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!

Nearly eight dozen big brass instruments took to the stage at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in downtown Frederick on Saturday, ready to toot and oom-pah their way into the Christmas season. It was ...

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 ...

Calling all tubas: Players and champions of the big brass instrument are invited to haul themselves and their tubas to the Empire State Plaza on Sunday, Dec. 3, for a “TubaChristmas” gathering at the ...

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