Carol Jantsch, principal tuba with the Philadelphia Orchestra, performs on The American Sound, 6pm Saturday and 7pm Tuesday, on Classical 101. Ask Carol Jantsch, principal tuba player with the ...

From trumpets to tubas, brass instruments are powered by buzzing lips! Dr. Rob and the Crew reveal how vibrations become sound, why bells flare, and how valves and slides change pitch. With balloon ...

Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...

I failed at the saxophone so I don’t need the 6 easiest brass instruments to play in a band. But maybe you do. Maybe you, unlike me, did not fail at saxophone. Maybe you will pass or even succeed!

Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, hosts this exploration of ...

Dec. 5—More than 40 musicians playing tubas, sousaphones, flugelhorns, and other brass instruments in the tuba family brought an unusually deep, mellow sound to Christmas in downtown Ada. The event, ...