NAVY BAND: Euphonium opening
Posted on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:25:32 by ITEAonline.org NEWS EDITOR
The US NAVY BAND has immediate openings for EUPHONIUM in our Concert/Ceremonial Band.
Auditions are to be held by appointment. To be considered for an audition, please send your resumé (current members of the U.S. Armed Forces must also send endorsements from their Bandmasters) to:
US NAVY BAND
ATTN: AUDITION SUPERVISOR
617 WARRINGTON AVE, SE
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC 20374-5054
For more information, please contact NavyBand.auditions@navy.mil
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TUBA VACANCY, DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Posted on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:21:08 by ITEAonline.org NEWS EDITOR
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA announces vacancy for PRINCIPAL TUBA. Auditions will be held April 13-15, 2009, Final Round held April 21, 2009. Application/résumé/deposit deadline: March 2, 2009.
Repertoire, applications, and further information may be found at www.detroitsymphony.com.
Please send all documents to:
Alice Sauro, Auditions
Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201
email: auditions@dso.org
FAX: 313-576-5157
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Low Brass Tops the Bill at Wurlitzer Concert
Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:58:00 by ITEAonline.org NEWS EDITOR
A return invitation to appear with International Theatre Organist Len Rawle puts the Euphonium & Baritone at the top of the bill for a UK Christmas concert this coming Saturday (13th.).
Willson Euphonium artist Charley Brighton will solo with Len at the 1937 American built organ and duet with Sue Vel (Baritone) alongside the Bedfordshire Police Choir, Sandie Stefanetti (soprano) and pianists Helen Collins and Richard Heyes.
The concert in Woking, Surrey, UK is hosted by the American Theatre Organ Society and plays to packed houses at both 2.30 & 7.30pm.
This is a return invitation following an appearance back in the Summer in Old Windsor with Len at a restored London Compton Theatre Organ.
More details of the Wurlitzer can be found at;
http://www.woking.gov.uk/leisure/leisurecentrepool/events/wurlitzer
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 2nd Review from All About Jazz
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:58:45 by ben stapp
 It's a prime example of the new globalism. California-born tubist Ben Stapp graduated from UCLA, studied with
English tuba master Roger Bobo overseas, then spent additional time studying in Portugal before returning
home to record his debut album, Ecstasis. Demonstrating nimble dexterity and a keen melodic
sense, the youthful Stapp holds his own in the heavyweight company of saxophonist Tony Malaby and
percussionist Satoshi Takeishi.
Tuba driven small combos were a favored line-up of saxophonists Arthur Blythe and Sam Rivers during the
seventies loft era; the tuba helped reestablish a historical connection between free jazz and the rich polyphony
of early jazz styles such as Dixieland and ragtime. Stapp mostly avoids such pre-swing forms however, tending
towards a slightly modal pan Asian aesthetic. Malaby's serpentine soprano and muscular tenor musings,
Takeishi's scintillating Taiko influenced percussion and the leader's euphonious bass lines congeal into an
exotic mosaic of plangent themes and soaring motifs. Modal structures notwithstanding, Stapp also works
conventional chord changes, thorny counterpoint, and elastic rhythms into his tunefully accessible, yet
harmonically intricate writing.
The trio vacillates between the written and improvised with poised authority and an empathetic rapport
that blurs the line between freedom and form. Stapp's melodious variations complement Takeishi's ceremonial
fanfares and kaleidoscopic accents, providing the trio with a harmonically solid, yet rhythmically fluid
foundation that veers from buoyant to introspective. Malaby reigns in his extroverted tendencies, splitting his
time evenly between soprano and tenor, while embellishing Stapp's memorable themes with lyrical restraint.
<p><P>Despite the limited instrumental palette, Stapp utilizes an array of inventive arrangements to provide the
trio with ample space for individual expression. Unaccompanied cadenzas, intimate duets and collective
improvisation are all featured alongside more conventional devices, like hypnotic bass ostinatos and concise
call and response, keeping the structures malleable and joyously unpredictable.
A credit to both the trio's conversational interplay and Stapp's resilient writing, the session flows with the
graceful logic of a suite rather than a collection of disparate tunes. Ecstasis marks the solid debut
of a fresh, new voice.
<p><a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31200">All About Jazz</a>
<p>Check out the <a href="http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumID=ALB000023434">CD</a> on the net</p>
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