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.

Watch a High School Marching Band's Tuba Section Crash into Each Other ... I can't even fathom what it would be like to lug a tuba around. It's pretty amazing that massive pile-ups, ...

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.

Tuba player Todd Nix, a member of the prestigious U.S. Naval Academy Band, is also a competitive indoor rower. Mr. Nix, 41 years old and Head Drum Major of the 68-member band, says there is a ...

The tuba is a large, low-pitched instrument that most people associate with a marching band and those big brassy sounds that fill high school stadiums on Friday nights in the fall. So one could be ...

Marching bands: High-step it to a college football field or Pleasanton's high school competition for a blast of brass. By Mary Flaherty Oct 21, 2010.

WHITMORE LAKE, MI – When his teammates leave the field on Friday nights, Gavin Yax picks up his tuba and readies to march at halftime in his pads and football gear.

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 ...

VINELAND For the past three decades, the Vineland High School Marching Clan featured a couple of tuba players. Then Carly D’Arrigo, a 5-foot-3-inch musical force of nature, came along and wanted ...