The Music and Influence of Barbara York
a presentation by MHC Undergraduate Fellow Heath Kennedy
a presentation by MHC Undergraduate Fellow Heath Kennedy
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:30 PM
Church of Universal Fellowship
7:30 PM
Church of Universal Fellowship
82 Main Street
Orono, ME
Orono, ME
Heath Kennedy is a Music major and McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow whose presentation The Music and Influence of Barbara York provides an analysis of Barbara York’s music for tuba and euphonium, and an exploration of her influence in the tuba/ euphonium community. For this research, Kennedy is working with faculty advisor David Stern, Adjunct Professor of Low Brass. Kennedy’s MHC Undergraduate Fellowship is supported by The Sandra Merrill Peters and John G. Peters Humanities Scholarship Fund.
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Barbara York is one of the most popular composers of tuba and euphonium music in recent memory. It’s increasingly common to find her music programmed in tuba recitals and consistently picked as audience favorites. The goal of my project has been to understand what makes her music unique and so accessible to audiences by analyzing a handful of her works for tuba and euphonium, as well as interviewing members of the tuba/euphonium community to learn more about her influence and why she was commissioned so frequently. Presented in a lecture recital format, I’ll be talking about York’s music and influence, as well as playing examples of her music in chronological order of composition date.
Barbara York is one of the most popular composers of tuba and euphonium music in recent memory. It’s increasingly common to find her music programmed in tuba recitals and consistently picked as audience favorites. The goal of my project has been to understand what makes her music unique and so accessible to audiences by analyzing a handful of her works for tuba and euphonium, as well as interviewing members of the tuba/euphonium community to learn more about her influence and why she was commissioned so frequently. Presented in a lecture recital format, I’ll be talking about York’s music and influence, as well as playing examples of her music in chronological order of composition date.
For more details, email mhc@maine.edu