If you do a search for Tuba Man on YouTube — you’ll see him. Ed McMichael was a Seattle fixture, wearing funny hats and playing his tuba for tips outside stadiums and theatres. Until one night last ...
On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. A massive, all-tuba holiday concert was ...
The tuba is a funny instrument. Its sound is like a gaseous rumbling from deep within the earth—or our bellies. Hardly fleet of foot—it’s heavy, often pushing 30 pounds, and awkward—it’s seldom given ...
A special concert is celebrating the holiday season and the tuba. NewsHour's Tim McPhillips reports on the role of this versatile booming brass instrument in the music we all love. It wasn't the famed ...
Ring the bell at 1825 Chapel Hill Road in Durham, and Vince Simonetti will meet you at the door. His professional dress and a small brown splotch of a cranial birthmark suggest Mikhail Gorbachev if he ...
The Kansas City Museum’s new Betty Milbank Waldrop Salon will be the venue for the Fairy Princess’ annual visit this weekend. Children can visit the Fairy Princess 3-7 p.m. Dec. 8-9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.