Tuba Concerto Mvt. 1 by Leroy Osmon

Concerto No. 2 for Tuba, Winds and Percussion (1st movement - Allegro con leggerezza e giocoso) by Leroy Osmon. Performed by Dave Kirk, tuba and conducted by Stan Mauldin. Composed between Dec. 2005 and March 2006 and is scored for orchestra winds (NOT full band) with an extended percussion section. The first movement is rhapsodic and is strongly influenced by the Oriental and Jewish music of Avshalomoff. This movement explores the upper tessitura of the tuba. The concerto is in three movements and is published by RBC Publications, San Antonio, Texas.