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 ...

Before he came to Southern California in 2002, Fidel Bernabe played trumpet in a small town in Mexico and believed himself to be very talented. Los Angeles had many bandas — Mexican brass bands that ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Cinema Guild will release “The Tuba Thieves” in New York City on March 15 with a national rollout to follow. The ...

The tuba players mass by the hundreds every year on the Rockefeller Center ice-skating rink to play carols and other festive fare, a holiday ritual now ingrained in the consciousness of New York. The ...

Tubas are loud, large and undeniably mighty, but they're rarely the stars onstage in orchestras and ensembles. “So often, as a tubist, you sit in the back going 'bom, bom, bom, bom,” 37-year-old ...

Theon Cross can still vividly remember when the instrument that’s taken him around the world was more of a liability than an asset. “Playing the tuba didn’t make me cool when I was at school,” the ...

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 ...

From the Balkans to the Untied States, the tuba is a must in any modern orchestra. In 2024, it will be in the spotlight in Germany. When Stefan Ambrosius from the Munich State Opera practices the tuba ...

At Valparaiso University’s 16th annual TubaChristmas, the view from the balcony directly above the tubas offered a fabulous perspective Sunday afternoon. Nearly at eye level with the appropriately ...