Beautiful Colorado - Joseph DeLuca - Thomas Gusewelle, Euphonium

Beautiful Colorado is a euphonium solo that was written by Joseph DeLuca. During his life, DeLuca was a soloist for the Sousa band. I recorded this work as part of my stepping stones series. Feel free to find the entire series on TH-cam or my website which is listed below.
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Pianist: Bingyu Peng
Recording by: Thomas Gusewelle
Video by: Thomas Gusewelle

[@bandtoaster938]

Getting ready to perform it for my 2nd semester jury of my freshman year its a beautiful piece

[@Mcf_islazy]

Im doing it freshman year too

[@damondfuller7550]

Very good tone. I don't play Euphonium but I wish I did. I just got the sheet music for this in Treble Clef so now I can play this on my Tenor Sax! Great Job!

[@megastarwarsrocks99]

Please don’t play this on tenor sax

[@summa4694]

This is by far the best recording of this solo I have seen, i am preforming this for solo contest, I am a freshman 1st chair and I want to live up to it by playing this, your tone is amazing and it shows, great job to you and your pianist.

[@thomasgusewelle7021]

MagicMemeing Random Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@Willybush]

Agreed! I did this solo my senior year of high school. Scraped by with a superior rating but his air control is far better than mine. Just beautiful!

[@whatsaeuphonium9077]

How does it feel to be a senior now. I am a first chair sophomore, and I am playing Sonatina by warner Hutchinson at state this year. I plan on playing this for next year's contest

[@Brian-ls7cz]

Im doing the same exact thing right now. im about to be in your shoes 😅

[@DangerNoodle68]

Fellow first chair euphonium players!

[@rw7051]

Enjoyed the delicate piano ,also !

[@mastermaestro848]

Amazing photography. Amazing life goals.

[@enrycancy2621]

Bellissima esecuzione, buon timbro ed eccellente tecnica, suono pulito e morbido

[@Willybush]

This is beautiful! Played this back in high school. Trying to relearn it now 6 years later! Cheers mate

[@thomasgusewelle7021]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@Adamdabuddha]

I'm doing this for my all country solo this helps a lot thanks

[@thomasgusewelle7021]

The Buddha57 No problem! I’m glad it helped!

[@isidrotorres7243]

Beautiful tone by the way!!!

[@thomasgusewelle7021]

Thank you!

[@yuukistar8146]

Such clean tone I could never😭

[@Jonavttp]

I’m playing this for solo and ensemble, any tips for those super fast notes and lip stamina? mainly for everything past the high F

[@whatsaeuphonium9077]

I can give some tips. I may be a sophomore in high school, but I can play a high high F. Don't pinch. Not pinching is going to help you hit notes higher. Remember to keep your mouth open at all times. Aim your air down inside the mouth piece. You might have to adjust your embrechure A BIT!!!!! not a lot, but just so you can aim more air down

[@madpenguinviolin]

This was a nice performance with a lot of attention to detail and smoothness. I would've loved to hear more expression/musicality! I'm just a euphonium performance major, however, not a professional, so take my advice however you will. Keep playing because you're sounding good!

[@thomasgusewelle7021]

Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@isidrotorres7243]

What euphonium do you play on, it’s a Willson but witch model?

[@thomasgusewelle7021]

I play on a Willson 2900!

[@kya6680]

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