Grant - Just a Thought - Tuba Solo trombone-horn-and-piano

Grant - Just a Thought - Tuba Solo trombone-horn-and-pianowith Piano Just a Thought is the third of four works commissioned by and dedicated to 78 adventure seeking tubists representing 30 states and three countries, who fearlessly joined the 2001 Solstice Equinox Commissioning Consortium to commission James Grant to write four new recital pieces. As each Solstice and Equinox approached during the year 2001, a new piece was sent out to the participants. All four pieces (Stuff, High Autumn, Just A Thought,

Tuba and Drum Set

intricate syncopations

Composer: Foster

The reason : hugely popular music - recognized by all as one of the best pieces of music to be played at any church gig or recital

The percussion writing employs primarily 2 mallet technique with some use of 4 mallets on the xylophone in a passage of repeated eighth note chords

When it seems as if the danger is past

With A Little Bit Of Flash

Arranged for four French Horns

There are caution signs posted around the city warning of the risks of walking or driving through the town

an animated accompaniment featuring toe-tapping rhythms

From the comic opera "The Mikado"

expanded upon