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TOBISTS UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATION is a world wlde tmte:m1ty of llU8ic1ana whose purpoee 111 to -.1nta1n a 11&18on between those who take a s1p1ficant interest in the 1nstruaenta of the tubatudly - their _dneloPl8Dt, literature, pec!agog;r, aDd perfor.nce. T.U.B.A. MEMBERSHIP DUES. P.rotessiOnal - $10.00 Studa.t:, *.5~00- !asocate - $10.00 Dartd Kuelm - T.U.B.A", School of Musio, If.T.S.U., Dentcn,' T8D8 76203

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'lb. T.U.B.A. N_letter 18 ailed tree of charge to duee p&11ng T.U.B.A • •_1iere. InstituUorI8l 8ubecr1ptiOl18 ere aft1lable tar $3.00 per year. ID41rtduala outside of the N.A.Reg1on of T.U.B.A. ay8ubscribe to the n_letter tar $3.00 per year. Pera1uion to quote 18 not necllllllC'y but kindly note source when using. Address 1nqu1ree aDd send ater1alB to! R. W1aetoD JltaT1a, Editar - T.U.B.A. N_letter, Box S04.S, Tenn. . . . T.chno1ogical Uniftrllity~ O.-h,1lle, 'l'!l 38501 T. U• B.A. EXECtl'1'IVi:

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Secretary 1 Barton On.... ngs School of MUSic Indiana University B100UDgt0n, Ind. 47401

1're&eurer 1 Dartd Kuelm Sobool of Music K.T.S.U. Dental, Texu 76203

Publ1caticne Coard1natarl R. lI1n8tcn MCIl'Z'1II Dept. of Music Tenn Tech Univ. Oookev1l.le, TIf 38501

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J:nterDaticmal P.ree1dent! Robert El1uOft Ouratar at Musical III8~te Haury PCIt'd Museua Deubam, Mich1.gan 48128

NaUcmal P.reeident! Harvey Pb1111ps School of Music Indiana University BlOOll1ngtcn, Ind. 471Mn.

RaYJIODd Young Dspt. of Music Lou1eana Tech Un! v. Rustan, 1.\ 71270

Put InterDat. President! Robert Ryker 3601 Sainta-Fudlle SUite 703 MCItltreal 130, Canada

THE TUBA IN EUROPE

Rob«rt Tucci Munich State Opera OrchNtra, Munich, West GerMny Lite in Europe today 1s generally not too d1fferent froII that in the U.S. The arta (1111810 1n p.rt1cul&r), however, has been one 8Z'8& in which people of the various countr1es have lI&1ntained their pecullar identities. Hues like "Bolshoi Ballet", "Concertgebouw", "Bayreuth". or "Ia Sce.la M1lano" 1111!1ed1&tely br1ng thoughts or aeaOO.OO! Man,. concerned :People contributed SOlIe lIOI1ey at the end of our MetHI€,. SOIDtl composers like Barney Childs, We.ltr!!r Hartley, Frederick Mueller, and a few others H'ould not a.ecept their honorariuJII ieee. I pledge to you that I 1dll do eflf.t)th1ng passib1.e to 6011.olt :funds to make up this deficit. Irrega.rdleas of whether you attended the Symposium at' not, we will all benefit fi'om the results! We have already received ten new works a.nd m:}1(Ict at l8Mt another fifteen ar so f'r0lll the coaposers who attended the F.r.T.S.W. At till", th~'''< I ce.ll on our I18mbershlp to contribute what they can to T.U~B.A. to help allevjli.to th:l.s deficit. Push new membership as IllUch as you can and s d &117' contributions to lls.vid Kuehn" T.U.B.A. Treasurer. Let us all share in the eX:PeMe. Daniel P6'l:lIJltoni National P.r~ident

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T ,U.B.A. BUSINESS MDTIHG .. A SlJIIDWty The T.U.B.A. businel!ls meeting of May 26, .1913 which tOok pl.l.Ce in Bloolll1ngton, Indiana at the conclusion of the F.r.T.S.W. dealt ldth the important . t t m of the International Constitution and the· By-l&ws ot the lfarth American Region. In lieu of a aare cOJllplete report at th1.s tiM, suffice it .to say that these III&ttera were settled JIOIIt ~bly by the 150-200 _bers present. It 11&8 initia11J intended to include the adopted dOOUlleD.ts ln their entirety ln thls lAue ot the newsletter. However, in order to oonserve· space (th. documents require about five Pll«es) it 11&8 decided to present a I!IUJIIIIIIry at this tiM •. Any . . .ber who would like to recelve a copy of .thea. doeuaenta lII&y do 80 through the PublicatiOl1ll Cocxz:d1nator. Asl!lulll1ng that WOI!It everyone has seen the "special organillatiOllal"newsletter that 11&8 released lest spring, it lII&y be reported that the tinal dOOUllflntli are ..sent1al.l)- .the 19.... u presented at that tillle. To the ext.nt pcllaible, everything baa been stre·,.,1ned·W ad. u flexible &8 conl!lidered proper. A t .. details were changed 1n the N.A.RegiOl1 By-Lawa. Tenor Tu~ Ooordlnator lIaB officlally cbaDced to EuphOl11ua Cocxz:d1nator, Asl!lociate M.mbers an .no 10!lg1ir "non-voting" MeJllbers but have th. . . . .,otlng rights u everyone 19115., w the ott1oe fit Put P.reaident .m.s estabUshed. Tb. International Constitution 18 conaiderecl a 4 _ t that Clan be lived '·,ith throughout the w. .ld. Th. relati.-hip of InternatlO11al to Regional shoul4 be cOllSidtrro>d for a moment, At this time there is only one international officer, and that is the offie ... '"" Internatlone.l . President. Until the international upecta of T.U.:B.A. 08.11. becoM self suppo:rUng (which lII&y be yeare)~ this offic. will be supported by the B.A. Region. bentually, perhaps other regional cl1Y1elO1111 of T.U.B.A. will· join us in this support (th. Japaries. Region, the Australian Region, etc.) and at that tiM other international· o1'ticera will be .leated. In the aeantiae, the o1't1oe of International President will ooncern itself the ..tabl1ehllflnt ot T.U.B.A. chapters tbrcraghout the world. All internationalccmtaota shoul4 be ..,entually cl1rected to thiB c1'tice. An intll1'll&tiOllal file will be Mlntained ud the sp1r1t of T.U.B.A. encouraged II'Itlt)lIh.ere. Intenatianal reported to the extent poulble thrCllllh the II.A.Region Newsl.tter. , .... - ~.lI8 ldll be. ,

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__~__~~~u----------------~I NACWPI ANNOUNCES COMPOSITION COMPETITION FOR TUBA SOLO

The 1973-74 Nat1onal. Assoc1atiOl1 of College Wind &lid. Percu..ion InIItructara Composition I COIIpetition will offer an award of $200 far a work far tuba solo, with ar without acCOllp&ni..nt. The winning composition, which will be selected b1 a cOllll1ttee of NACWPI "libera, will be given its first perforll8.Dce at the liACWPI nat10nal aeet1118 in Anabei., Ca.l.1forn1a in March,

1974. Rules and regulations for the competition ere. Th1s yea.r·s competition 1s tor a work far tuba. solo, with ar without acoompanilllent (not to exceed five perts). . 2. A :prize of $200 w1ll be a.warded to the cOIIposer of the w1nn1118 cOllposition. 3. NACWPI has rights to first performanoe at 1ts next "eting. 4. The winning composer w111 provide pertorance _ter1a.l.a on "tn.nsperencies". 5. After the f1rst performance, the composer ~ cla1a the tranaparenc1es far the purpose of publishing the piece through a publisher of his choice. NACWPI 18 under no obligat10n to asSist in publication. If the cOlllposer does not have a publisher, NACWPI will retain the transparencies and lIIIke copies available to perlSOIlII 011 a deJllDd ba.sis at coet. 6. The winning composition will bear the following iJIIIa:r1ptiGll' "Winn.. of the 1973-74 COIIpos1tion Competition of NACWPI." '1'b1s insa:r1ption aut be retained i t the cOllposer publishes the piece. -. t. -lion-winning c~itions will be returned to the cOIIposer. 8. A list of non-1d,nning compositions w1U be made available to nCW},I ...bers on request. 9. liACWPI reserves the right to select no winner if it detera1nM that no cOIIIposition qua.l.1fi.. tar the a1l&'t'd. 10. Coapositions entered in the Collpetition IIUIIt not have been prev1ousl.)" perfaraed. 11. The a1l&'t'd acne,. will be :presented to the w1nn1:ng coaposer traMparenc1es of the perfor..nce aater1a.l.s have been received by NACVn. 12. A- Bcare and tape recarding of a read'JIg perfo.r.ance of the wart IIUIIt be submitted between 1.

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Gearge K. Mellott NACWn Coaposit1on Projeot Cba1rIIan Depert..nt of MusiC Southern Illinois Univezait,. Edwa:r:dsrllle, Illino1s 62025 A dec18ion will be reached b1 Februu-;r 1, 1974. Entries should be sent

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T.U.B.A. _bers should do all the,- can to encourage their ooaposer tr1eDda to enter this coapetitiOl1. This presents a terrific oppartunit)" to expNId. our literature and NACWPI deserves our cOllPlete suppart and congratulations tar sponscxr1Jlg this projeot. It 18 only fitting that T.U.B.A . . .mbers should offer their servic" to any coaposer wish1ll8 to enter the COllpetition b1 prorld1.ng a reeding tape ar their work and COJllJult1Dg serv10es i f requested. Undoubtedly a cOIIplete list of allwarks entered will eventuall)" reach the pq.. of the T.U••• A. Newsletter. ~-----------------------COO~~C~I~--------------------__~-,

The dA7 of official. T.U.B.A. cOllll1ssion1ng projecta IM/ar OOIIpos1tion co.petitions is close. In the aeant1Jle, consider the follodng situation. Ten of our I118mbers (ll&IIes IIJ'liJ. further details at a later date) have faraed what II1.ght be ca.l.led a "cooperative CCIIIIIdssion" and have collllissioned a Concerto far Tuba. and Band b1 Barney Childs. The nature of the colllDissiGll is perhaps unique and the lIlUB1c WUl undoubt8dJ.;r be unique. The solo pert will be of a prof..s1onal nature and the accoapanying band parts will be baaed. 011 the capab1lit1es of the "average grade III band." If ;rou have ideas tar further posaib1liUes let your Publications COQrd1natar know your thoughts.

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The fourth annual Tennessee Technological University Tuba/Eu.lIhon1ulI Syapoaiulll will take pl.aoe on the Tech caapua in Cookeville, Tem., on Janll8r7 19th, 1974. Special. guests this :rear w1ll be Herold Brasch (ret1red solo eullhon1ua U.S.liay)" Band) and Haney Phillips (Prof. of Tuba at Indiana University). Intended for students til high school age, the Symposium is open to any "student" of the tuba or sullhon1l1l1. Far IIdd1tioaal iDfaraation contact R. Winston Mcxr.r1s at Tenn Tech.

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