Tuba in the news...

[Ben]

A local paper came by and noticed me practicing outdoors the other day.

http://www.downtownexpress.com/?p=8190" target="_blank

Funny little blurb, good pic. In hindsight I wish I had stated that "there is comparatively lesser quantitiy of great solo music written for the tuba".

[Michael Bush]

Very cool.

[Tubajug]

Very nice!

[aqualung]

“The tuba has only been around for 200 years,” Vokits explained, “so there’s not a lot of solo music written for the tuba.”

Geeez, just how long does it take to write a tuba solo ???

[Ben]

“The tuba has only been around for 200 years,” Vokits explained, “so there’s not a lot of solo music written for the tuba.”

Geeez, just how long does it take to write a tuba solo ???

i am face palming that... but there is truth to it, when was the first "SOLO" written exclusively for tuba, Beelzebub? if so, it was quite a few years after the invention of the horn.

[PMeuph]

Nice picture!

Do you practice in a park often?

[Ben]

Nice picture!

Do you practice in a park often?

I rarely practice there. I practice in a studio that I share with my wife towards midtown (Chelsea), but I was lazy that nice afternoon, and had a tuba in the nearby apartment left over from that weeks late night rehearsal. I didn't want to practice in the apartment: I don't need the ret-NJSO percussionist upstairs commenting on my routines (you've improved "so much" - embarasing) or cause the hearing loss of my daughter who was napping at the time.

Meeting Elijah was fun. The kid was very excited about music. I know he wanted to toot the horn, but I told him he should wait until he was a little older. I did let him pop/hand-slap my mouthpiece in the tuba, and work the valves.

[Ken Herrick]

And how is this for linking TUBA with a good topic?????????????????

Vokits recalled that he was just a little older than Elijah — maybe 7 or 8 — when he started studying piano. As for why he switched to tuba, “The sound has a low pitch when it mixes with the strings,” said Vokits. “It creates a beautiful, understated resonance.”

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Are they any good, Ben

[jon112780]

Which Alex CC were you playing on in the picture?

[bearphonium]

Nice write-up, and really great picture.

[Ben]

Which Alex CC were you playing on in the picture?

Its my 163, link to an old thread during the restoration process: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=40466

[fairweathertuba]

Good thing you have a day job, otherwise the interview could have been a little embarrassing!