Jacques Castérède: Sonatine pour Tuba et Piano; John Stevens: Salve Venere, Salve Marte; G.F. Handel: As When the Dove; Jan Koetsier: Concertino for Tuba; Bruce Broughton: Tuba Sonata; H. L. Clarke: Stars in a Velvety Sky (arr. Velvet Brown); Four Negro Spirituals (arr. Velvet Brown). With Roberto Arosio, piano.

"This recording signals the arrival of a major new virtuoso in the world of brass performance." Sam Palafian

Velvet Brown enjoys a musical career as a tuba soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, clinician, conductor and professor of tuba and euphonium at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She has gained recognition as a prominent musician due to her unique and intense way of presenting musical ideas with a rich and beautiful sound, vibrant lyricism and virtuosic technique. Velvet's paramount performances are always full of imagination, energy and excitement and truly capture the listener with her dynamic musical presence.

Roberto Arosio is well known as chamber pianist and accompanies Ms. Brown on this CD.

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