Utica Community Schools music teacher talks about how learning an instrument in middle school has impacted his life, from a student, to a teacher, to a renowned musician.

I didn't choose the tuba. The choose-a... [laughter] Now, this is going to be hard. [Jaunty second line music] I started playing the tuba in the sixth grade. I started playing tub ...

At the first chorus, the camera shifts to the band's other guitarist, Keith Richards, who can be seen pretending to play the tuba, without a mouthpiece, his cheeks puffing in and out.

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Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Dixon Van Winkle, 80, is a four-time Grammy Award winner who's been playing tuba since high school. "Not just playing tuba, but I play string bass a lot and other things ...

He is not only a tuba player but also plays the euphonium, trombone, and bass trombone. His journey to Carnegie Hall began when he participated in a program at the All-State Sugar Bowl.

MORGAN: If anyone has earned the right to play tuba sitting down, it's Bob Nelson. For NPR News in San Antonio, I'm Jack Morgan. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG "WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS" (EUPHONIUM COVER)") ...