The tuba weighs between 40-60 pounds, and is the largest instrument in the marching band. Carrying this weight for extended periods, and swinging the horn around our bodies eventually wears you down.

The band member quickly punches the man, then returns to playing his instrument. @theekaylan / X The Texas Southern band member then returns to his instrument as if the altercation never happened.

Losses included an upright concert tuba and a silver sousaphone — or marching-band tuba — worth a combined $13,000. Several weeks earlier, ...

The band here charges $20 a song — almost twice as much as a group without a tuba. People have even been known to stuff $100 bills down the tuba's bell. Putting Bertha Back In Retirement ...

Tuba player, Kerwin "Fat" James, founding member of the New Birth Brass Band, died last week in New Orleans. For the past year Kerwin had been in a coma suffering complications from a stroke ...

The Cornhusker Marching Band’s tuba section was noticeably larger at Saturday’s football game. Fifty students from high schools in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Maryland were invited ...

A college band tuba player took matters into his own hands without dropping his instrument, punching out a heckler at a football game without missing a minute of playing.

In warmups, the toots and blats sounded more like a zoo full of large, pained mammals than a finely tuned orchestra.But by the time they hit the stage Wednesday, the 328-member all-tuba band was ...

On Sunday, the Hot 8 Brass Band played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the first time without Bennie Pete, their longtime leader and tuba player. Pete was 45 when he died, in ...

Yes, the tuba, best known for its beery Oktoberfest oompah charm and foghorn tone, colors in the bass end of the spectrum for this band. And yes, one can also tag Drums and Tuba's music as funk ...

Meanwhile, the tuba player continued to play his instrument while the guy appeared to be knocked out. Jackson State won the game 21-19, improving to 7-3 on the season. Texas Southern fell to 2-7 ...

Drums, tuba, saxophone: Which band student will be named Tennessean Student of the Week. Katie Nixon. ... He served the Marching Band of Pride as a drum major in 2024, ...