bearing their giant brass instruments. A massive, all-tuba holiday concert was the brainchild of Harvey Phillips, a tuba player and enthusiast who would go on to teach in the music school at ...

Skelton said there is a mutual sense of family amongst tuba players - a sort of innate bond over the love of brass instruments. She called the bond a "kinship" over the shared understanding of ...

That’s assuming such instruments have been maintained enough over the years to remain usable and are not dented, oxidized messes. Even so, a select few brass players swear by century-old ...

Fellow tuba players and those who play related instruments — euphonium, baritone horn — will kick off the Yuletide with the good cheer of Christmas classics played by a large ensemble of ...

Tuba enthusiasts celebrated the 15th annual ... music is seen through the bends of one of the more than 80 instruments that played during the TubaChristmas concert held in the Chapel of the ...

Over the last 40 years Bob Stewart has established himself as both an innovative tuba player and equally creative jazz educator. In addition to embracing the tuba’s historical position as the original ...

The event showcases the festive sounds of tuba players from across the country ... across his face as bright as the spotlight was on his instrument of choice. The concert also emphasizes community ...

Tuba Christmas kicks off at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW, on Sunday, Dec. 22, with hundreds of tuba players, from preteens to the elderly, taking center stage.