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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Cinema Guild will release “The Tuba Thieves” in New York City on March 15 with a national rollout to follow. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

There comes a time in every tuba player’s education when they want their very own tuba. You can get by renting from your teacher, school, or music school, but eventually, it’s time to buy a tuba so ...

As the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family, the tuba doesn’t exactly conjure up a cool image for most people. However, the members of Tubassadors, a Tokyo-based quartet ...

You don’t need to know the difference between a tuba and a euphonium to appreciate the holiday tunes performed at a Tuba Christmas concert. But you may be surprised by the sounds these lowest of the ...

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