Hey guys,
For my department talent show, I thought I would do something a little interesting. I play tuba in a brass band and in a brass quintet. I don't get a lot of chances to play contemporary, modern music, so I thought I would play some Feldman for this talent show. It would acquaint some of my labmates with the type of music I find like.
The only problem is that Feldman didn't write anything for tuba. So I found A Very Short Trumpet Piece and decided to play it on tuba. I think it will work well. I am also going to project pictures of clouds behind me and a randomly selected sequence. I think Feldman would have liked it.
I just recorded myself very quickly with very poor equipment. I missed a few notes, but I was trying to keep the mic positioned correctly as I was playing. I added some artificial reverb so that the recording didn't sound completely dry, as this was done in my living room.
My question is this: for those of you who know what Feldman is supposed to sound like, does this sound like Feldman to you? Any big picture suggestions?
For reference, there is a recording available on this site (http://www.cnvill.net/mfaltoft.htm) of a trumpet playing the piece. The pitches are different because my tuba is in Eb while the trumpet is in Bb.
Again sorry for the poor quality.
[mp3=200,20,0,center]https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/btstewart/Music/feldman_tuba/feldman-short_trumpet_on_tuba_Brett.mp3[/mp3]