With having actually played the solo myself, the final note is a high G (3 ledger lines above the Bass Clef Staff), and the highest note reached on this song for the Euphonium Solo is a High A (3 and a half ledger lines above Bass Clef staff) In Euphonium treble clef, the last note is an A (one ledger line above treble clef staff) and the highest note is B (one and a half ledger lines above the staff).
@@jamesmoreland7569 It sounds exactly like his recording from Symphonic Variants with the JWF Military Band. Even the very ending of him going from the high G to the high B sound EXACTLY the same.
@@richardmurrow2961 If that's the case Toru Miura and this band sound EXACTLY the same as Steven Mead's recording with the JWF Military Band in the album Symphonic Variants. Even the very ending of him going from the high G to the high B sound EXACTLY the same.
I know this may be random and all, but I have a question if anyone can help me this would mean a lot to me. I'm currently a 15 year old euphonium player at my high school, and I as well play tuba and trombone. For a while I've thought of my future that I want to pursue, and music is always the topic I keep returning to. Now for the question, if I were to go in a music career, would I be able to later land a stable job as a music professor at a university or college, or even a full time musician on euphonium? Because I know euphonium players don't have a really big field of jobs out there. If anyone can give me any advise, it would mean a lot. Thanks.
Hey, later on in college if you get a high enough degree, and also keep practicing at your horn, you can land a stable job, and even play your instrument too.
When I was about your age, I decided I was never going to be good enough to be a professional musician and majored in computer science in college (it's OK, I like programming too), but played all the way through high school and college; and then in community bands and orchestras (my instruments are cello and baritone). There are lots of community music ensembles around, so even if you decide you don't want to pursue music as a profession, you probably won't have much trouble finding a place to play. If you do want to pursue music as a profession, then make the instrument you love your major one, but have a backup and be creative (look for opportunities to play your preferred instrument; you can even upload videos to You Tube). Teaching might be a good career path for you, but make sure you actually like doing it before you commit to it (there are too many unhappy hack teachers out there as it is). Composing might also be one. My experience is that most baritone and euphonium players have second instruments (the better to infiltrate orchestras with), so that part is no big deal. Your chances of making it professionally on euphonium are better in the armed services than elsewhere, but as Steven Mead has convincingly demonstrated, this is not a requirement. You should also remember that the average professional musician has a day job (I gave my children this lecture any number of times when they were growing up), so make sure you have other marketable skills. And if you do find yourself in a professional orchestra on trombone or tuba, make sure your conductor knows you play professional quality euphonium; he might well start giving you opportunities to play it (there are orchestral arrangements with euphonium parts, though not many; and as you undoubtedly already know, there are lots of solos written for other brass instruments that sound great on the euph). Good luck to you no matter what career(s) you decide to pursue.
+John Ries Thank you so much for yohr help, this has honestly been troubling me for a while. I love music, its my passion but ive also looked into other careers such as one in a medical fields. But i never thoughtvof there being groups around me where i can play, tha ks so much for this help and advice. It really means alot to me.
Any euphonium players who see this know where I can get a good but affordable student-level instrument? I'm not any good, but maybe headed to school for composition, and the euphonium: what's not to love?
Buy used, a yamaha YEP 321 is a good student horn. It's a 4 valve and has slight tuning issues in the upper and lower register but the upper can be fixed with good embouchure.
@@aminarc6627 Thanks. Forgot I asked this because since then it's been fiscal calamity carnival time, but now I at least have an idea of a model to work for, and potential issues, so I can plan accordingly.
Eh. I really dont like this rendition. Yes it is highly accurate. Yes it is technically right. But the soloist has 0 emotion. Arguably the euphonium is one of the most emotive brass instrements. And this could easily be a machine playing. The first thing that hits me is the rushed cadenza. And later on you realise the lack of dynamics and articulation. The ending sounds just a loud (or as quiet) as the opening, which is arguably incorrect. There was no rubato, apart from the rits and accels that are written. The vibrato, as much as it is nice, is overused and lacks veriaty, and overall, the playing just sounds boring. I recently played this piece in a highly reguarded competition and came second. Now before this, my teacher was pounding me about musical intrest and emotion for as long as i was practicing. And even when i started it sounded nicer than this does. I can see why people like this, but if you really work at this piece and strive to the enjoyment of your audience, you will soon find that there is so much more that can be done with this wonderful piece of music.
