Tuba – A Word of Many Meanings
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Winter 1997 (Volume 24, Number 2) issue of the ITEA Journal. Thirty-nine years ago, I wrote…
Author: Roger Bobo
To the 94
Editor’s Note: This article was first published in the Spring 1979 (Volume 6, Number 3) issue of the ITEA Journal. At the time of this…
TUBA HUMOR – Roger Bobo
During my years at the Eastman School of Music in the late 50s, one of the most anticipated events was the annual spring double-reed show.…
THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUBA-EUPHONIUM SYMPOSIUM-WORKSHOP (TITEWS) – SYMPOSIUM 78 – LOOKING BACK – Roger Bobo
(Reprinted by courtesy of the International Brass Bulletin.) Certainly a major spark in the continuing and overwhelming tuba explosion, the Third International Tuba-Euphonium Symposium-Workshop brought…
GEM SERIES COMPOSITION CONTEST
The following letter was mailed to approximately 1500 composition and low brass teachers throughout the United States and Canada. Please draw it to the attention…
TO THE 94 – Roger Bobo
(Printed courtesy of International BrassBulletin.) At the time of this writing preliminary auditions are being held for the tuba position in the New York Philharmonic…
THE TUBA PLAYER VERSUS THE LIMITATIONS OF THE TUBA – Roger Bobo
(Editor’s note: this article first appeared in the February, 1973, issue of The Instrumentalist – the “tuba issue.” Due to space limitations, the article was…