“The Tuba Thieves” director Alison O’Daniel ... Motivated by curiosity of peoples’ experiences with sound, she focused on creating a listening project. Manuel Castañeda, who plays himself ...

They were always the oompah, oompah, pah-pah.” Andy Sorensen says he enjoys being surrounded by the sounds of other tuba players. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) Normally tubas sit in the back of the band ...

What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore ...

You don’t need to know the difference between a tuba and a euphonium to appreciate the holiday tunes performed at a Tuba Christmas concert. But you may be surprised by the sounds these lowest of ...

Fitting for a docudrama about sound’s impact, there’s a vivid rhythm to “The Tuba Thieves” crafted by O’Daniel and her co-editor Zack Khalil. They piece together the vast assortment of ...

O'Daniel, a visual artist who identifies as Deaf/Hard of Hearing, has a keen interest in sound as an integral element of human life, and “The Tuba Thieves” expands that query in many directions.