“JOURNEY” TO MADISON by Matthew Mireles
A weekend celebrating the career of John Stevens For the weekend of March 7 through 9, 2014, tuba and euphonium players from all over the…
Day: February 9, 2024
IN MEMORIAM: REMEMBERING ROSS MORGAN
The low brass world lost a friend and colleague September 1, 2013, when Ross Morgan passed away after a valiant 10-month battle with cancer. Ross…
LOOKING BACK: THE SOUSAPHONE MEN OF SOUSA
The following article was originally published in Vol. 21, #1 (Fall 1993). There were almost 50 of them. Some became legends; others faded into drowsy…
Schoenberg’s Theme and Variations, Op. 43a Var. V
Theme and Variations, Op. 43a by Arnold Schoenberg is often considered one of the great masterworks for wind band. It is a complex, original work for…
Allegro et Andantango (for Two Tubas)
Allegro et Andantango was composed in 2010 and dedicated to two outstanding University of Central Florida tuba students, Ross Kerley and Nathan Giroux. The work begins…
“WHEN I KNEW… I WAS MAKING A DIFFERENCE” –
Steven Mead It’s very nice to be asked to contribute to this series. When I read the brief to this, it really made me think…
MILITARY CORNER: ROBERT WATERS AND THE NATIONAL GUARD BANDS
Robert Waters is a member of one of the National Guard Bands working part time to provide music for military operations, support citizens, and promote…
Ryoichi Tamaki of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
Ryoichi Tamaki was born in Sapporo, Japan. He started playing the tuba when he was ten years old in the elementary school brass band. He…
THE RECREATIONAL MUSICIAN – Justice Tuba, Celebrating the Career of an Arkansas Original
If there is such a thing as an ordinary tuba player, David Newbern is not him. Newbern has been a U.S. Army JAGC lawyer, law…
