PHILLYQ Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Hello all, I got an interesting email about the River2River Festival in NYC: Anthony Braxton’s Composition #19 - Marching Piece for 100 Tubas Internationally acclaimed for his seminal role in the development of late 20th century music, composer, saxophonist, and MacArthur “genius” Braxton premieres his parade piece for four bands of twenty-five tubas. 1:00pm-2:00pm. Oval Lawn & WFC Plaza. The concert is on June 4 Quote
DTMX Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Gotta tuba? Want to put on your resume that you studied with Anthony Braxton and participated in a world premiere? June 3-4 BRAXTON 100 TUBA PIECE PREMIERE - TUBISTS NEEDED! Dear tubists and friends: I would like to announce a very special event coming up in June for which I need your help: the premiere of Anthony Braxton's COMPOSITION #19 for 100 Tubas! This premiere will occur on the Bang-on-a-Can Marathon concert on June 4, 2006 in New York. The performance will fall between 12 and 2 PM at the World Financial Center Wintergarden Hall. COMPOSITION #19 is a parade piece which consists of 4 bands of 25 tubists each. There is marching required. The 5 pages of music will fit into a marching portfolio. Mr. Braxton says the music is not technically difficult. There will be opportunities for improvisation for those of you who are comfortable with that. We need tubas! We need euphoniums! The rehearsal for this perfomance will be on Saturday, June 3 (time TBA). Mr. Braxton will lead the rehearsal. For those of you that are not familiar with Anthony Braxton's music, he is one of the most original composers around. He has written music for just about every instrumental combination you can think of, including operas, orchestra works and chamber ensemble pieces. He has always been a friend of low sounds and of the tuba. Just listen to him wail on his contrabass saxophone! Check out his album THE COMPLETE BRAXTON 1971 for a recording of his COMPOSITION #4 for tuba quintet. Please contact me if you would like to participate in this momentous tuba event! Looking forward to playing with you in June. Jay Rozen; 516-338-6966; jay_rozen@hotmail.com ((jay_rozen@hotmail.com). Quote
BeBop Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Thank you for the warning. I was schedule to fly over NYC that day. Quote
mikeweil Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Oh man - I wish I owned a tuba, could play it, and was there .... Quote
AllenLowe Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 well, I once saw Sonny Rollins with 20 bassists - Quote
paul secor Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 (edited) Reminds me of the Joe Venuti story when he called a bunch of tuba players and told each of them to meet him at a certain time on a corner in midtown Manhattan where they'd be picked up for a gig. Needless to say, there was no gig, and Joe got a good laugh out of it - at least until someone complained to the musicians' union and Joe ended up having to pay the tuba players. Edited May 31, 2006 by paul secor Quote
RDK Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 mikeweil said: Oh man - I wish I owned a tuba, could play it, and was there .... Might be your best shot at playing with Braxton. Seriously, though, with 100 tubas there, I'm not sure if actually knowing how to play one would be necessary... Quote
Adam Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 RDK said: mikeweil said: Oh man - I wish I owned a tuba, could play it, and was there .... Might be your best shot at playing with Braxton. Seriously, though, with 100 tubas there, I'm not sure if actually knowing how to play one would be necessary... Heck, I saw 100 guitarists at Disney Hall in March. Braxton is late to the game; Branca beat him to it. Quote
7/4 Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Adam said: RDK said: mikeweil said: Oh man - I wish I owned a tuba, could play it, and was there .... Might be your best shot at playing with Braxton. Seriously, though, with 100 tubas there, I'm not sure if actually knowing how to play one would be necessary... Heck, I saw 100 guitarists at Disney Hall in March. Braxton is late to the game; Branca beat him to it. I don't think Branca got the 100 he was looking for. Quote
jasonguthartz Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 The wonders of Braxton's (Comp. 58, 1976) for creative marching orchestra (on the Arista and hatART Creative Orchestra recordings) hints at what the experience of (Comp. 19, 1971) might be like: Sousa-through-the-looking-glass!? Marching onward, marching onward, Marching to that lovely tune. Marching onward, marching onward, Happy as a bird in June. --from Act III of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha" Quote
RDK Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 John Tapscott said: I'm not surprised it's free. He would probably have better luck composing for 100 instruments that people actually like... Quote
Jim Dye Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 I'm sure Howard Johnson is going to be there! Quote
7/4 Posted May 31, 2006 Report Posted May 31, 2006 Jim Dye said: I'm sure Howard Johnson is going to be there! He should be, he lives in the East Village. Quote
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