A Friday feature of the CBS National News is a "You Choose The News" and up for next Friday's story (3/24/06) is a story/interview with young tubist Carol Jantsch. A recent winner of the feature got total national news coverage (and a hug from George Bush - no comment), so if you want to support The Tuba, go to CBS News and click "Assignment America" - the vote is for "Tuba Prodigy" - you may have to go through a few windows to get there, but CBS has really done well with tubas over the years, IMO.
Here's the entry:
TUBA PRODIGY...Or would you rather meet a woman who's gone where no woman has gone before — the tuba chair at a major American orchestra?