This recording features euphonium soloist David R. Werden with The United States Coast Band. It was taken from a live performance at Leamy Hall Auditorium, Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut. At the time the Coast Guard Band had 42 musicians. Hungarian Melodies was written by cornet player Vincent Bach, who later was known more for the line of brass instruments and mouthpieces that bore his name. The piece conjures up the flavor of Magyar melodies and dances.
The solo was a favorite of famous euphonium soloist Harold T. Brasch, soloist with The U.S. Navy Band, who came to be called "Mr. Euphonium." David and Harold met when David was in high school and Brasch appeared as a guest artist. David remembered the performance and chose it in later years as a feature piece with the Coast Guard Band.
It's a great piece to play, and well suited for euphonium. In the USA the piece can be ordered from Hickey's Music Center.
About David Werden
A graduate of The University of Iowa, Mr. Werden was the euphonium soloist with The United States Coast Guard Band for more than 20 years. He has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. Through FM and TV broadcasts, his solos have been heard in dozens of countries around the world. He is a recitalist and clinician, and has performed at local, national, and international symposiums. He was a member of The USCG Band Euphonium/Tuba Quartet, the Atlantic Tuba Quartet, and the Classic Brass Band. He previously taught at the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota, and he is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in American Education. He operates the site http://www.dwerden.com, a major online community for euphonium players.
His efforts to expand the role and recognition of the euphonium led the British magazine Sounding Brass in conjunction with the American publication Euphonia to name him "Euphonium Player of the Year" in 1980. He is the first American awarded this honor. In 1981 he was elected to the post of Euphonium Coordinator for the International Tuba-Euphonium Association (formerly called Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association: T.U.B.A). In 1987 he was appointed to the Honorary Board of Advisers of ITEA. His many solo performances and his efforts to expand the role of the euphonium in music earned him the prestigious Coast Guard Commendation Medal. He has also been awarded two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Coast Guard Special Operations ribbon, two Coast Guard Unit Commendations, and three Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendations. In 1993 he was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda honors society.
He has published articles in Euphonia magazine, The Instrumentalist magazine and the T.U.B.A. Journal. He is the author of The Blaikley Compensating System, Scoring for Euphonium, co-author with Denis Winter of the Euphonium Music Guide, and a co-author of the Brass Player's Cookbook. He compiled and edited a series of papers by Arthur Lehman into the book The Brass Musician. He has also published over four dozen arrangements for a variety of solo instruments and ensembles.
Since moving to Minnesota he has performed with Symphonia (America's Premier Large Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble), the Minnesota Orchestra, the Sheldon Theater Brass Band, was a special guest artist at the International Euphonium Institute, and has been heard on live national broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion.
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Dave Werden, Euphonium - Arpeggione Sonata, Mvt 2by dwerden6,824 views
they are so talented
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