OAKLAND — Tuba players, long relegated to the back row of large brass bands, took total control of the stage at Jack London Square on Sunday in the city’s first-ever “Tuba Christmas” event. More than ...

Add the tuba to the list of book subjects you probably thought you didn’t care about but that is suddenly compelling as heck. We’ve had entire books about salt, the digestive system and the color ...

As any musician knows, it takes a lot of brass to be a tuba player. Generally, tubas range in size from the B-flat tenor (10 Ibs., 151 in. of tubing), which is hugged to the player’s chest and ...

Many musicians have trouble hitting the big notes but Hartmut Geilerthas more than a little help - by playing on the world's largest tuba. The huge instrument is exactly double the dimensions in every ...

The U.S. Army Band ''Pershing's Own" hosted its 28th Annual Tuba-Euphonium Conference which ran from Jan. 26 through 29 in Brucker Hall at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. ''We are the largest ...

SALEM, Ore. -- Four years ago a West Salem High School senior faced a difficult decision. "My parents had to move back to Mexico," remembered Juan Valdez. "I had to choose whether to stay here or go ...