Growing up in Uptown New Orleans, Troy Sawyer was always drawn to the rich, brassy music of a second-line band. He loved the bold sound of a trumpet so much that he made it his career. But to Sawyer, ...

Name: Chuck Jackson, music director of the Las Vegas Youth Philharmonic and director of orchestras at Silverado High School Age: 48 Education: Bachelor’s degree in music, tuba performance, University ...

(AP) LOS ANGELES - They've still got their trombones and their trumpets, their cornets and their clarinets. But the high school marching bands of Southern California are going tuba-less these days, ...

For some years now, the tuba has been going through a metamorphosis. Call it, as I do, a Tuba Civil Rights Movement. People long associated the instrument with polkas, elephants, clowns, and players ...

Traditional Mexican music, known as 'banda,' has been popular in Southern California for decades. And now, the tuba has gone from carrying the bass line in the back of the band, to stepping out front ...

Hear those melodious fat notes dangling in the air as you circumnavigate Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall? Yes? Well The U.S. Army Band's Tuba-Euphonium Workshop is in session again. The annual ...

On Saturday afternoon, Portlanders near Pioneer Courthouse Square will be welcomed with the sound of Christmas music played by 200 tubas. This year marks the 31st year of Tuba Christmas in Portland, ...