Merry Tubachristmas!

The night after A Ragtime Christmas there was another Millennium Stage performance that I thought would be fun. It was called Merry Tubachristmas. I had never heard of Tubachristmas before, but it's an annual event that takes place in cities all across the country. Traditional christmas music has been arranged just for tubas and euphoniums. Anyone who plays one of these instruments can participate.

At the concert that I went to there were over 300 participants! That's a lot of low brass and the sound really filled the hallway. They played a couple of dozen pieces and encouraged the audience to sing along.

Here's a link to all of the archived Tubachristmas performances at the Kennedy Center if you'd like to have a listen.