music      news/events      bio      recordings      contact Suite 1987 flute tuba piano duration 10'  commissioned by Charles Villarubbia first performance: Marianne Gedigian, Charles Villarrubbia, Steven Sussman Boston University / April 25, 1987 SCORE PARTS  • Flute  • Tuba PROGRAM NOTE Suite consists of eight highly-contrasted sections, by turns rhapsodic, reticent, sultry, and light: maybe not words so often associated with tuba writing, but in this piece – with the flute and the piano helping – that's what happens.