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Euphonium Solo David Werden Playing Variations by Jerry Owen
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Euphonium player David Werden performing the Variations by American composer Jerry Owen. The piece was written for jazz euphoniumist Rich Matteson. The music with either band or piano accompaniment is available here: • https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search... • Werden was looking for a piece to show off the jazzy side of the euphonium and chose this as a piece that would satisfy that goal and also appeal to audiences. He performed it on tour with The United States Coast Guard Band and also at music conferences such as the College Band Directors National Association and the New York State School Music Association. At the time Dave ran Whaling Music Publishers and obtained permission from Owen to publish Variations so it would be available to euphonium players. (This piece and all of Werden's own arrangements are now published by Cimarron Music Press.) • • Rich Matteson was a popular studio low-brass player, and has recorded on tuba, valve trombone, and euphonium. He played with the Dukes of Dixieland and has appeared with icons such as Clark Terry, Al Hirt, and Dizzy Gillespie. In combination with tuba legend Harvey Phillips, he co-founded the Matteson-Phillips Jazz Consort. This group featured three euphoniums, three tubas, and rhythm. Rich played along with jazz euphoniumists Buddy Baker and Ashley Alexander. • • 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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