2026 Euphonium Foundation Consortium Membership James David Concerto with Large Ensembles

Sponsored by the Euphonium Foundation (a registered 501c3) and helping create the large ensemble (wind band and brass band) of his new concerto.  The membership period is available until December 2026 with consortium premiere until December 31, 2027.

Project - Euphonium and Wind Band and Brass Band (with piano reduction) by James David

Titled Dreams by Firelight: Concerto for Euphonium, this work is inspired by the works of American poet Byron Herbert Reece and the beauty of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Reece lived his entire life in the north Georgia mountains and many of his works were inspired by the beauty and serenity of this remarkable landscape. This work seeks to capture Reece's rich and poignant descriptions of this magical place through the dynamic medium of solo euphonium and wind band. 

You can find more details at www.euphoniumfoundation.org and https://www.jamesmdavid.com/euphonium-concerto.html

Consortium members will have the option to receive digital (preferred) or physical copies of the music.  (The Large Ensemble parts for the David Concerto will be delivered digitally).  Information will be sent in late November about delivery.  The EXCLUSIVE premiere period for consortium members will run until Feb 1, 2026-December 31, 2026.

About the composers:

James David
Dr. James M. David (b. 1978) is an American composer and professor of music theory and composition at Colorado State University.  His symphonic works have been performed and recorded by many prominent ensembles including the U.S. Air Force Band, the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the U.S. Army Field Band, the U.S. Navy Band, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, the Showa Wind Symphony (Japan), the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra, and the North Texas Wind Symphony.  His music has been performed at more than sixty national and international conferences including the Midwest Clinic, the College Band Directors National Association Biennial Conference, the American Bandmasters Association Convention, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference, the International Clarinet Fest, the International Trombone Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the International Horn Symposium, and the World Saxophone Congress. Dr. David was the winner of the 2024 CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize, the 2022 William D. Revelli Composition Contest, named a three-time finalist for the Sousa-ABA Ostwald Award, winner of an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, and won national contests sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Composers (USA). Commissions include projects for the National Band Association, the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association, Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), John Bruce Yeh (Chicago Symphony), James Markey (Boston Symphony), and hundreds of university faculty and ensembles. His works are represented on over twenty commercially released recordings on the Naxos, Summit, Mark, Albany, Parma, MSR Classics, Bravo Music, GIA Windworks, and Luminescence labels and are published by Murphy Music Press, C. Alan Publications, Potenza Publishing, and Excelsia Music.