THE ELECTROACOUSTIC TUBA: A STUDY OF SELECTED WORKS FOR TUBA WITH FIXED MEDIA AND LIVE PROCESSED ELECTRONIC ACCOMPANIMENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to explore repertoire for solo tuba combined with either fixed electronic media accompaniments (CD/tape/computer audio) or with live electronic processing. The music selections represent a variety of styles of solo works from the 1970s through the present and have been interspersed through three recitals to provide better musical flow in performance. The works performed and discussed in this dissertation are: • Jess Ayers – The Dancing King for Tuba and Synthesized Accompaniment on Tape • D. Edward Davis – Let There Be Funk for tuba and two channel digital playback • Alice Gomez – Shaman Returns for tuba, didgeridoo, jingle bells, and CD • Jonathan Harvey – STILL for Tuba and Electronics • Benjamin McMillan – Tomes of Hardened Steel for tuba and CD • Benjamin McMillan – Tomes of the Wanderer for tuba and CD • Peter Meechan – Floating Dreams for tuba and CD • Walter Ross – Piltdown Fragments • Brian Sadler – Kick-ass Sonata for Tuba and Orchestra (CD) • Andy Scott – Going Down for Tuba and Sampled Tuba CD • Andy Scott and Lemn Sissay – My Mountain Top for solo tuba with accompanying CD • Roland Szentpáli – “I. Very Good Morning” from Pearls III for Tuba and Piano • Monte Weber – Colossus for Tuba + Electronics • Mark Zanter – Perpetuum Mobile for tuba and live processing.