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Kids Commute - Tuba Week!

It's Tuba Week on Kids Commute!

We'll learn that the largest member of the low brass family can do a lot more than oompah-pah!

This week on Kids Commute, we're celebrating the tuba and some of the best tubists in the world!

Tubists Roger Bobo and Carol Jantsch are in residence this week, helping students prepare for an IAA Orchestra concert featuring Jantsch coming up this Friday. You can attend this concert in person for free as part of Interlochen's Community Connection Concerts program - just enter the code "IPRCCC" at checkout for four free tickets for you and your family!

We'll hear all kinds of nifty virtuoso tuba playing this week - and tease your brain with a big brass Quizlet, too!

Listen to Kids Commute Monday through Friday at 7:40 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. or any time at the links below!

KC-540-TUBA-WEEK-Bobo
Sonata No. 5, Johann Ernest Galliard: Roger Bobo, tuba/Ralph Grierson, piano
KC-541-TUBA-WEEK-Sheridan
"Tico Tico" by Sequina Abreu. Patrick Sheridan, tuba
KC-542-TUBA-WEEK-Velvet Brown
Stars in a Velvety Sky/Herbert L. Clark (Velvet Brown; Robert Arioso)
KC-543-TUBA-WEEK-Richard A. White
Dr. Richard Antoine White, freestyle tuba in IPR's Studio A

Learn more about Richard A. White's documentary film, "R.A.W. Tuba" by clicking here.

Learn more about Dr. White's book, "I'm Possible" by clicking here.

Listen to Dr. White's entire Studio A recording session here.

KC-544-TUBA-WEEK-Jantsch
Fantasie Op. 79, Gabriel Faure/Carol Jantsch, tuba

Carol co-hosted an hour of music and delightful conversation with IPR's Amanda Sewell - listen here!

Kate Botello is a host and producer at Classical IPR.