“A Promise Derailed.” Such of phrase could easily have been etched on Ray Draper’s tombstone to describe the tubaist’s trials in life and music. Killed in a botched robbery at the tragic age of 42 his ...

Learning to play a musical instrument requires learning at least three distinct languages. One day in sixth grade I was informed by the band director that I would henceforth be playing a tuba. (Later ...

On the one hand, Drums and Tuba are just your average rock power trio, logging 200 or so dates a year on the road. Typically, there’s guitar, there’s drums and, well, here’s where the analogy starts ...

“The Tuba Thieves” director Alison O’Daniel took inspiration for her feature film from a series of tuba thefts from local LA high schools that she heard about on the radio. But instead of ...

Low, grounded sounds of tubas jumbled as prancing melodies from surrounding instruments rang through the auditorium.

Filmmaker Alison O'Daniel departs from a series of robberies, in which instruments were stolen from Los Angeles schools in the early 2010s, to provide an unconventionally audiovisual experience. If ...