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Tuba Christmas returns to Peoria, filling church with festive brass sounds

Tuba Christmas, a nationwide holiday tradition, returned to Peoria on Sunday, bringing dozens of brass musicians together for ...
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Opinion: The tuba’s cross-border journey to the front of the band

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 ...
Shepherdstown Chronicle

Music professor talks the unique, yet appropriate nature of the Tuba Christmas tradition

The annual Tuba Christmas concert on the steps of McMurran Hall brought holiday cheer and awareness, once again, to the ...
People

Solange Wants to Release Tuba Music but Thinks Fans May Not Be Interested: 'I Can Only Imagine the Eye Rolls'

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 over five years of experience working in digital ...
Daily Sundial

OcTUBAfest opens ears to tuba music

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 ...
NPR

Where The Tuba Lives: 5 New Orleans Songs Featuring The Fat Horn

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival begins Friday, and music fans from all over the world will flock to the city's racetrack for seven days of music. A lot of things make New Orleans a one-of-a ...
Arizona State Press

‘More than typical tuba music’: Tubafest is back to showcase ASU music students’ tuba skills

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 ...
OPB

More than 200 tuba players gather in downtown Portland for Tuba Christmas

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, ...
The Daily Beast

Richard White Was a Homeless Kid. Then, With a Tuba, He Made Music History.

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 ...
Lansing State Journal

100-year-old tuba player names music as secret to longevity

Age may stop a person from doing many things, but if you are Henry Nelson, it doesn’t stop you from playing the tuba. Nor has turning 100 this past October stopped him from arranging music and ...
USA Today

Solange toys with the idea of a tuba album: 'I can only imagine the eye rolls'

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 ...