BYU music professor Steve Call will perform in this weekend's OcTUBAfest concerts. (Steve Call) Time for tuba. OcTubafest is here for the BYU community to celebrate the large brass instrument in free ...

Brass instruments have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. They've played a part in historical military campaigns, religious ceremonies, and—of course—the development of music ...

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!

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 ...

Players of low brass instruments can usually be found sitting in the back row of an ensemble, keeping rhythm for the rest of the band and occasionally doubling the melodic lines of other sections. But ...

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