WKAR Current Sports reporter never intended to play the tuba, or be part of the section for most of his life. He’s glad the journey took him to the back of the band. There are 300 members in Michigan ...
Traditional Mexican music, known as 'banda,' has been popular in Southern California for decades. And now, the tuba has gone from carrying the bass line in the back of the band, to stepping out front ...
The tuba is a funny instrument. Its sound is like a gaseous rumbling from deep within the earth—or our bellies. Hardly fleet of foot—it’s heavy, often pushing 30 pounds, and awkward—it’s seldom given ...
For some years now, the tuba has been going through a metamorphosis. Call it, as I do, a Tuba Civil Rights Movement. People long associated the instrument with polkas, elephants, clowns, and players ...
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On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. A massive, all-tuba holiday concert was ...
A wave of deep brass tones echoed through the Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall on Saturday, Oct. 26, as Dr. P. Blake Cooper lifted his tuba and kicked off this year’s OcTUBAfest. The annual celebration ...
Jeffrey Brown reports on musician Richard Antoine White’s unlikely journey from the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, to concert halls around the globe — thanks to his mastery of the tuba. This story is ...
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