ALEXEI K. LEBEDEV: TUBIST, PEDAGOGUE, AND COMPOSER
Editor’s Note: This article appears in Harold Hernández Lozano’s book, Tubas, y yo vengo …, in its original Spanish language version and is reprinted in English translation…
Author: Jason Smith
The 36th Annual Leonard Falcone International Euphonium & Tuba Festival
The 36th annual Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival was held August 7-8, 2021. For the second year, the Festival was held virtually, instead of…
AN INTERVIEW WITH FU-HSUAN DUAN:
The best way to describe Mr. Duan is as the father of tuba in Taiwan. I met him for the first time in 2005 when…
EDITOR’S DESK
Reconsidering the Tuning Note We bohemian tubaeuphers are not exempt from the rituals of classical music. We have all sat through the ubiquitous tuning note…
NEW MATERIALS
Materials Received Feb. 1-May 1 with thanks: Nick Etheridge Diversity Viruosi Gus CD recording featuring Nick Etheridge, tubaKendor Master Repertoire arranged for tuba and piano by Michael…
ITEA NEWS
NEW HIRES On March 6 and 7 the Norwegian Navy Band, Bergen arranged auditions for the available euphonium position in the band. Tormod Flaten came out as…
PRESIDENT’S CORNERÂ
Two weeks prior to my penning these thoughts many of us were together in Bloomington, Indiana at ITEC 2014. In fact, at this moment I…
EDITOR’S DESK
On the heels of ITEC 2014, we are publishing our traditional conference review. I hope that the article meets several purposes. One, it serves as…
The Last Straw! A Simple Tool for Better Embouchure (with appreciation to Dr. Luis Maldonado)
During the summers of 1983 and 1984 it was my privilege to have the late Luis Maldonado in my euphonium studio at what was then…
NUTS AND BOLTS: An Unusual Reunion
A rare, 55-year-old tuba with a fascinating pedigree was reunited with its original owner in London this summer. The instrument, a custom-built 6/4 5-valve Holton…
