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 ...

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 ...

The "Don't Touch My Hair" artist released her last album 'When I Get Home' in 2019, and now she's "started writing music for the tuba" Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He covers and edits ...

Richard White is one of America's best tuba players, and one of a small number of black orchestral musicians. He talks about homelessness, ambition, racism, and his ‘tuba ranch.’ Senior Editor and ...

After months of practice and preparation, ASU music students get to demonstrate their skills to a live audience through The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts' annual presentation of Tubafest ...

On Saturday afternoon, Portlanders near Pioneer Courthouse Square will be welcomed with the sound of Christmas music played by 200 tubas. This year marks the 31st year of Tuba Christmas in Portland, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Tubas don't usually get to play the melody, but on Sunday an unusual ensemble gave tubas the starring role in a performance of holiday classics. Dan Corfman, the band director at ...

If every artist fulfilled their fanbase’s every wish, they would never see outside of the walls of the recording studio. The possession of a clear and concise creative vision — one that serves the ...

First an André 3000 flute album, and now a Solange Knowles tuba album? The "Don't Touch My Hair" singer, 37, appeared on the March cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine where she discussed the ...

The role of the tuba in the orchestra is multifaceted. The main role is to be the support of the brass and the full orchestra. (gentle orchestral music) I know that I'm supposed to be a tuba player, ...

Many things make New Orleans a one-of-a-kind music town, but one is the tuba, the monstrous brass instrument worn like a python squeezing its victim. Where The Tuba Lives: 5 New Orleans Songs ...