Professional opportunities
Ministerial Bands
The so-called "Ministerial" Bands offer an excellent professional opportunity for euphonium students. They usually keep a Vessella-style instrumentation, with a flugelhorn section made up of 3 Baritone Horns and 3 Euphoniums.
Who plays where
Euphonium players in the Bands of the Armed Forces and State Corps
A list of the orchestra members who actually play Baritone Horn or Euphonium in the Italian ministerial bands. Names are listed alphabetically, without indicating the specific chair held.
Italian Army
- Francesco Bertino
- Giuliano Cerbarano
- Domenico Cima
- Giovanni Giordano
Italian Navy
- Giannicola Bonifazi
- Pierfrancesco Camilli
- Piero Cretì
- Domenico Giannuzzi
- Vincenzo Parrinello
- Ciro Principe
Italian Air Force
- Daniele Fanasca
- Matteo Guarino
- Gianfranco Onorati
- Samuele Traficante
Carabinieri Corps
- Alessandro Cicchirillo
- Matteo Coltellacci
- Giulio Scacchi
- Enrico Zappini
Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police)
- Salvatore Fragapane
- Stefano Fabrizio Guadagnoli
- Simone Petrini
- Riccardo Rollo
State Police
- Fausto Bottoni
- Matteo Caramaschi
- Nicola Chesti
- Luciano De Luca
Penitentiary Police
- Luca Arcoraci
- Gennaro Cozza
- Roberto Fazzone
- Amedeo Sperger
Local Police
- Stefano De Francesco
- Giuseppe Ferrante
- Roberto Iamele
Fire Brigade
- Maurizio Cananà
- Luana Di Nardo
- Daniele Quarta
Archive
Competition programs
A collection of competitions for Baritone Horn and Euphonium since 2015, with the corresponding exam program. Useful for guiding preparation for anyone approaching these selections.
Guardia di Finanza Band
2015 — 2nd Euphonium (with required Baritone Horn)
- Performance of the following concerto: Philip Sparke, Euphonium Concerto No. 1
- Performance of the following studies:
- Kopprasch, Part Two, no. 55
- G. Bimboni, 24 Studi per Trombone, no. 4
- Performance on Baritone Horn of the following study: J. B. Arban, 14 Studi caratteristici, no. 1 (treble clef)
Carabinieri Band
2016 — 2nd Baritone Horn
- Free choice of program
Italian Army Band
2018 — 1st Euphonium
- V. Cosma, Euphonium Concerto
- S. Peretti, Part II from Studi di perfezionamento no. 3
Italian Air Force Band
2019 — 1st Baritone Horn
Solo or orchestral pieces (one to be chosen, performed on B-flat tenor horn):
- F. David, Konzertino Op. 4 in E-flat major for trombone and piano
- A. Gorb, Euphonium Concerto*
- M. Ellerby, Euphonium Concerto*
*In the Gorb and Ellerby concertos, some notes can only be played on a 4-valve instrument; those with a 3-valve instrument play the note an octave higher.
Studies (one drawn by lot, also playable on B-flat tenor trombone):
- G. Bimboni, 24 Studi per Trombone e Strumenti Congeneri no. 5 in C minor
- G. Masson, Douze Études Variées no. 4 in D-flat major
- M. Bitsch, Quinze Études de Rythme no. 11 in F major
Italian Army Band
2021 — 2nd Baritone Horn
- M. Ellerby, Baritone Concerto
- Performance of the following study: M. Bordogni, Vocalise no. 9 from "24 Legato Studies" (rev. K. Brown, ed. International Music Company)
Carabinieri Band
2021 — 2nd Euphonium
- Free choice of program
Guardia di Finanza Band
2022 — 1st Tenor Horn
- Eduardo Boccalari, Fantasia di Concerto
- Gioacchino Bimboni, 24 Studi caratteristici per trombone, no. 5
- Jean Baptiste Arban, 14 Characteristic Studies for trombone or baritone, no. 7
2022 — 3rd Euphonium
- Philip Sparke, Euphonium Concerto no. 1
- G. Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies for trombone, vol. 2, no. 44
- Jean Baptiste Arban, 14 Characteristic Studies for trombone or baritone, no. 3
Italian Air Force Band
2024 — 3rd Euphonium, with required Tenor Trombone and Baritone Horn
Required concert piece:
- Euphonium — P. Sparke, Harlequin
- Tenor slide trombone — P. V. de la Nux, Solo de Concours for trombone and piano
- Tenor Horn — G. Donizetti, "Una furtiva lacrima" from L'elisir d'amore, included in S. Pucci's Raccolta di romanze per flicorno tenore
One study drawn by lot (to be performed on B-flat Euphonium):
- G. Kopprasch, study no. 44 from the 60 studies for trombone and related instruments (Part II)
- J. B. Arban, characteristic study no. 1 from Famous Method for Trombone (ed. C. L. Randall and S. Mantia)
- S. Peretti, study no. 3 from Nuova scuola d'insegnamento del trombone tenore a macchina e congeneri (Part II)
Guardia di Finanza Band
2025 — 2nd Baritone Horn, with required Euphonium
- Eduardo Boccalari, Fantasia di concerto
- Giovacchino Bimboni, 24 Studi Caratteristici per Trombone, no. 5
- Jean Baptiste Arban, 14 Characteristic Studies for Trombone or Baritone, no. 7
Performance on Euphonium (required instrument):
- Georg Kopprasch, 60 Selected Studies for Trombone, vol. 2, no. 44
Penitentiary Police Band
2026 — 2nd Euphonium, with required Baritone Horn
- Free choice of program
Archive curated by Giuliano Cerbarano.