Fans may rave about the tuba players in the UC Berkeley Marching Band. Technically, though, they’re playing sousaphones — and the Cal Band calls them “basses.” Whatever you call them, though, those ...
ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Carolinas will be well-represented at the Rose Bowl on Saturday after a local band director was selected to participate in the annual Rose Parade. James Turner, band director for ...
Rick Walker, owner of Aloha Wind & Brass Service, holds a school bass clarinet from the 1960s that spent nearly as much time in his repair shop as in the classroom. Instruments like this are beyond ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Among college marching bands, Ohio State’s Best Damn Band In The Land ranks as one of the most popular and recognized groups in America. And in the OSU band, the honor of ...
LowDown Brass Band (LDB), deftly synthesizes the gritty sounds of Chicago with the high energy street beat of the Crescent City. LDB brandishes a powerful brass frontline of trumpets, trombones, ...
The American-made piano and sousaphone got their start in Philly. From there, musical history continues to be made.
Big black and white letters that spelled out "Preservation Hall New Orleans" made the jazz band's sousaphone hard to miss. That was, at least, until it went missing. "If you're trying to identify the ...
I don't know, but I do know that this girl was walking waaaay too close to this marching band when shooting this selfie video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...