Arias for Tuba or Bass Trombone is a collection of 25 arias from major operas and oratorios by G. F. Handel, F. J. Haydn, G. Meyerbeer, W. A. Mozart, G. Verdi, and A. Vivaldi. The arias have been kept in their original form as much as possible. This collection does not come with piano accompaniment. It is intended to be used for mastering legato playing and good breath control, and is therefore laid out in book form as 25 etudes. The collection also progresses in difficulty within itself, meaning that each study is slightly more difficult than the one before it.

Arias for Tuba or Bass Trombone was very popular at the US Army Band Tub-Euphonium conference in Washington DC in January, 2000 as well as the International Trombone Association's conference in Potsdam, NY in June, 1999. We give a special thanks to everyone who was willing to discuss this collection with Jan at the Puna display table.

Tubists found the book interesting because it would encourage one to play lightly, (we are dealing with Mozart) rather than forcefully and loudly, as one must often do when practicing excerpts.

Private teachers of tuba and bass trombone also noticed the lengths of the phrases. They said the phrases were a good length for high school and college level students to develop good breath control. The ranges were especially appreciated by bass trombone teachers. Some noted that the Borgdoni/Rochut trombone legato studies (played an octave lower) were too difficult for the bass trombone student and that the Arias would be a good prerequisite to those books.

Professional bass trombonists and tenor trombone doublers commented that "it was about time" that a book like this was finally available. Many had already gone through the Borgdoni/Rochut and the Ostrander studies, are were really looking forward to playing something refreshingly new just for their own enjoyment.