Wanted to add the Bach/Bobo/Bixby

Of ones not mentioned that I like and use:

I like the Phil Sinder Daily Routines for Tuba, Vining/Benavidez flow studies, both a musical representation.

Vasiliev 24 Melodious Etudes

Blazhevich Textbook for Tuba (different than the 70 studies originally for trombone).

Paff Advanced Studies

Tim ...

I did the Harry Potter film with orchestra a couple years back. There were some mute changes where I left my hand on the mute while playing. I guess when other pro brass drop mutes, you know it’s a quick one.

yeah...just a little chuckle for the weekend.

Someone got it right off the bat. :gaah:
(Google ruins everything. :laugh: )


https://i.imgur.com/xYa1LGa.png


A friend (amazing organized and darn-good trombonist) wrote a brass quintet theme-and-variations on Over The Waves (back when we were ...

Bloke,

I’d personally prefer a masterclass where someone that doesn’t play my instrument leads it. Imagine a great cellist coaching tubas on the musical aspect of playing.

For years, I have suggested to the ITEA panels to get a professional panel for the orchestral tuba and mock military euphonium ...

No parent would go along with the economic arithmetic of this. The nominal rate in your scenario is instructor charges $50/hr for a private lesson per individual. For a discount of 20% off the individual charge of $50 their child is thrown into a master class aka (group lesson) with 11 other ...

I don't understand the perceived need to do things on the biggest horn possible. I got a lot of grief during undergrad for doing quintet rep and some orchestral rep on my PT10. You know what no one ever said once I started playing, though? "We really need more tuba." Never an issue. Not once ...

Potentially a military orchestra based on age restrictions?

I find it interesting to see West Side Story on bass tuba.

Cincinnati Symphony—changed audition rep clarification after invites for “C Tuba”.

French orchestra and rest of the world—please do it on bass tuba

@sweaty by the way, I saw the news about your son today from his teacher. Congrats to him!

Something else I feel like I should mention that is related to the original topic and why I suggest not asking faculty to judge the level (take lessons with them, yes!).

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Backstory. Ohio passed a law where programs at state schools that graduate 5 or less students a year on the undergraduate ...

Unfortunately, this forum can also be unproductive, as some members contribute more noise than meaningful advice. It often seems that certain individuals are more interested in drawing attention to themselves than in offering genuinely helpful guidance. (Bloke, Russian)


Not sure who you are ...

Hindemith’s Konzertmusik

Ewazen’s Hymn for the Lost and Living

Carter Pann’s My Brother’s Brain

just about completely off-topic, yet posted by bloke:

The not-too-long-ago retired principal oboist in the New York Philharmonic, Joe Robinson, held NO music degrees.
(Davidson College - a degree in English and economics...I believe this college later awarded him with an honorary doctorate in ...

bloke wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:19 pm "entry level professional horn"

Are these "educator approved", or "professor approved"?

Reading comprehension isn’t a strong skill set of yours it seems. Very sorry about that. Check out the end of my post for clarity.



What a way to try to rip me. Reading comprehension is a strong suit—I’ve read and understand several scholarly articles in music over 10 years of education and ...

This may not be the most reliable place to seek advice on this subject. Since you are in Texas, I would strongly recommend reaching out directly to the many colleges and universities across the state for accurate guidance. Texas All-State recognition is not particularly significant outside of ...

Find a program and professor that cares about the student but is honest. More importantly, the student HAS to have ambition and focus.

I posted on social media yesterday that two of my students from a super small program accepted TAs, one for DMA near Blokeville and the other one for a MM at a ...

Glad to see you here. Show off that fancy mustache!

I came to the forums in spring of 2007 after SCRTEC at University of Texas. An orchestral panel led by a full time symphony player and his teacher who held his position before (and who is now retiring from a very large school) led it and mentioned the old site was a great way to find out about ...

www.chisham.com/tips/bbs/dec1998/messages/6968.html

I went back and looked, because I was curious.
The first post I could find was from November 23, 1998.
Sean Chisham archived all the old, old forum threads under “Tips“ on the old board.
My favorite post that I read while I was looking there ...