Many musicians have trouble hitting the big notes but Hartmut Geilerthas more than a little help - by playing on the world's largest tuba. The huge instrument is exactly double the dimensions in every ...

As any musician knows, it takes a lot of brass to be a tuba player. Generally, tubas range in size from the B-flat tenor (10 Ibs., 151 in. of tubing), which is hugged to the player’s chest and ...

A young man sits alone in a room, a tuba on his lap, and blows it hard, huffing and puffing to play Snedecor’s Low Étude for Tuba Number 4. It’s a head-rattling piece in a profoundly low register — ...

OAKLAND — Tuba players, long relegated to the back row of large brass bands, took total control of the stage at Jack London Square on Sunday in the city’s first-ever “Tuba Christmas” event. More than ...

WKAR Current Sports reporter never intended to play the tuba, or be part of the section for most of his life. He’s glad the journey took him to the back of the band. There are 300 members in Michigan ...

Yes. You're the only tuba player, because there's only one tuba for orchestra. And then, on top of it, you're the only African American. If you look out in the audience, you're lucky if you see one ...