Concertos written for the tuba are very rare. A concerto written for the massive low brass instrument with a movement that seeks to replicate the sounds of a wind tunnel is unique. The third movement ...

Big changes often start with small steps, as recent events have shown us. At Boston University Tuesday night, one of those changes may have begun with a symphony orchestra, a composer and a new ...

At Strathmore on Saturday night, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra took a scenic route through a program of Carl Nielsen, Wynton Marsalis and Jean Sibelius — composers you don’t often see gathered ...

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Everybody knows the tuba — the big, loud brass instrument at the back of the orchestra or the band, issuing the occasional oom-pah and playing long tones underneath all the other brass. But the tuba ...

Usually relegated to the back of the orchestra in a vital yet often overlooked role, the tuba will finally get the much-deserved spotlight when the 82nd season of the Long Beach Symphony’s classical ...

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky conducted the world premiere of his own Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique,” on Oct. 28, 1893. A little more than a week later, on Nov. 6, he was dead at 53, in circumstances ...

"June is bustin' out all over." Of course, credit for that line belongs to Rodgers and Hammerstein and their exuberant song from the musical Carousel. And I have no doubt that genius pair would ...

The role of the tuba in the orchestra is multifaceted. The main role is to be the support of the brass and the full orchestra. (gentle orchestral music) I know that I'm supposed to be a tuba player, ...

Children of the ‘50s and ‘60s may remember “Tubby the Tuba” -- the story, set to music, of a very shy brass instrument in a symphony orchestra. All Tubby wants is a solo. If his saga rings a bell, ...

Tuba player Michael Moore says playing the tuba is like being the goalie in a hockey game. You don't have much to do the whole game, but when the puck comes you have to be ready. But on today's ...