Gregory Fritze: Tuba Safari

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jay Hildebrandt (Euphonium)
• Bob Powers (Euphonium)
• Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba)
• Christian Dickinson (Trombone)
• Ryan Wilson (Trombone)
• Gary Bird (Tuba)
• Meghan Johnson (Percussion)
• Steven Fassnacht (Tuba)
• Christian Dickinson (Euphonium)
• Justin Beish (Tuba)
• Geoff Durbin (Euphonium)
• Shane Velsor (Percussion)
• Larry Sarvey (Tuba)
• Jon Wylie (Tuba)
• Dan Kerstetter (Euphonium)
• Grant Shearer (Euphonium)

Conductors

• Bird, Gary
• Stamp, Jack
• Worzbyt, Jason

Ensembles

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• Colonial Tuba Quartet
• Hoodlebug Brass (Brass ensemble)

Composer

• Gregory Fritze (Composer/Tuba) (1954 - )

Notes & Reviews:

Gregory Fritze is a prize-winning composer, Fulbright Scholar and an active performer, conductor and educator and is chair of the composition department at Berklee College of Music. His passion for the tuba has inspired numerous compositions and this recording features his music for that instrument performed by Gary Bird, the retired professor emeritus of music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and friends. The works range from tuba duets to a concertino for tuba and orchestra.

This is composing close to the vest: music for tuba by Gregory Fritze, himself a tuba player...Fritz's music is generally light, lively, and entertaining- quite tonal but sometimes pungently dissonant. My favorite pieces are the ones for low-brass ensemble."-American Record Guide

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Works Details

Fritze, Gregory : Petite Suite, for brass quintet

• Ensemble: Hoodlebug Brass (Brass ensemble)
• Running Time: 13 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2000

Fritze, Gregory : Kilimanjaro, for 3 trombones, euphonium & 2 tubas

• Performers: Jay Hildebrandt (Euphonium); Bob Powers (Euphonium); Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba); Christian Dickinson (Trombone); Ryan Wilson (Trombone); Gary Bird (Tuba)
• Conductor: Jason Worzbyt
• Running Time: 9 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991

Fritze, Gregory : Concertino for tuba & orchestra

• Performer: Gary Bird (Tuba)
• Conductor: Jack Stamp
• Running Time: 13 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Fritze, Gregory : Uluru, for brass ensemble & percussion

• Performers: Meghan Johnson (Percussion); Steven Fassnacht (Tuba); Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba); Gary Bird (Tuba); Christian Dickinson (Euphonium); Jay Hildebrandt (Euphonium); Justin Beish (Tuba); Bob Powers (Euphonium); Geoff Durbin (Euphonium); Shane Velsor (Percussion)
• Conductor: Jason Worzbyt
• Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2001

Fritze, Gregory : Prelude and Dance, for 4 tubas

• Ensemble: Colonial Tuba Quartet
• Running Time: 9 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989-1990

Fritze, Gregory : Fifteen Safari Duets for Tubas :: Zebra Migration at Masai Mara

• Performers: Gary Bird (Tuba); Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989-1990

Fritze, Gregory : Fifteen Safari Duets for Tubas :: Elephants at Tsavo

• Performers: Gary Bird (Tuba); Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989-1990

Fritze, Gregory : Fifteen Safari Duets for Tubas :: Giraffes at Nirobi Twiga Park

• Performers: Gary Bird (Tuba); Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989-1990

Fritze, Gregory : Fifteen Safari Duets for Tubas :: Babboons at Kilaguni

• Performers: Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba); Gary Bird (Tuba)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989-1990

Fritze, Gregory : The Broadway Limited, for brass ensemble

• Performers: Larry Sarvey (Tuba); Christian Dickinson (Euphonium); Jon Wylie (Tuba); Jay Hildebrandt (Euphonium); Justin Beish (Tuba); Geoff Durbin (Euphonium); Bob Powers (Euphonium); Dan Kerstetter (Euphonium); Gregory Fritze [Composer/Tuba] (Tuba); Steven Fassnacht (Tuba); Grant Shearer (Euphonium)
• Conductor: Gary Bird
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 12/1994