2025 Consortium Project
The 2025 Consortium Project includes 3 new works. You can join here on the Euphonium.com Store.
1) Euphonium and String Quartet by
Entitled "The Metal is Ready," this work will continue the 2023 project for euphonium and strings. The composer states - "At a pivotal moment in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, DeMille himself as narrator delivers a powerful monologue. Describing Moses’s journey into the desert, he concludes with
“Until at last, at the end of human strength, beaten into the dust from which he came, the metal
is ready for the Maker’s Hand.” That line has always moved me deeply, and I’ve chosen “The
Metal is Ready” as my title for so many reasons: in honor of the sentence’s ringing paean to
resilience, to evoke a lifted sword, because I have a “metal” name (Stahl)... or maybe just
because the piece includes one of my deepest loves, a metal instrument from the low brass family!"
2) Euphonium and Piano by Fernando Deddos (Choro de isla)
Fernando Deddos will be creating a work for euphonium and piano in the Brazilian choro style with an island flavor that is dedicated to his visit to the Jeju International Brass Competition in Jeju, South Korea in 2024. The work will be around 5 minutes and the parts will be playable by
3) Euphonium and Wind Band by James David
Dreams by Firelight: Concerto for Euphonium
for solo euphonium with piano, wind band, brass band, or full orchestra
I am excited to announce my first work for solo euphonium in collaboration with renowned soloist Dr. Adam Frey, president-elect of the International Tuba Euphonium Association. Through my writing for wind band, I have come to truly love the incredible combination of heroic lyricism and athletic virtuosity that the euphonium can achieve. It is my hope to create a tuneful, colorful, and exciting showpiece for the vibrant community of euphonium artists.
Program Details
Dreams by Firelight: Concerto for Euphonium is inspired by the works of American poet Byron Herbert Reece and the beauty of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Reece lived his entire life in the north Georgia mountains and many of his works were inspired by the beauty and serenity of this remarkable landscape. My work seeks to capture Reece's rich and poignant descriptions of this magical place through the dynamic medium of solo euphonium and wind band.
I. A Fire of Boughs - Reece speaks of a December campfire that fills the soul with warmth and light. A bold and declamatory melody alongside bright metallic shards of percussion sets a scene of energy and joy.
II. Autumn Mood - The most fleeting and ineffable season is captured delicately in this short poem. A tentative song grows in spirit and virtuosity alongside a repeating chord progression only to recede as winter approaches.
III. Then We Must Dance! - Reece describes a mountain fiddler who journeys to paradise and conjures the souls of the dead to rise up and dance. Bluegrass hoedowns and Irish reels combine in a hopefully thrilling finale that takes full advantage of the euphonium's dextrous capabilities.
Work Details
Duration, 12-14 minutes in three independent movements
Solo Difficulty: advanced but attainable by accomplished undergraduate or graduate students
Ossia provided for extreme upper range
Ensemble Difficulty: Medium-Advanced (Grade 4/5, advanced high school ensembles)
Anticipated Completion: Late Fall 2025
Consortium Performance Exclusivity: January 1 - December 15, 2026
Full orchestra and brass band versions will be available by Summer 2026
The 2025 Consortium Project includes 3 new works. You can join here on the Euphonium.com Store.
1) Euphonium and String Quartet by
Entitled "The Metal is Ready," this work will continue the 2023 project for euphonium and strings. The composer states - "At a pivotal moment in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, DeMille himself as narrator delivers a powerful monologue. Describing Moses’s journey into the desert, he concludes with
“Until at last, at the end of human strength, beaten into the dust from which he came, the metal
is ready for the Maker’s Hand.” That line has always moved me deeply, and I’ve chosen “The
Metal is Ready” as my title for so many reasons: in honor of the sentence’s ringing paean to
resilience, to evoke a lifted sword, because I have a “metal” name (Stahl)... or maybe just
because the piece includes one of my deepest loves, a metal instrument from the low brass family!"
2) Euphonium and Piano by Fernando Deddos (Choro de isla)
Fernando Deddos will be creating a work for euphonium and piano in the Brazilian choro style with an island flavor that is dedicated to his visit to the Jeju International Brass Competition in Jeju, South Korea in 2024. The work will be around 5 minutes and the parts will be playable by
3) Euphonium and Wind Band by James David
Dreams by Firelight: Concerto for Euphonium
for solo euphonium with piano, wind band, brass band, or full orchestra
I am excited to announce my first work for solo euphonium in collaboration with renowned soloist Dr. Adam Frey, president-elect of the International Tuba Euphonium Association. Through my writing for wind band, I have come to truly love the incredible combination of heroic lyricism and athletic virtuosity that the euphonium can achieve. It is my hope to create a tuneful, colorful, and exciting showpiece for the vibrant community of euphonium artists.
Program Details
Dreams by Firelight: Concerto for Euphonium is inspired by the works of American poet Byron Herbert Reece and the beauty of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Reece lived his entire life in the north Georgia mountains and many of his works were inspired by the beauty and serenity of this remarkable landscape. My work seeks to capture Reece's rich and poignant descriptions of this magical place through the dynamic medium of solo euphonium and wind band.
I. A Fire of Boughs - Reece speaks of a December campfire that fills the soul with warmth and light. A bold and declamatory melody alongside bright metallic shards of percussion sets a scene of energy and joy.
II. Autumn Mood - The most fleeting and ineffable season is captured delicately in this short poem. A tentative song grows in spirit and virtuosity alongside a repeating chord progression only to recede as winter approaches.
III. Then We Must Dance! - Reece describes a mountain fiddler who journeys to paradise and conjures the souls of the dead to rise up and dance. Bluegrass hoedowns and Irish reels combine in a hopefully thrilling finale that takes full advantage of the euphonium's dextrous capabilities.
Work Details
Duration, 12-14 minutes in three independent movements
Solo Difficulty: advanced but attainable by accomplished undergraduate or graduate students
Ossia provided for extreme upper range
Ensemble Difficulty: Medium-Advanced (Grade 4/5, advanced high school ensembles)
Anticipated Completion: Late Fall 2025
Consortium Performance Exclusivity: January 1 - December 15, 2026
Full orchestra and brass band versions will be available by Summer 2026
James David
Dr. James M. David (b. 1978) is an American composer and professor of music theory and composition at Colorado State University. His symphonic works have been performed and recorded by many prominent ensembles including the U.S. Air Force Band, the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the U.S. Army Field Band, the U.S. Navy Band, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, the Showa Wind Symphony (Japan), the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra, and the North Texas Wind Symphony. His music has been performed at more than sixty national and international conferences including the Midwest Clinic, the College Band Directors National Association Biennial Conference, the American Bandmasters Association Convention, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference, the International Clarinet Fest, the International Trombone Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the International Horn Symposium, and the World Saxophone Congress. Dr. David was the winner of the 2024 CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize, the 2022 William D. Revelli Composition Contest, named a three-time finalist for the Sousa-ABA Ostwald Award, winner of an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, and won national contests sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Composers (USA). Commissions include projects for the National Band Association, the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association, Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), John Bruce Yeh (Chicago Symphony), James Markey (Boston Symphony), and hundreds of university faculty and ensembles. His works are represented on over twenty commercially released recordings on the Naxos, Summit, Mark, Albany, Parma, MSR Classics, Bravo Music, GIA Windworks, and Luminescence labels and are published by Murphy Music Press, C. Alan Publications, Potenza Publishing, and Excelsia Music.About the Composers
Dr. James M. David (b. 1978) is an American composer and professor of music theory and composition at Colorado State University. His symphonic works have been performed and recorded by many prominent ensembles including the U.S. Air Force Band, the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the U.S. Army Field Band, the U.S. Navy Band, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, the Showa Wind Symphony (Japan), the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra, and the North Texas Wind Symphony. His music has been performed at more than sixty national and international conferences including the Midwest Clinic, the College Band Directors National Association Biennial Conference, the American Bandmasters Association Convention, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference, the International Clarinet Fest, the International Trombone Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the International Horn Symposium, and the World Saxophone Congress. Dr. David was the winner of the 2024 CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize, the 2022 William D. Revelli Composition Contest, named a three-time finalist for the Sousa-ABA Ostwald Award, winner of an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, and won national contests sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Composers (USA). Commissions include projects for the National Band Association, the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association, Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), John Bruce Yeh (Chicago Symphony), James Markey (Boston Symphony), and hundreds of university faculty and ensembles. His works are represented on over twenty commercially released recordings on the Naxos, Summit, Mark, Albany, Parma, MSR Classics, Bravo Music, GIA Windworks, and Luminescence labels and are published by Murphy Music Press, C. Alan Publications, Potenza Publishing, and Excelsia Music.About the Composers
Fernando Deddos
Fernando Deddos acts globally as a composer, euphoniumist and professor. He is currently an associate professor of the UFRN – Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte State in Natal, Brazil, since 2016.
Besides his participation in interdisciplinary, chamber music and Brazilian popular music projects as euphoniumist, pianist, conductor and composer, Deddos recorded the very first euphonium album in Brazil (EuFonium Brasileiro (2009), which received the International Tuba & Euphonium Association’s Roger Bobo Awards for excellence in recording (Arizona, 2010).
Deddos has received three times the Harvey Phillips Awards by ITEA for excellence in composition, and has been member of international competitions committees such as Trombonanza, ITEC, Falcone Festival, IET, Colombian Euphonium Competition, Brazilian National Euphonium and Tuba Association Competition, Cascavel Music Festival and Gramado in Concert International Festival (Brazil), judging performance and composition. In 2017, the Montevideo Philharmonic premiered his Concerto Grosso for Brass Quinte and Symphony Orchestra, along with the Porto Alegre Brass Quintet.
Fernando Deddos acts globally as a composer, euphoniumist and professor. He is currently an associate professor of the UFRN – Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte State in Natal, Brazil, since 2016.
Besides his participation in interdisciplinary, chamber music and Brazilian popular music projects as euphoniumist, pianist, conductor and composer, Deddos recorded the very first euphonium album in Brazil (EuFonium Brasileiro (2009), which received the International Tuba & Euphonium Association’s Roger Bobo Awards for excellence in recording (Arizona, 2010).
Deddos has received three times the Harvey Phillips Awards by ITEA for excellence in composition, and has been member of international competitions committees such as Trombonanza, ITEC, Falcone Festival, IET, Colombian Euphonium Competition, Brazilian National Euphonium and Tuba Association Competition, Cascavel Music Festival and Gramado in Concert International Festival (Brazil), judging performance and composition. In 2017, the Montevideo Philharmonic premiered his Concerto Grosso for Brass Quinte and Symphony Orchestra, along with the Porto Alegre Brass Quintet.
Sonya Leonore Stahl
Sonya Leonore Stahl (1981) is a violinist with Gainesville Orchestra and Ocala Symphony Orchestra, and was state fiddle champion at the 2011 Florida Folk Festival. She studied with Janna Lower and Paul Richards at University of Florida, and her compositions center love, nature, faith, and fairy-tales.
Her "Solutions" was performed by the Professors' Choir at the 2022 Southeast Trombone Symposium and the Cramer Choir at the 2023 International Trombone Festival, and her "Song of the Rose" appears on Jemmie Robertson's Red Dragonfly album. In 2023 she won a prize in Bemidji State University Silent Voices Festival, and in 2024 the Edinburgh University Brass Band selected her "Piltdown Man" winner of their composition contest.
She previously spent two decades working with fruits and vegetables, both in scientific research and wholesale logistics, and was the winner of the Florida State Horticultural Society’s Best Paper for her 2021 review of bamboo shoot freshness.
2023 Consortium Project
Contribute and be a consortium member of this amazing project to create 4 new works for euphonium and string quartet!! Sponsored by the Euphonium Foundation (a registered 501c3) and the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, this project includes your name as a commissioning member as well as copies (either phyical or digital) of the 4 works.
New original compositions of 5-7 minutes for euphonium and string quartet by:
1) Kevin Day - Fantasia VI (working title)
2) Frank Gulino - Fragments and Figments (working title)
New arrangements of works specifically for euphonium and string quartet:
3) Vise by Skomsvoll arr. Baadsvik (for euphonium, string quartet, and piano)
4) Gypsy Rondo by Haydn arr. PatrickHoffman
We anticiapte delivering the music in middle to late December. Consortium members will have the option to receive digital (preffered) or physical copies of the music. Information will be sent in early December about deliver.
You can purchase a membership for $100 at this link. If you are interested in donating above and beyond to support this project further, please email us directly for more details.
Please note: We already have plans for a follow-up project in 2025 for more pieces by an additional set of diverse composers that will further enhance the repertoire that were unavailable for the timeline of this project.
PREVIOUS PROJECT DONORS
University and Professional Band Programs for the Bruce Broughton A Tent Meeting Revival
Adam Frey, International Soloist
The Euphonium Foundation, President
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
Dr. Scott Stewart, Director
Bonnie Denton
Euphonium, United States Coast Guard Band
Clemson University Symphonic Band
Dr. Mark Spede, Director of Bands
David Childs, International Soloist
The Euphonium Foundation UK
Emory University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Nikk Pilato, Director
High Point University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Danny Frye, Director of University Bands
Richard, Grayson, and Aleah Holland
Dr. Matthew Mireles
Director of Bands, Cameron University
Mercer University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Douglas Hill, Director
Reinhardt University Symphonic Winds
Dr. David Gregory, Director
Royal Australian Navy Band
Lieutenant Commander Paul Cottier, Director of Music
Able Seaman Musician Fletcher Mitchell, euphonium
UCLA Wind Ensemble
Dr. Travis Cross, Director
University of Oregon Wind Ensemble
Robert Ponto, Director
Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Robert Ambrose, Director
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Wind Ensemble
Mr. Tom Dvorak, Director
University of Arizona Wind Ensemble
Dr. Gregg Hanson, Director
Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Reed Thomas, Director
Metropolitan Wind Symphony
Lawrence Isaacson, Director
Concordia University Wind Ensemble
Scott Hagen, Director
Individual Donors
Benefactor Level
Steven Darling
Bonnie Denton
Adam and Janet Frey
The Garrad Family
Joseph D. Goble
James Gourlay
The Holland Family
Mark Jenkins
Richard Kesner
Kenneth Kroesche
Robert Madeson
Javier Miranda Medina
Brian Meixner
Matthew Mireles
Aaron Payne
Gail Robertson
Elliott Woodbury
Platinum Level
Henry Canitz
Caitlin Carte
Michael Conway
Christian Riesebieter
Gold Level
David Dimmit
Thomas Zugger
Silver Level
Nicholas Fraire
Phil Giampietro
Robert Hardin
Daniel Kalish
The Lew Family
Susan Steele
April Stone
Michael Waddell
Reimar Walthert
Lachlan Wright
Contribute and be a consortium member of this amazing project to create 4 new works for euphonium and string quartet!! Sponsored by the Euphonium Foundation (a registered 501c3) and the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, this project includes your name as a commissioning member as well as copies (either phyical or digital) of the 4 works.
New original compositions of 5-7 minutes for euphonium and string quartet by:
1) Kevin Day - Fantasia VI (working title)
2) Frank Gulino - Fragments and Figments (working title)
New arrangements of works specifically for euphonium and string quartet:
3) Vise by Skomsvoll arr. Baadsvik (for euphonium, string quartet, and piano)
4) Gypsy Rondo by Haydn arr. PatrickHoffman
We anticiapte delivering the music in middle to late December. Consortium members will have the option to receive digital (preffered) or physical copies of the music. Information will be sent in early December about deliver.
You can purchase a membership for $100 at this link. If you are interested in donating above and beyond to support this project further, please email us directly for more details.
Please note: We already have plans for a follow-up project in 2025 for more pieces by an additional set of diverse composers that will further enhance the repertoire that were unavailable for the timeline of this project.
PREVIOUS PROJECT DONORS
University and Professional Band Programs for the Bruce Broughton A Tent Meeting Revival
Adam Frey, International Soloist
The Euphonium Foundation, President
Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
Dr. Scott Stewart, Director
Bonnie Denton
Euphonium, United States Coast Guard Band
Clemson University Symphonic Band
Dr. Mark Spede, Director of Bands
David Childs, International Soloist
The Euphonium Foundation UK
Emory University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Nikk Pilato, Director
High Point University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Danny Frye, Director of University Bands
Richard, Grayson, and Aleah Holland
Dr. Matthew Mireles
Director of Bands, Cameron University
Mercer University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Douglas Hill, Director
Reinhardt University Symphonic Winds
Dr. David Gregory, Director
Royal Australian Navy Band
Lieutenant Commander Paul Cottier, Director of Music
Able Seaman Musician Fletcher Mitchell, euphonium
UCLA Wind Ensemble
Dr. Travis Cross, Director
University of Oregon Wind Ensemble
Robert Ponto, Director
Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Robert Ambrose, Director
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Wind Ensemble
Mr. Tom Dvorak, Director
University of Arizona Wind Ensemble
Dr. Gregg Hanson, Director
Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble
Dr. Reed Thomas, Director
Metropolitan Wind Symphony
Lawrence Isaacson, Director
Concordia University Wind Ensemble
Scott Hagen, Director
Individual Donors
Benefactor Level
Steven Darling
Bonnie Denton
Adam and Janet Frey
The Garrad Family
Joseph D. Goble
James Gourlay
The Holland Family
Mark Jenkins
Richard Kesner
Kenneth Kroesche
Robert Madeson
Javier Miranda Medina
Brian Meixner
Matthew Mireles
Aaron Payne
Gail Robertson
Elliott Woodbury
Platinum Level
Henry Canitz
Caitlin Carte
Michael Conway
Christian Riesebieter
Gold Level
David Dimmit
Thomas Zugger
Silver Level
Nicholas Fraire
Phil Giampietro
Robert Hardin
Daniel Kalish
The Lew Family
Susan Steele
April Stone
Michael Waddell
Reimar Walthert
Lachlan Wright