PARTY POTATOES (Concerto for Tuba and concert band)
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Tuba Solo is professional level
Band is an easy grade 3 level (written specifically for small high school programs with limited instrumentation) Duration: 8 minutes Commissioned by Matt Moore (Professor at Brigham Young University - Idaho) PERUSAL SCORE
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Program Note
Potatoes are by far America’s favorite party vegetable. There is no way to serve a potato that we don’t like; loaded baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, chips, french fries, cheesy potato casseroles, tater tots, hash browns — yum, yum! So why a tuba concerto based on potatoes? Some of you probably know that a potato is known as a “tuber” because it grows underground. Get it? Tuba and tuber? Smiley face. But the connection between the tuber and the tuba in this case goes far beyond the difference of one or two letters in spelling. Matt Moore, the commissioner of this concerto is Professor of Tuba at Brigham Young University - Idaho, and as we all know, Idaho is the capital of potatoes. Not only that, but I feel like potatoes are a near perfect metaphoric vegetable for your typical tuba player. The people who choose to play tuba are usually the quiet, shy type, perhaps a little socially awkward, and are most comfortable hiding in the back of the band. If you were to personify a potato, wouldn’t that be accurate? Oh, and one more thing. I find both potatoes and tubas inherently funny — have you seen any of the potato memes? And doesn’t the sight of a tuba player marching in a parade with that colossally sized instrument always make you smile?
Thus, Party Potatoes is a lighthearted, groovy piece that celebrates the tuba and the tuber. It is like the perfect mashup (no pun intended) of Youngblood Brass Band, Tower of Power, pep band and sprinkle on a little jazz big band and you’re all set. The tuber, I mean tuba, is here so let’s party!
Potatoes are by far America’s favorite party vegetable. There is no way to serve a potato that we don’t like; loaded baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, chips, french fries, cheesy potato casseroles, tater tots, hash browns — yum, yum! So why a tuba concerto based on potatoes? Some of you probably know that a potato is known as a “tuber” because it grows underground. Get it? Tuba and tuber? Smiley face. But the connection between the tuber and the tuba in this case goes far beyond the difference of one or two letters in spelling. Matt Moore, the commissioner of this concerto is Professor of Tuba at Brigham Young University - Idaho, and as we all know, Idaho is the capital of potatoes. Not only that, but I feel like potatoes are a near perfect metaphoric vegetable for your typical tuba player. The people who choose to play tuba are usually the quiet, shy type, perhaps a little socially awkward, and are most comfortable hiding in the back of the band. If you were to personify a potato, wouldn’t that be accurate? Oh, and one more thing. I find both potatoes and tubas inherently funny — have you seen any of the potato memes? And doesn’t the sight of a tuba player marching in a parade with that colossally sized instrument always make you smile?
Thus, Party Potatoes is a lighthearted, groovy piece that celebrates the tuba and the tuber. It is like the perfect mashup (no pun intended) of Youngblood Brass Band, Tower of Power, pep band and sprinkle on a little jazz big band and you’re all set. The tuber, I mean tuba, is here so let’s party!
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