Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Be on the lookout for a wraparound tuba: Someone has stolen the signature sousaphone belonging to Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Creative director and musician Ben Jaffe wrote ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Carolinas will be well-represented at the Rose Bowl on Saturday after a local band director was selected to participate in the annual Rose Parade. James Turner, band director for ...

WATERTOWN (CBS) - He's a self described man of mischief, who on a rainy Friday, in the middle of a pandemic, walks the streets of Watertown playing the sousaphone. "The tuba makes more people smile ...

It hardly seems fair that Kelly Galarneau gets the most questions of anyone in Brass Differential and yet has the least amount of air to expend on things like casual conversation. But it’s hard to ...

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Sousaphones, after all, are not sexy instruments. They’re big tubas, in essence, designed to wrap around a player’s body while standing or marching. They feature prominently in college marching bands ...

Reunited, and it feels so good. That’s the memorable chorus from a late-1970s Peaches and Herb hit. And while the song probably doesn’t translate well on the sousaphone, for Tacoma’s Pat Van Haren, a ...

Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...