Roger Bobo

Montreux 1976

Roger Bobo

National styles or personal voice? Roger Bobo finds in Montreux that individuality prevails—yet notes the absence of key traditions.

Roger Bobo

A rare and powerful call from maestro Roger Bobo: at the height of the “Tuba Explosion”, he challenges players to define — at last — the ideal instrument.

Roger Bobo

A bold statement from Roger Bobo: limiting yourself to your instrument’s repertoire is musical imprisonment — true musicianship begins beyond boundaries.

Do we or do we not play transcriptions?

Roger Bobo

“Transcriptions: yes or no? Beware.” Roger Bobo challenges tubists to rethink repertoire, taste, and tradition in a bold call for musical judgment and artistic freedom.

Eyes toward the future

Roger Bobo

Beyond the instrument: Roger Bobo calls for open minds at Symposium ’78—urging tubists to seek inspiration, question identity, and look boldly toward the future.

Looking Back

Roger Bobo

Roger Bobo

Roger Bobo reflects on orchestral auditions, examining imbalance between candidates and positions and questioning training, selection criteria and prospects for aspiring tubists.

Roger Bobo

From Reykjavik to the Hollywood Bowl, rising concert hall scale and amplified culture reshape orchestral sound, leaving acoustic limits exposed.

Interview

Roger Bobo

Two tuba giants meet in 1979 Chicago, where Arnold Jacobs turns technique, sound, orchestral life and pedagogy into a lasting musical ethic.

Interview

Roger Bobo

From Curtis to Chicago, a tuba player's path crosses Reiner, Koussevitzky and Ormandy, while teaching evolves toward breathing, thought and musical function.

Roger Bobo

Poet of the Tuba

Jean-Pierre Mathez