By Stephen Dodson. For Treble recorder and keyboard. Advanced. Published by Forsyth Publications

Composed by John Zarco. Music Education. 144 pages. GIA Publications #261933. Published by GIA Publications

2 tubas

SKU: P2.PZA90187

Composed by Various. Edited by Zach Collins. Arranged by Jim Self. 2 tubas (or 2 bass trombones) or tuba/bass trombone with downloadable backing track. Score and downloadable audio. Published by Basset Hound Music (P2.PZA90187).

Concert Duets is a collection of 14 arrangements of works by prominent 18th-century composers, mostly taken from Trio Sonatas. Duet 11 is a Jim Self original work in the Rococo style; and Duets 12, 13 and 14 are arrangements of the three-movements of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins. Included with this edition are play-along recorded tracks by tubist Zach Collins, who also served as editor of the current edition.

I created these duets as Christmas gifts for my tuba playing friends, with the first duet being arranged in 1976. All 14 of the duets are challenging and fun to play and are especially effective as concert pieces.

As a young musician I had the privilege of playing duets with many of the world’s finest tubists including Harvey Phillips, John Fletcher, Bob Pallansch, Chester, Schmitz, Dan Perantoni, Toby Hanks, Ron Bishop, Winston Morris and Tommy Johnson. I learned more about playing music in these duo sessions than from any other musical activity I have ever experienced. Duets are powerful teaching tools for learning and mastering rhythm, phrasing and intonation and for developing overall musicianship.

Jim Self:

Self (b. 1943) is a Los Angeles free-lance musician, a veteran of thousands of Hollywood motion pictures, television shows and records, and tuba soloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the “Voice of the Mothership” in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pacific and Pasadena Symphonies and the Los Angeles Opera and Hollywood Bowl Orchestras. Formerly he was in The U.S. Army Band and tuba / euphonium professor at the University of Tennessee. He holds a DMA from the USC Thornton School of Music where he is Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Chamber Music. His compositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, other brass, string and woodwind chamber music, wind band and orchestra. Jim has produced many solo jazz and classical recordings. His music and recordings are available from Potenza Music and www.jimself.com. Jim Self is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Zach Collins, editor:

Zach Collins is professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 2019, he released his first solo album, Chronicle. It was recognized with the 2021 ITEA Roger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording for the best Solo Tuba Album.

His interpretation of William Kraft’s Encounters II for Solo Tuba was released on Cambria Master Recordings. Zach performs with Eastern Standard, a horn, tuba, piano trio he formed with Heidi Lucas and Jacob Ertl. The ensemble has released two commercial albums, Eastern Standard and Wanderlust.

Zach regularly performs with the Keystone Chamber Winds, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, and West Virginia Symphony Orchestras. His compositions and arrangements for brass and for tuba and euphonium can be purchased from Cimarron Music and Eighth Note Publications. Zach earned degrees from Texas Christian University and the University of Southern California. His primary teachers have been Richard Murrow, Jim Self, Tommy Johnson, and Norm Pearson. Zach Collins is a Miraphone artist.

By James McGranahan. Arranged by Harvey & Richard Rich. For Piano Solo. Level: Medium. Duration 2:40. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

By Donald Martino (1931-2005). For Soprano Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Chamber Orchestra. This edition: Study Score. Contemporary Classical. Contemporary Classical. Conservatory. Sheet Music. Published by Dantalian, Inc.

By Donald Martino. For Soprano Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Piano. This edition: Clarinet parts with Piano. Contemporary Classical. Contemporary Classical. Level: Conservatory. Sheet Music. Published by Dantalian, Inc.

SKU: GI.G-317206

A History of the Ithaca High School Band 1955-67. Composed by Bruce Musgrave and Frank Battisti. Music Education. 208 pages. GIA Publications #317206. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-317206).

ISBN 9781574631593. UPC: 884088530266.

This inspiring story provides an extraordinary model for band programs of today and tomorrow explaining how the most creative high school band program in America's history evolved and functioned daily, with glimpses of individuals involved including Frederick Fennell, Norman Dello Joio, Vincent Persichetti, William D. Revelli, Warren Benson, Richard Franko Goldman, Donald Sinta, Harvey Phillips, Doc Severinsen and Benny Goodman. Click here for a YouTube video on The Best We Can Be: A History of the Ithaca High School Band 1955-67.

By George Coles. Arranged by Harvey & Richard Rich. For Piano Solo. Level: Medium. Duration 2:50. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

By Ange Flegier; Eugene Cowles; Frederick Field Bullard; Gustav Hasse; Harvey B. Gaul; Ludwig Fischer; Robert Braine; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Heinrich Kiehl; Martin Mason. Text: Alfred De Vigny; Alma M. Coombs; Arthur Macy; Carl Muchler; Eugene Cowles; Maxwell Struthers Burt; Monte Wellings; Richard Hovey; Schikaneder; Thomas Moore. For Bass. Piano/Vocal Score. 94 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company.