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 ...

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 ...

They’ve still got their trombones and their trumpets, their cornets and their clarinets. But the high school marching bands of Southern California are tuba-less these days, and their music directors ...

BELL (CBS) — Authorities say two marching band tubas were stolen from Bell High School over the weekend, the latest in a rash of thefts at area high schools. Two King brass sousaphones valued at ...

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, and ...

The band's founder, Sergio Lizárraga, reflects on transcending expectations (and ruling the Latin charts) in a world where regional Mexican music doesn't always get its due. By Leila Cobo Chief ...

Los Angeles-area high school band teachers are blaming a popular form of Hispanic music -- banda -- for a rash of tuba thefts that have decimated high school bands across Southern California. The Los ...

AURORA, Colo. — On a Sunday morning in Aurora, spin bikes whir, sweat flies, and the unmistakable sound of live Mexican Banda fills the air. At Power Pedal, participants pedal in sync with the brass ...