Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1002836 Composed by Kyle Vanderburg. Contemporary. Score and part. 33 pages. NoteForge #6113517. Published by NoteForge (A0.1002836). I spent New Year's Eve 2018 in Nye, Montana, visiting family and friends. One of those friends is an imaging specialist who regaled us with an explanation of his most recent project, which he described as calibrating the moon. Specifically, he was talking about the NASA ARCSTONE mission to calibrate the moon's reflectance to use as an accurate reference, primarily in climate science. The idea is that we have all this data about global warming and atmospheric changes, and a lot of that data uses the brightness of the moon as a control variable, but we don't actually have a precise definition of how bright the moon is. Ever since I was a part of that conversation, I knew that I wanted calibrating the moon as a title, and everything that came after that plays with the idea of moon themes or of doing big impossible-sounding things. When Connor Challey approached me about writing for tuba, Calibrating the Moon was an obvious choice.The work opens with Syzygy, a term describing the straight line between the sun, moon, and Earth that occurs every new and full moon. The movement starts dark and brooding, moves to an energetic middle section, and returns to being mysterious, kind of like a lunar cycle. Fun fact: This movement's theme is actually a tuba setting of the phrase Calibrating the moon.The Second movement, Spectral Reflectance, is slow and shiny. NDSU was fortunate to have portfolio tubist (and Connor's mentor) Sam Pilafian as a visiting guest artist for several years, and I finished Syzygy around the time of his passing. I spent a lot of time thinking about Sam while putting the second movement together, and I quoted a couple of his favorite tuba concerti.The work ends with Libration. If you were to watch a time-lapse video of a lunar cycle, you'd notice that the moon not only transitions from new to full to new, but also sort of oscillates or wags. That's Libration. The movement is likewise off-kilter, playing with the listener's sense of time through alternating time signatures.https://kylevanderburg.com/music/calibrating-the-moon/

Piano,Tuba - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.844354 Composed by PHILLIP BLISS. Arranged by Dan Cutchen. Christian,Easter,Gospel,Sacred. Score and part. 9 pages. Dan Cutchen Music #4297735. Published by Dan Cutchen Music (A0.844354). Man of Sorrows Theme and VariationsGreat Easter hymn by Phillip Bliss for solo tuba and piano.Concert C. Medium difficulty.Approximate time: 3:45For piano ACCOMPANIMENT track, copy and paste the following into the search bar:Tuba - Man of Sorrows ACCOMPANIMENT track, Dan Cutchen1 Man of sorrows what a name for the Son of God, who came ruined sinners to reclaim:Hallelujah, what a Savior!2 Bearing shame and scoffing rude, in my place condemned he stood, sealed my pardon with his blood:Hallelujah, what a Savior!3 Guilty, helpless, lost were we; blameless Lamb of God was he, sacrificed to set us free:Hallelujah, what a Savior!4 He was lifted up to die; It is finished was his cry; now in heaven exalted high:Hallelujah, what a Savior!5 When he comes, our glorious King, all his ransomed home to bring, then anew this song we'll sing:Hallelujah, what a Savior!https://youtu.be/h0ND4G2fzTU

Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1252810 Composed by Maria Thompson Corley. 21st Century. Score and part. 10 pages. Maria Thompson Corley #846603. Published by Maria Thompson Corley (A0.1252810). “Pax Aeternam� was written in memory of renowned composer Barbara York, a fellow Canadian whom I was blessed enough to meet in person through my interaction with Matt Brown. Though we connected many years into my collaborative piano career, Matt is the first tubist I ever worked with, and Barbara’s music was my favorite part of getting introduced to the tuba literature. I was thrilled to learn how much she appreciated my playing of her work.“How Beautiful� was written in memory of Matt’s son Eli, who had a congenital condition that took his life a few hours after he was born. This flawless piece of music, poignant yet never maudlin, provided the title for a recording Matt and I did of all of Barbara’s tuba output. It also threw down the gauntlet when Danny Rowland approached me, at Matt’s suggestion, about composing a piece. Danny mentioned loving “How Beautiful,� and intending to commission Barbara, who’d recently passed on. I’d never written for the tuba before, but felt absolutely no pressure. That’s a lie.Like “How Beautiful,� “Pax Aeternam� is in a major key; in my case, I wanted to evoke wistfulness rather than despair. Barbara’s path was full of suffering, and having lost a brother to prolonged illness, I’ve come to embrace the idea that death can be a sweet relief from pain. I tried to capture some of Barbara’s spirit, particularly in the middle section, and chose triple meter to give the outer sections a bit of “swing.� I don’t recall Barbara as a somber person, and I wanted to paint a portrait of someone who moved through life with a smile. I didn’t know her as well as many, but I always found her kind, generous, and unpretentious. I hope that this musical portrait does her justice.

Composed by Various. Arranged by David McKeown. Christian, Holiday, Praise & Worship, Sacred. Score and part. 27 pages. David McKeown #6204581. Published by David McKeown