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The modern euphonium

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."

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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."

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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