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Matthew White gives the euphonium a new voice

Filmed Jul 2009 • Posted Oct 2009TEDGlobal 2009
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The euphonium, with its sweet brass sound, is rarely heard outside of traditional brass bands. Cutting loose on the euph, prodigy Matthew White performs Nat McIntosh's hip-hop-inflected "The Warrior Comes Out to Play."

Matthew White is a young master of the euphonium, an instrument in the brass family with an ineffably lovely tone. Full bio ยป

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