Tuba Christmas, in its 41st anniversary year, broke a record Dec. 20 at the Chicago Palmer House Hilton, drawing more than 400 musicians who came to play the tuba, sousaphone or euphonium. Many ...

Andy Sorensen dressed his sousaphone up as Santa Clause. He's been performing at Anchorage TubaChristmas for 15 years. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) The sounds that came from the Anchorage Performing Arts ...

What is it? The Big Daddy of the brass section. Tubas are treated by a lot of people as funny, fusty, fuddy duddy old things. It could just be down to the sheer size and awkward body-entangling nature ...

Despite boasting the gravitas of tectonic plates rubbing together, the tuba is not usually a lead instrument. Fyah, though, is tuba don Theon Cross’s debut solo album. The Sons of Kemet tubist ...

Learning to play a musical instrument requires learning at least three distinct languages. One day in sixth grade I was informed by the band director that I would henceforth be playing a tuba. (Later ...

Facts & Arguments is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Learning a musical instrument has a long list of benefits for children ...

The rather disparate timbres of the tuba and French horn will come together at 3 p.m. today in Peter Hall on Moravian College’s Church Street campus. Grant W. Moore II, tuba, and Martin Webster, horn, ...

Travis Netzer can thank bad TV reception in the 1990s for his unique take on rock music. As a kid growing up on a farm outside of Ipswich, the Netzers didn’t have a satellite and picked up about ...