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Everybody knows the tuba — the big, loud brass instrument at the back of the orchestra or the band, issuing the occasional oom-pah and playing long tones underneath all the other brass. But the tuba ...

The role of the tuba in the orchestra is multifaceted. The main role is to be the support of the brass and the full orchestra. (gentle orchestral music) I know that I'm supposed to be a tuba player, ...

Taylor Carrell, a Master of Music student at Northwestern State University, discovered a handwritten manuscript of "Concerto ...

Concertos written for the tuba are very rare. A concerto written for the massive low brass instrument with a movement that seeks to replicate the sounds of a wind tunnel is unique. The third movement ...

And we close the hour with none other than a concerto for the lowest member of the brass family, the tuba. Aubrey Foard is the soloist with the orchestra at this summer's Music Academy of the West.

The West Michigan Concert WINDS next concert will salute favorite America pastimes and showcase the winner of the group's Youth Soloist Scholarship. The concert, titled "America's Pastimes," begins at ...

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 ...