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 ...

The Santa Barbara Chamber Players will present a benefit concert featuring Gene Pokorny, principal tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Santa Barbara pianist Mi-Young Kim, 3 p.m. Friday, Feb.

ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — Every year music lovers gather in Gettysburg to celebrate the holiday season in a unique way by participating in the Tuba Carol Fest. The event showcases the festive sounds of tuba ...

At special holiday concerts across Ohio, tuba, baritone and euphonium players take the center stage. If you’re part of an orchestra, here’s a line you probably don’t hear often: “The melody with this ...

The tuba is often relegated to the back of an orchestra or the butt of a joke, but tuba lovers — the few and the proud — are passionate about their chosen instrument. So much so that there's an annual ...

YOUTUBE STARTING IN THE YEAR 2029. ALL NEW AT NOON, THE CREW OF MORPHEUS ANNOUNCING THAT KENT BROUSSARD, AKA TIGER TWO. BUT KENT WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THIS YEAR’S PARADE. KENT MADE HEADLINES ...

John Walton was a man who loved his cats, his tuba, Saturday breakfasts at La Madeleine and a certain bearded Italian tenor. “His big love was (Luciano) Pavarotti, whom he played over and over again, ...