Banished to the orchestra’s back row, the tuba is rarely highlighted on its own. Playing one is an exercise in breath control ...

Add the tuba to the list of book subjects you probably thought you didn’t care about but that is suddenly compelling as heck.

Little drummer boys need not apply. Trumpets: Go sound somewhere else. French horns? Don’t even think about it. Only tubas and their kin can ride this train. At noon Monday, Steve Shoop will lug his ...

Paul Bruce plays his tuba Dec. 16 during the annual TubaChristmas concert at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell. (Heidi Desch/Daily Inter Lake) Allen Slater, retired Flathead High School band director, ...

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!

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this exploration of ...