Carol Jantsch, principal tuba with the Philadelphia Orchestra, performs on The American Sound, 6pm Saturday and 7pm Tuesday, on Classical 101. Ask Carol Jantsch, principal tuba player with the ...

Tuba Christmas, in its 41st anniversary year, broke a record Dec. 20 at the Chicago Palmer House Hilton, drawing more than 400 musicians who came to play the tuba, sousaphone or euphonium. Many ...

I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

New Orleans celebrated Mardi Gras last week with that signature brass band sound. In the seven years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, a local man has played a role in bringing that sound ...

Dec. 5—More than 40 musicians playing tubas, sousaphones, flugelhorns, and other brass instruments in the tuba family brought an unusually deep, mellow sound to Christmas in downtown Ada. The event, ...

The Beatles made fantastic music, even when it was just the four of them playing their regular instruments. But their willingness to incorporate other sounds into their formula often paid great ...

When Maestro Daniel Oren chastised principal tuba player Avital Handler for chatting during a lull during a recent dress rehearsal for “Il Trovatore, at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, she just grinned ...