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 ...
The "Don't Touch My Hair" artist released her last album 'When I Get Home' in 2019, and now she's "started writing music for the tuba" Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital ...
A wave of deep brass tones echoed through the Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall on Saturday, Oct. 26, as Dr. P. Blake Cooper lifted his tuba and kicked off this year’s OcTUBAfest. The annual celebration ...
After months of practice and preparation, ASU music students get to demonstrate their skills to a live audience through The Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts' annual presentation of Tubafest ...
First an André 3000 flute album, and now a Solange Knowles tuba album? The "Don't Touch My Hair" singer, 37, appeared on the March cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine where she discussed the ...
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, ...
If every artist fulfilled their fanbase’s every wish, they would never see outside of the walls of the recording studio. The possession of a clear and concise creative vision — one that serves the ...
Exceptional tuba performer Sam Pilafian has died. Pic credit: Sam Pilafian/Facebook. Acclaimed Tuba performer and music educator Sam Pilafian has died. The musical icon, who was also the professor of ...
You might not know Sam Pilafian by name, but you've probably heard his tuba. Whether it was on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" or he was playing while doing a headstand — a move that gave him the nickname ...