From Tempe, Arizona, in 1996. This was my last guest performance ("on the road") as a Coast Guard musician, playing Roger Kellaway's Morning Song. This piece makes a fine euphonium solo, even though it was originally written for tuba player Roger Bobo. The range is from a low E-flat to a high B-flat. The low E-flats (2 of them) are just passing notes, and could even be left out if someone tried to play this on a 3-valve euphonium. However, I suspect anyone who has the ability to play the solo will own a 4-valve horn. The piano part is very difficult, but offers a great chance for the pianist to shine.

You can see it here: Dave Werden, Morning Song by Roger Kellaway, on YouTube

Or you can watch it from the video player below:

Here is a tune from the Coast Guard Band's Euphonium-Tuba Quartet during a clinic at the Armed Forces School of Music. Members are Dave Werden and Dan Vinson, euphoniums; Gary Buttery and Joanna Hersey tubas. The song is from my arrangement Songs of the British Isles, which is designed to be simple enough for any decent group to play, but in which I tried to make the arrangement interesting for listeners and performers. The is the last movement, English Country Garden.

The arrangement is listed on this page: Euphonium-Tuba Quartet Arrangements

I have now posted another video on YouTube, this time of a performance during a Coast Guard Band tour. This performance is of the Fantasy for Euphonium and Brass Band by Philip Sparke. I am playing with The United Coast Guard Band's brass and percussion section, conducted by Lewis Buckley.

You can see it here: Dave Werden, Sparke Fantasy on YouTube

Or you can watch it from the video player below:

It's time I caught up to the 21st century, so I digitized one of my recordings from my Coast Guard Band days. The Band does an annual Christmas Concert (now called a Holiday Concert), and I played a solo for this one (from 1985). It was Gounod's Ave Maria, arranged by the Band's former principal clarinetist Ralph Loomis.



I'm a little new to converting VHS tapes to digital, so I think I may have gotten the aspect ratio wrong - it looks a bit too wide. But I'll try to get it better next time around.

Franz Liszt wrote a nice piece for bass trombone and organ, which can work well with either euphonium or tuba. It is the "Hosanna" and is based on a hymn tune with simple variations. It is a rather powerful work, but is not technically challenging. I have used it in church and it worked well.

The sheet music is available here:

Liszt Hosanna

You can buy a recording of Christian Lindberg playing this and several other pieces that offer good choices for a worship service or recital:

Christian Lindberg, the Sacred Trombone


Or you can get the single track as an MP3 download here:

Hosanna, by Franz Liszt, Christian Lindberg Trombone

There is also a YouTube video (although it is one of those videos that shows only still shots) where you can hear the music played very well:

I have just added a recording to our Downloads for Members Only area in the Euphonium-Tuba Forum. It is a live recording from The United States Tuba-Euphonium Conference about 15 years ago. It is a "must-hear" performance! They trade lines back and forth so fast you can hardly keep up.

Childs Brothers: Moto Perpetuo, free MP3 download.