This came across my Facebook feed a few days ago in the "Tuba, Sousaphone, Euphonium, Baritone, Trombone, Marketplace" group, listed by a name that resembles the poster here (not Roger Lewis). I don't know the individual personally even though we live in the same area, but it seems legitimate to me ...

I played some enjoyable educational orchestra concerts tonight. Fun Road trip story superimposed on enjoyable music that the kids seemed to get a kick out of. At one point the road-trippers stop at a gas station for snacks and poll the kids on what to get. Kit-kats and takis were the resounding ...

Bloke, they don't accept money orders, cash, and bank checks because they can't simply tear them up if you cancel appropriately. Since those forms have actual value, they would need to mail them back. Easier to just not accept them.

They might get calls for refunds, but they wouldn't get the refund ...

Regarding recording in a hall: you don't need to record in the most amazing hall in your area to produce a recording representative of your playing.


russiantuba See above quote.

Bottom line: In most cases, it is cheaper for a candidate to purchase a video recording device and rent time in a ...

Regarding the equity concerns: Yes, there is still a cost associated with video recorded prelims, however the equity concerns of the current model are far greater. As tofu pointed out, every time a candidate participates in an audition, they have to pay travel, oversize baggage, lodging, and time ...

Auditions are expensive endeavors for both parties, even if they aren't cutting checks to cover lodging and travel. "No cost cattle call" vastly underestimates the time and resources that goes into conducting an audition.

In the past, music directors did have the power to unilaterally hire ...

Candidates don't pay to apply. It's a fully refundable deposit. The check is only cashed in the event that a candidate does not show up to the audition, which unfortunately does happen, sometimes without notification. The few checks that do get cashed don't even come remotely close to being able to ...

Just to clarify Kontrabasstuba's recommendation, that Thorsten Reinau's arrangement appears to be for "blasorchester", which is a wind band without strings. Musikverlag Reinau doesn't list the specific instrumentation or share an expert of the score, but the recording sounds like a wind band to me ...

I wasn't able to find Curtis Peacock's orchestration of this commercially available (for sale or rent), although their tuba and piano version is for sale and their version for tuba and concert band is for sale and rental through Carl Fischer. The orchestration seems to be relatively recent (2022 ...

russiantuba I refute absolutely nothing about how you've described the school systems work, and I didn't in my previous post also. The part I disagree with is that you are suggesting that your family member should have accepted less pay than was owed to their experience and be paid at the same rate ...

Schlitzz, is correct. You should always list relevant experience on your resume, which includes your formal training in the area. What the committee does with or draws from that information is up to them, not the candidate. The candidate's job is to present themselves as wholly and accurately as ...

Would a ChatGPT facsimile do the trick? It's still definitely not quite right...

"Alright, listen up, because I’m not gonna say this again. What in the bloody hell has happened to coffee these days? Now every time I turn around, it’s pumpkin spice this and pumpkin spice that. You can’t even walk ...

Schlitzz, is correct. You should always list relevant experience on your resume, which includes your formal training in the area. What the committee does with or draws from that information is up to them, not the candidate. The candidate's job is to present themselves as wholly and accurately as ...

Has anyone ever tried a NUX B-6 Wireless System on sousaphone? I'm considering picking one up for my Conn 38k and Oktoberfest gigs this year. I typically have an AT2020 on a mic stand in front of me, but it'd be nice to have a wireless set-up.

Things that look appealing to me:
- simple, plug-and ...

I've never had any luck with the MuseScore scan-to-notation feature either. I try a PDF every once in a while to see if they've made any progress, but the result (if there is one) is such a mess that it would be safer and easier to just re-engrave it from scratch.

It's reassuring to hear that the ...

The next question: I have NO IDEA how to do a VIDEO of tuba playing. I can't imagine the sound is going to resemble reality using a cell phone, and my zoom H4 does is not a video recorder. So, how is this done? I am surely not going to rent a studio, nor am I going to go buy equipment.


If you ...

5+1 for me. With how often the fifth valve is needed on an F tuba, I never liked being required to hold the horn only one way or needing to thoughtfully move to use it. I found the 4+2 configuration on my PT16 to be uncomfortable after long periods of time, so I had it converted to 5+1.

This also ...

What happened to the entire western United States?


Based on official responses by ITEA on their Facebook post, there has been interest from potential hosts in the Western US, but no one has been willing to fully commit to hosting a conference so far. ITEA has stated that they can add more ...

… his policies alienated some people.

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PHEW it’s such a relief that there’s NO political agendas ever being expressed here! /sarcasm

A huge shout out to the moderators who take the time ...

Could have been a vote of the executive board.


No, there was a general membership vote.


A show vote. Simply put, the organization wanted to make the name change, but knew it would be an unpopular decision and could lose members. So, pretending a vote would happen is a great way to say ...