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 ...

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 ...

We went to Noe Valley to watch a 65-tuba orchestra perform a Mariah Carey Christmas classic. The scene was wild … and ...

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 ...

Enjoy different tempos of tuba music and the history behind the instrument! Join PSO principal tuba, Terry Solomonson, as he strays from the traditional ‘Umpa, umpa’ tunes. Learn about the different ...

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 ...

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 ...

As any musician knows, it takes a lot of brass to be a tuba player. Generally, tubas range in size from the B-flat tenor (10 Ibs., 151 in. of tubing), which is hugged to the player’s chest and ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In Old Town Albuquerque, tons of tubas filled the gazebo for a holiday performance. Hundreds gathered to hear Tuba Christmas, a collective for local musicians to connect and ...

Solange is the subject of a lengthy new cover story in Harper’s Bazaar. It’s an interesting read, with Solange speaking about her myriad artistic projects, which include a glassware line and becoming ...

Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative The sound of a tuba arrives like a broad, bronze wave—deep, round, and impossibly solid. It hums ...