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No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

The tuba in the brass quintet

By Mel Culbertson

Technique Repertoire
Arnold Jacobs
No. 34 • 1981 Digitized

Part 2

Arnold Jacobs

Interview

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

By Roger Bobo

Encounters Professional life Auditions Orchestral playing Breathing
No. 70 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Roger Bobo

Poet of the Tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
The tuba in France
No. 13 • 1976 Digitized

The tuba in France

How did the tuba emerge as an orchestral force? Fernand Lelong and Robert Coutet trace its path—from serpent to Sax—and its rapid rise.

By Fernand Lelong, Robert Coutet

History Equipment Historical instruments Instrument making French school
Arnold Jacobs
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

Part 1

Arnold Jacobs

Interview

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

By Roger Bobo

Encounters Teaching Interpretation Sound Orchestral playing
Contemporary systems and trends for the tuba
No. 11 • 1975 Digitized

Contemporary systems and trends for the tuba

New music, new rules: Daniel Perantoni explores extended techniques, graphic notation and the evolving language of the tuba.

By Daniel Perantoni

Technique Repertoire Interpretation Contemporary Music
No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Reflections on the tuba, teaching and music

By Roger Bobo

Equipment Teaching Repertoire
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

1997 - Tuba & euphonium featured at Guebwiller

By Philippe Pfisterer

Competition
How and why I became a musician
No. 52 • 1985 Digitized

Part 3

How and why I became a musician

As cinema orchestras vanished and radio reshaped musical life, Edouard Gros learned that survival could mean changing instruments, cities and expectations.

By Edouard Gros

Professional life History Auditions Jazz
No. 67 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

The song of the Serpent or The Obsession of Michel Godard

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

A short history of the tuba in Russia

By Alexeï Levachkine

History
No. 90 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Birmingham 1995

2nd Annual National Tuba and Euphonium Conference

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Event
Use of a spectral model in developing concepts of tuba timbre
No. 19 • 1977 Digitized

Use of a spectral model in developing concepts of tuba timbre

Can great tuba sound be measured? This groundbreaking study turns timbre into data — offering a visual model that could transform how players hear and shape their sound.

By Daniel D. Stancil

Acoustics Sound
No. 116 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Lahti Brass Festival - International Tuba & Euphonium Conference

By Jeremy Mathez

Report Event
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Sam Pilafian

Traveling tubist

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Schloss Kremsegg: Ophicleïde in C

By Heinz Preiss

History
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Floyd Cooley

Tuba of the San Francisco Symphony

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Geneva Competition 1991

Triumph of the tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

CIEM Geneva 1991

Geneva opens the door to the Tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

A short history of the tuba in Russia

By Alexeï Levachkine

History
Tuba Editorial Free
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Tuba Editorial

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

By Roger Bobo

Professional life Society Auditions Orchestral playing Sociology
No. 100 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller France

World competition for tuba & euphonium

By Jean-Pierre Mathez, Steven Mead

Report Competition
No. 57 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Tubas in Jazz and Popular Music

By Michel Laplace

Report Repertoire
No. 106 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Fernand Lelong, half a century of tuba in France

By Jeremy Mathez

Encounters
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