Editor: Steven Bryant
TUBA DIPHTHONGS - Rex A. Conner
By: Rex A. Conner
Anyone who has spent much time studying a brass instrument has at one time or another become familiar with “oo-ee” or “ah-ee” as the...
THE TUBA IN EUROPE - Robert Tucci
By: Robert Tucci
This is a reprint of an article written for the first issue of the T.U.B.A. Newsletter, vol. I, no. 1, Fall 1973. Life in...
THE EARLY YEARS - Barton Cummings
By: Barton Cummings
During the first quarter of this century, tuba and Sousaphone players enjoyed a great popularity. Many were recognized as outstanding soloists and others as...
SIMONE MANTIA (1873-1951): A SHORT BIOGRAPHY - Glenn D. Bridges
By: Glenn D. Bridges
This is the first in a series of articles, to be edited by T.U.B.A. Euphonium Coordinator Brian Bowman, on early euphonium virtuosi. There is...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOW IN CONCERT
By: Bob Campbell
A letter from euphoniumist friend Bob Campbell relates what is probably a first in the history of the tuba/euphonium ensemble. On October 8 the...
RIP VAN WINKLE LOOKS AT TUBA MUTES - Bob Halley
By: Bob Halley
I recently returned to music after a thirty year intermission, this time to a most enjoyable retirement hobby. At about the time the intermission...
PRAGUE BRASS SOLOISTS FORMED
By: Václav Hoza
Tubist Václav Hoza has announced the formation of a new brass ensemble, the Prague Brass Soloists. The core of the group is a brass...



