Machinations by Anthony O'Toole

Performed by The Troubled Euphs at the 2024 Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Machinations is an exciting composition for flex brass trio. The extensive use of immediate call and response between the three parts throughout the work creates an effective fast-paced, repetitive echo effect. Even in the lyrical middle section, Machinations is energetic and driving due to the use of a consistent tempo and interweaving syncopated rhythms in each part. 

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Machinations - Anthony O'Toole

The Troubled Euphs is a euphonium trio founded in 2021 by Drew Leslie, Dr. Ian Lester, and Jared Sherman, all students at the University of Missouri – Kansas City at the time of the ensemble’s inception. The trio's objective is to commission, promote, and perform new repertoire for euphonium trio and demonstrate the unique strengths and capabilities of their instrumentation. Within the first two and a half years of their existence, the trio has commissioned ten new works for the medium, several of which were composed by local Kansas City-area composers. The trio has been recognized for their talents and musicianship, earning a 4th place finish at the North American Brass Band Association chamber ensemble competition, and being invited as semi-finalists for the small ensemble competition at the 2023 International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Tempe, Arizona, where they received 4th place. Most recently, the Troubled Euphs have been invited to perform at the South Central Regional Tuba Euphonium conference at the University of Memphis as well as the Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference at Middle Tennessee State University.