BYU music professor Steve Call will perform in this weekend's OcTUBAfest concerts. (Steve Call) Time for tuba. OcTubafest is here for the BYU community to celebrate the large brass instrument in free ...
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 ...
The tuba, like the banjo and the accordion, has sometimes had an image problem during the past century. While it has had an important role in classical music and early New Orleans jazz, the tuba has ...
A Wall Street Journal story titled "There's a Tuba Crime Wave Sweeping America," seeks to demonstrate that, despite the challenge of swiping the biggest brass band instrument, tuba thefts are a thing.
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 ...
Playing in a brass band boosts health and well-being, according to a new study. Researchers found that tooting on a tuba can help to relieve stress, improve mental health and give players lungs as ...