John Stevens: Moondance: Tuba (Ensemble)

Moondance, composed in the spring of 1989, was written for, and commissioned by the Summit Tuba Quartet, whose members, Roger Bobo, Daniel Perantoni, Harvey Phillips and Gene Pokorny, are among the world's great virtuosi of the tuba. The work was conceived to feature each of the players individually in addition to the ensemble as a whole. One voice has the melodic lead a great deal of the time and there are solo cadenzas for the other three parts. The work, about seven minutes in length, emplys both the sonorous harmonies and rhythmic drive and power that can be generated by a group of four bass tubas. John Stevens