The tuba, like the Mexican genre of music known as banda, gets a bad rap from critics who say it’s too simple and can’t be taken seriously. But fans of both know that’s not true. This includes writer ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Tuba Christmas" has reached the halfway point, and a holiday miracle is imminent. Sixty-five musicians hold massive euphoniums, sousaphones and tubas in Noe Valley Town Square, with nary a trumpet, ...