When he played soccer in school, he recalls, “I was always the goalie.” The tuba wasn’t invented until 1835, so Beethoven never wrote a note for it; Mozart never saw one. “Usually if you ...

From the Balkans to the Untied States, the tuba is a must in any modern orchestra. In 2024, it will be in the spotlight in Germany. When Stefan Ambrosius from the Munich State Opera practices the ...

In this way, the player’s hands are free to operate the valves as well as support the tuba. As brass instruments go, the tuba is a new relative of the brass family. It was invented by one Wilhelm ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A Lego guitar and a “war tuba” are among the highlights ... the tactile allure and magnetism of an invention. “As players, writer and ...

Richard White is one of America's best tuba players, and one of a small number of black orchestral musicians. He talks about homelessness, ambition, racism, and his ‘tuba ranch.’ Senior Editor ...

Some music sources call the ophicleide (OFF-eh-clide) an “obsolete bass brass instrument which was replaced by the tuba.” Factually that is correct, but to totally equate the two brass instruments ...

Six musicians are in a circle in the living room — on one side, trumpet and trombone; on the other, cello, viola and violin; and in the middle, the elephant in the room — Stewart's tuba.

And now, the tuba has gone from carrying the bass line in the back of the band, to stepping out front and leading dance trains. Host Michel Martin speaks with musician Jesse Tucker and Los Angeles ...

Everybody knows what a tuba is. As usual, everyone is wrong. There is no clear definition of the instrument, and there are more than a dozen that have been given the name. Wagner invented two of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Carol Jantsch is singular. She's the only tuba player in the Philadelphia Orchestra. She's also the sole female tuba player on staff with a major U.S. orchestra — and is believed ...