Orchestra

Ensemble

Where the euphonium sits and what it's asked to do in brass band, wind band, and orchestra — from lead tenor voice to occasional tenor-tuba cameo.

Does the euphonium play in orchestras

Rarely, and almost always under the name 'tenor tuba' for a handful of specific scores — Holst, Strauss, Wagner, Ravel. There's no permanent orchestral euphonium chair; it's called in as needed.

What is a tenor tuba

'Tenor tuba' is what orchestral scores call the euphonium. When Holst, Strauss, or Wagner wrote for tenor tuba, a euphonium is what plays it — read in concert-pitch bass or tenor clef.

Don Quixote — tenor tuba part

Euphonium Concerto

The Planets — tenor tuba part