IN MEMORIAM: F. Chester Roberts (1921-2019)
F. Chester Roberts, 97, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 6, 2019, at the Gloucester Healthcare Nursing Home in Gloucester. He was the…
F. Chester Roberts, 97, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 6, 2019, at the Gloucester Healthcare Nursing Home in Gloucester. He was the…
Temperatures are dropping and leaves are falling—my favorite time of the year is finally here! New students are all settled in and those who recently…
On August 24, 2019, a memorial service for the late Herbert Wekselblatt, Principal Tuba of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (MET) for 35 years, was held…
When word reached the tuba world that Herbert “Herb” Wekselblatt had died, ITEA past president Marty Erickson said, “A huge chunk of our history has…
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There is no question that Sam Pilafian stood tall among tubists. But he was also well-aware that he was shorter than many of the world’s…
Prodigious. According to Merriam-Webster, this adjective is defined as: 1) Causing amazement or wonder; 2) Extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree: Enormous. If you were…
American music legend Willie Nelson recorded a song, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, in 1981. All of us, at one time or another, have had heroes…
The importance of Daphne, the euphonium in Dora Mitchell’s middle-school fright The Haunted Serpent (2018) It’s not often the euphonium is featured outside a performance environment. However,…
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