Euphoniums

I didn’t know about a double bell euphonium until I took a music history class. I thought the class would be really fun and a good break from my music theory teacher, who had just emigrated from Japan and would regularly, accidentally, write solfege in kanji. To be clear, it didn’t make it any easier […]

I have come to greatly appreciate the euphonium. One of the only people I know in adulthood who plays the euphonium happens to be a close friend whom I greatly respect, so naturally, I gravitate toward the instrument because I associate it with being a productive, helpful, kind human being. I also really like Yamaha.

Euphoniums and baritone horns are popular in marching and brass bands but not often used in other genres. Although they are different instruments with different intended purposes, many composers and band leaders treat baritone horns and euphoniums as interchangeable. Given that they look very similar and have the same range (on paper, at least), it

When I visited Paris once upon a time, I was excited to visit the Opera House, see where the legend that instigated Phantom of the Opera began, and check out some top-of-the-line Besson manufacturing.  I was a bit behind the times because I did not realize that Besson, though founded in Paris, had moved to

If you have ever watched the halftime show, you’ve probably seen a marching euphonium and not even realized it. I will never forget the first time I saw one: It was the very last high school football game I was ever allowed to attend because I had gone with my then-high-school boyfriend, and it got

Many players don’t recognize the importance of the mouthpiece when it comes to generating sound until they have a few years of experience under their belt. I certainly couldn’t be bothered to upgrade individual parts to my instrument until I had about two years under my belt. Now that I have *cough* a few *cough*