ITEA JOURNAL VOLUME 4:2 (Winter 1977)

(A Report from the First International Brass Congress) Today’s life as a tuba player in Scandinavia is more demanding, meaningful, and reward­ing than ever...

June 13-19, 1976Montreux, Switzerland(Continued from Fall T.U.B.A. Journal) THE TUBA IN RECITAL In the Fall T.U.B.A. Journal, my report on The First International Brass...

Among the guest artists participating in the conference were tubists Steve Norrell, Phil Bulla, Sam Pilafian, Robert Carriker, John Sizemore, Don Butterfield, Harvey Phillips,...

Arnold Jacobs at Vienna Staatsoper Re­cording session, 1972. Photo by Bob Tucci. Those among us who have passed through the south Chicago basement or...

On May 4, 5, and 6, 1977, Henry Charles Smith, Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, premiered a new work by Alan Hovhaness, Symphony...

April 2 and 3, 1976WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYDAYTON, OHIO The Department of Music at Wright State University hosted an extremely successful Regional Tuba-Euphonium Symposium-Workshop this...

Thanksgiving Day, 1976 In this issue of the Journal is a composi­tion for solo tuba by Dr. Gordon Kinney. Dr. Kinney has made a...

The Editor recently received a letter from Michael Eastep of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Included were the accompanying photographs and a bit of information about...

(a continuing series) Robert E. EliasonCurator of Musical Instruments – Henry Ford MuseumT.U.B.A. Coordinator – Tuba/Euphonium History This improvement on the serpent was introduced...

Sounds of the Los Angeles Tuba Quartet still reverberate in Hollywood’s Barnsdall Theater where the ensemble presented its debut concert on May 10, 1976....