar – Basic Routines

Ostrander – 20 Minute Warm-up

Remington – Warm-ups

Remington/Hunsberger – Warm-ups

Schlossberg – Daily Drills and Technical Studies

Vernon – The Singing Trombone

Vining – Daily Routines

Bass TROMBONE

Selected Bass Trombone Study Material

Detached

Aharoni – New Method for Bass trombone

Arban – Famous Method

Faulise – Inline Double Valve Bass Trombone – The Basics

Hering/Stanley – 32 Etudes

Ostrander – The F-attachment and Bass Trombone

Raph – Double Valve Bass Trombone

Blazhevich /Vernon – Low Range Studies

Blazhecich – 70 Studies, bk.1, 2 (tuba)

Faulise – Inline Double Valve Bass Trombone

Gillis – 70 Progressive Studies

Gillis – 20 Etudes

Grigoriev/Hawes – 50 Etudes

Knaub – Technical Studies – Pi a la Bone

Kopprasch – 60 Selected Studies (tuba)

Maenz – 20 Studies Ostrander – Basic Studies

Slama/Sauer – 66 Etudes

Tyrell – 40 Advanced Studies (tuba)

Kahila – Semester of Studies

Maenz – 12 Special Studies

Ostrander – Shifting Meter Studies

Legato

Bordogni/Rochut – Melodious Etudes, Bk. 2, 3

Fink – Studies in Legato for Bass Trombone

Sieber/Raph – Introductory Melodious Etudes

Bordogni/Roberts – Bel canto Studies

Bordogni /Ostrander – Melodious Etudes

Low Studies

Low Etudes for Tuba | Phil Snedecor

Low(er!) Etudes For Tuba | Phil Snedecor

Clef Studies

Edwards - Studies in Clefs (Before Blazhevich)

Fink – Introducing Tenor Clef

Fink – Introducing Alto Clef

Sauer – Intermediate Clef Studies

Jazz Studies

Nightengale - Undertones

Snidero – Jazz Conception

Warm-Up/Routines

Marstellar – Advanced Slide Technique

Marstellar – Basic Routines

Ostrander – 20 Minute Warm-up

Remington – Warm-ups

Remington/Hunsberger – Warm-ups

Schlossberg – Daily Drills and Technical Studies

Vernon – The Singing Trombone

Vining – Daily Routines

Professional Organizations

ITEA (International Tuba Euphonium Association)

IWBC (International Women's Brass Conference)

IET (International Euphonium Tuba Festival)

ITA (International Trombone Association)

Solo and Chamber Ensemble Competitions

Solo
Pasadena Showcase Instrumental Competition
Burbank Philharmonic Hennings-Fischer Young Artist Competition
Leonard Falcone Competition
International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Competition
Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival Solo Competition
Markneukirchen International Competition (Open to Tuba in 2022)
International Women's Brass Conference Competition

Open to Solo and Chamber Ensemble
Southwest Regional Tuba Euphonium Convention Competition
Music Teachers National Association Competition
Concert Artists Guild Competition
Young Concert Artists International Auditions

Chamber Ensemble
Fischoff Competition

Summer Festivals

International Orchestra Festivals

Verbier Festival Orchestra (Switzerland)
Schleswig Holstein Music Festival (Germany)
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra (Switzerland)
Pacific Music Festival (Japan)
Youth Orchestra of the Americas (Latin America)
​American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) Graz (Austria)
​Prague Summer Nights Festival (Czech Republic)

Orchestra Festivals Within the United States

Tanglewood Music Center
Aspen Music Festival and School
Music Academy of the West
Spoleto Festival USA
National Repertory Orchestra
Brevard Music Center
Round Top Festival Institute
National Orchestral Institute
Eastern Music Festival
Texas Music Festival
Sewanee Summer Music Festival
Chautauqua Music School Festival

Southern California Professional Training Groups

American Youth Symphony (generally auditions late August)

The Hollywood Highsteppers (open enrollment; brass band; led by Marc Gaspard Bolin and Mike Bolger)

Instrument Repair in Southern California

Brass Medic, La Crescenta
Robb Stewart Brass Repair, Arcadia

Sawday Horns (Don Sawday; brass designer for Eastman Instruments)

Sheet Music

Hickey's Music Center
Editions BIM (Euro-centric publisher)
Cimarron Press: Tuba and Euphonium Music
Just for Brass: Compendium of Brass Sheet music
SheetMusicPlus
Encore Music Publishers
WorldCat Interlibrary Loan
IMSLP - Scores and Parts to Non-Copyrighted Music

Tubas and Euphoniums for Sale:

Online

TubeNet For Sale Section
Baltimore Brass Company
Dillon Music
Woodwind and Brasswind

In Southern California

The Horn Guys (Pasadena)
Brass Ark, La Crescenta
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Audition Resources

Musical Chairs
​Audition Cafe
TubeNet Audition Page
TromboneExcerpts.org
AFM Audition Advertisements (requires AFM membership)