"Ballade is a one-movement work for tuba and piano which was written for premiere at the Scottish International Tuba Festival 2025. The opening section is zippy in energy and dynamic; contrasted with the relaxed but moving melancholic second section which eventually collapses into a fiery, charged coda. 
 
This piece focuses on my stylistic passion for ‘colour’ and vibrancy in my writing and my practical passion for aiding the expansion of repertoire, as I have found tuba to be such an engaging and versatile instrument to write for...with many more tuba pieces to come." - Oliver R. Cairns