Accent on Performance Concert Favorites Collection: Tuba Book

These 22 arrangements give tuba players access to genuine concert repertoire that matches their technical development without feeling like filler. Rather than generic transcriptions, O'Reilly and Williams crafted pieces with specific tuba writing in mind, ensuring your section stays engaged through musical storytelling instead of sustained notes and rhythmic accompaniment patterns.

The collection spans from medieval-inspired pageantry (Cardiff Castle, Knights Kingdom) to contemporary action themes (Attack of the Cyclops) and overture structures (Windstar Overture), giving tuba players experience with contrasting moods and orchestral contexts. You'll encounter both supportive harmonic roles and moments where tuba emerges as a melodic voice, reflecting how professional composers write for the instrument across different styles.

Tuba players in middle school through early high school concert bands who have moved beyond beginning-level technique and are ready for 8-16 measure solos and varied rhythmic figures. This collection pairs seamlessly with the Accent on Achievement method, though it stands alone as supplementary concert material for any developing ensemble.

• Balance your tone in ensemble context by listening for the trombone section while maintaining independence in your part; many of these pieces ask tuba to anchor harmonic movement rather than double lower voices.
• Shape longer note values by inflecting dynamics within the phrase rather than holding flat; these contemporary-styled pieces reward subtle expression even in foundational registers.
• Mark your part with subdivision cues in slower passages so you stay rhythmically secure without relying entirely on the conductor's beat.

Pull individual pieces into concerts across the year rather than programming all 22 at once; a three-movement concert might feature Windstar Overture to open, a contrasting medieval suite in the middle, and an action-theme finale. These also work well as standalone selections between larger ensemble works, giving your band varied concert pacing while ensuring tuba players perform substantial material every season.

• Reading mixed meters and tempo changes across varied contemporary styles
• Executing clear articulation in both legato and staccato contexts within single pieces
• Balancing tone and tuning in both supportive harmonic roles and exposed melodic passages
• Sustaining musical phrasing across longer note values without rhythmic support
• Responding to thematic and textural shifts that require dynamic and tonal flexibility