Dueling Fundamentals - Advanced Fundamental Exercises for Two Tubas

Dueling Fundamentals - Advanced Fundamental Exercises for Two Tubas Dueling Fundamentals for Two Tubas by Alexander Lapins is appropriate for advanced high school through professional tuba players. The Wiffle Waffle, The Hip Lip Flip Trip, Melodic Minor Mayhem, and Arban Freaks Out, are just some of the fun—but make no mistake, also challenging!—duets included in Dueling Fundamentals for Tubas. This book consists of five chapters: Long Tones, Stabilizers, Flexibility, Range Extenders, and Scales and Arpeggios. In each duet, both lines are challenging—there is no “student” line and no “teacher” line. Therefore this book works well for lessons or as an excellent tool for two friends or classmates looking to challenge themselves and each other. “Dueling Fundamentals for Tubas is a must own for every tubist! It will be taking a new place amongst the most used method books in my own teaching studio. Dr. Lapins touches on all of the key elements needed to become a successful tubist: flexibility, fingers, range, dynamics, and tone development. This book provides a much needed fresh outlook to anyone’s fundamental routine with its exciting duet format. In my opinion, the low register workout achieved for the big tuba player (CC or B-flat) is done in top form! This book has my highest recommendation, and should become a staple in every aspiring tubist’s library! Bravo, Dr. Lapins.” - Dr. Aaron Tindall, Principal Tuba-Sarasota Orchestra; Assistant Professor of Tuba/Euphonium, Frost School of Music-University of Miami “Dueling Fundamentals by professor Alexander Lapins is a great addition to the library of all tuba players who wish to improve their fundamentals. Playing duets is one of the best ways to improve sound, tuning, rhythm, and precision. Most importantly, these studies will help you learn to work as a team. I highly recommend this book to all tuba players!” - Sérgio Carolino, Principal Tuba, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música; Professor, Porto Superior High School of Music and Arts (Esmae); Yamaha International Artist "Dueling Fundamentals is a valuable new resource that includes a wide variety of exercises. Collaborating with a colleague to play these duets is a great way to warm up together. However, as Alex Lapins explains in “How to Use this Book,” working on fundamentals alone is vital, so playing the various lines by oneself will be extremely beneficial. Choosing one or more exercises from each section will provide an excellent warm-up. The “Stabilizers” section by itself offers a low and middle register workout that is rewarding. The tubists who can play Trevi’s Ride at the end of this section will be more successful in approaching Ride of the Valkyries and Trevi Fountain. This book enables the advanced player to warm up and hone skills. The demands in these exercises will keep you engaged. I will be using Dueling Fundamentals in my own studio teaching." - Fritz Kaenzig, Professor of Tuba/Euphonium, University of Michigan; Principal Tubist-retired, Grant Park Orchestra 67 pages, spiral bound to lay flat on the music stand Alexander Lapins teaches applied tuba and euphonium, chamber music and performs with the faculty brass quintet at the University of Tennessee School of Music. During the summer he serves as an instructor at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the Miraphone Academy. Dr. Lapins has also taught at Northern Arizona University, the University of Indianapolis, Indiana State University, Indiana University, the University of Michigan All-State Program at Interlochen, Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, and French Woods Fine Arts Camp. Dr. Lapins has appeared as a soloist with orchestras, concert bands, and chamber groups. He has performed throughout the United States, China, South America, and Europe. A diverse performer, Dr. Lapins is the only tubist to have won fellowships at both the Tanglewood Music Center and the Henry Mancini Institute. Dr. Lapins performed as principal tubist of several professional orchestras and brass quintets throughout Indiana, and was a first-call substitute/extra musician with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed with the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera Orchestra, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. Other performances include the Disney Collegiate All-Star Band, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, the New Sousa Band, and Harvey Phillips Tubacompany. Dr. Lapins has extensive experience as a first-call studio musician. He can be heard on hundreds of recordings for Hal Leonard, Warner Brothers, Disney, Plank Road, Sacred Music Services, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, SMS Brass Choir, and a variety of other record and publishing companies. Dr. Lapins is devoted to expanding the repertoire of the tuba across all genres. He recently recorded a solo album of his own baroque transcriptions with harpsichord and strings that will be released in fall 2018. An avid supporter of new music, Dr. Lapins has premiered dozens of new works and has been active in regularly commissioning new works for brass. Dr. Lapins has been featured at regional and international ITEA conferences and United States Army Band Tuba Conferences, the 2012 Southwest Horn Workshop, and the 2012 International Womens Brass Conference. In 2011 he hosted the Southwest Regional ITEA conference at the NAU School of Music, and in 2016 he hosted ITEAs International Tuba/Euphonium Conference at UT. He has presented guest recitals and master classes at many schools of music. Dr. Lapins has graduate degrees in music performance from Indiana University and the University of Michigan, and a bachelors degree in music industry from James Madison University. His principal teachers include Daniel Perantoni, Fritz Kaenzig, Kevin Stees, Tony Kniffen, and Mike Bunn. He has also studied with Gene Pokorny, David Fedderly, Jim Self, and Mike Roylance. Dr. Lapins is a member of the International Tuba/Euphonium Association, a regular contributor to the ITEA Journal, and an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi. Dr. Lapins is a Miraphone Artist.