For some years now, the tuba has been going through a metamorphosis. Call it, as I do, a Tuba Civil Rights Movement. People long associated the instrument with polkas, elephants, clowns, and players ...

At special holiday concerts across Ohio, tuba, baritone and euphonium players take the center stage. If you’re part of an orchestra, here’s a line you probably don’t hear often: “The melody with this ...

John Walton was a man who loved his cats, his tuba, Saturday breakfasts at La Madeleine and a certain bearded Italian tenor. “His big love was (Luciano) Pavarotti, whom he played over and over again, ...

Merry Tuba Christmas was conceived in 1974 by Harvey Phillips as a tribute to his teacher and mentor, William J. Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. The annual celebration honors Bell’s ...

"Tuba Christmas" has reached the halfway point, and a holiday miracle is imminent. Sixty-five musicians hold massive euphoniums, sousaphones and tubas in Noe Valley Town Square, with nary a trumpet, ...

Sam Pilafian, a virtuoso tuba player who performed an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, pop and rock music and brought unflagging exuberance to teaching young tubists, died April 5 at his home in Tempe ...

YOUTUBE STARTING IN THE YEAR 2029. ALL NEW AT NOON, THE CREW OF MORPHEUS ANNOUNCING THAT KENT BROUSSARD, AKA TIGER TWO. BUT KENT WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THIS YEAR’S PARADE. KENT MADE HEADLINES ...

Tuba ChristmasThere are few better ways to let the neighborhood know the holiday season is here than to sound off with 200 tubas. Merry Tuba Christmas will resonate at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Alex ...

Christian Cortez wears a necklace with a black and red cross on it. The cross isn’t religious in the traditional sense, though for Cortez, it might as well be. It’s a symbol for Crossmen, an ...

NFL offensive lineman Justin Blalock spends his time on the field protecting runs and passes. Off the field, he's a strong advocate for music education. Blalock, the starting left guard for the ...

Casey Tucker, 17, a tuba player in the Spring High School symphonic band who has earned acceptance to study at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan this summer, will perform a recital at 7 p.m. May 16 in ...