“The original intent was to popularize the instrument,” Hovey notes. “Most people hadn’t heard the tuba at all except in a marching band.” Musician Harvey Phillips launched Tuba ...

marching band, and the MJ Winter Winds program. He is a multi-instrumentalist, but plays tuba in the majority of the ensembles. Other instruments he has played include piano, electric and acoustic ...

His compositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, band, orchestra and other brass ... who can quite accurately describe the histories of the instruments, their lineages, ...