Banished to the orchestra’s back row, the tuba is rarely highlighted on its own. Playing one is an exercise in breath control ...

Dec. 5—More than 40 musicians playing tubas, sousaphones, flugelhorns, and other brass instruments in the tuba family brought an unusually deep, mellow sound to Christmas in downtown Ada. The event, ...

What do you get when you combine more than 100 tubas, hundreds of people and the Kimmel Center’s Commonwealth Plaza? The answer: some of the best holiday classics in celebration of a Philadelphia ...

Learning to play a musical instrument requires learning at least three distinct languages. One day in sixth grade I was informed by the band director that I would henceforth be playing a tuba. (Later ...

Andy Sorensen dressed his sousaphone up as Santa Clause. He's been performing at Anchorage TubaChristmas for 15 years. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) The sounds that came from the Anchorage Performing Arts ...

On the one hand, Drums and Tuba are just your average rock power trio, logging 200 or so dates a year on the road. Typically, there’s guitar, there’s drums and, well, here’s where the analogy starts ...

Add the tuba to the list of book subjects you probably thought you didn’t care about but that is suddenly compelling as heck.

“A Promise Derailed.” Such of phrase could easily have been etched on Ray Draper’s tombstone to describe the tubaist’s trials in life and music. Killed in a botched robbery at the tragic age of 42 his ...

The sounds of tubas, baritones, and euphoniums echoed across Grandview Drive Sunday afternoon as hundreds gathered on the ...

On one hand, Drums & Tuba are just your typical rock power trio, slogging it out 200 or so dates a year on the road. There's guitar, drums and, well, on the other hand, a tuba. And no singer. Yet it's ...