UW-Eau Claire University Orchestra Performs Bruckner 7 with Euphoniums

When the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire University Orchestra performed Bruckner’s 7th Symphony on April 13, 2014, there was a new section in the orchestra. As any student of Bruckner knows, the 7th Symphony requires the use of Wagner Tuben in the second and fourth movements. Most colleges and universities don’t own a set of Wagner Tuben, but most do have great euphonium players. Maestro Nobuyoshi Yasuda requested that the euphonium class perform the Wagner Tuben parts, which they did with great success. ITEA members Nathan Rakow, Lauren Little, Matthew Strom, Timothy Caturia, and Andrew Nicholson joined tubist Zachary Tessling in the back row for a great reading of Bruckner. Euphoniumists – if your university orchestra wants to do Wagner or Bruckner works involving Wagner Tuben and you either have no Tuben or not enough hornists to play them if you do, volunteer to fill in the gap. Everyone wins!

Pictured, L-R: Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Tim Caturia, Nathan Rakow, Lauren Little, Matthew Strom, Andrew Nicholson, Jerry Young