And who said girls can't play tuba?!!!

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Post by tubalovin' » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:28 pm

did you hear the sample piece they had; absolutely mind numbing
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Post by ral » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:57 am

These players still sound like college players. However, It's amazing that the music world is growing more accepting of female players.

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Post by LoyalTubist » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:42 am

altohack wrote:female tubas are amazing...
The word is tubists. If you're old-fashioned, you can say, tubaists.


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Incidently, in the 1970s, when I was in high school Antelope Valley High School had a few years when all 6-10 of their tuba players were girls.

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Re: And who said girls can't play tuba?!!!

Post by Hostrauser » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:11 pm

Bandmaster wrote:Carolyn Mae Jantsch from Mount Vernon, OH, is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. She is attending the University of Michigan. Click here to view a video of Carolyn's performance at the 2003 Scholarship Awards ceremony.

This girl is one serious tuba player.... WOW!

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http://www.artsalumni.net/awardee03/Mus ... antsch.htm - Carolyn playing Concerto for Tuba by Vaughn-Williams. (sorry, link has expired)

http://www.musicforyouth.org/features-jantsch.html - info
Carolyn Jantsch won the tuba position with Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra last week, becoming the first woman to do so (and possibly the youngest ever, at only age 21!!!)

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Post by LoyalTubist » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:51 pm

Actually, the musical world accepts anyone who can play without making excuses, doesn't care what kind of music is played, and can show up to a gig when deathly ill.

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Post by Ex Nihilo » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:52 am

our tuba player's a girl too. she switched from flute two years ago and is already better than our last tuba player who had been playing for all 4. chick tubas rock.

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Post by xrichster04x » Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:27 pm

We have a female tuba player but she does guard during marching season. Last year we had a piano player who played in Wind Ensemble and also played tuba.
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