As April returns, so does Eugene’s Saturday Market, and on April 8th at 2:00, the Heavy Metal of the Oregon Tuba Ensemble invades Saturday Market. Come and enjoy the local vendor’s food and crafts while listening to the Oregon Tuba Ensemble’s eclectic mix of marches, patriotic songs, movie themes…
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The Oregon Tuba Association is helping support Gene Pokorny as the Robert Trotter Visiting Professor at the University of Oregon from February 12-15, 2017. Highlights include an open Masterclass on Sunday, Feb. 12th (Beall Hall, 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) and a free recital on Monday, Feb. 13th (Beall…
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OTA would like to announce that Juan Valdez is the 2016-2017 OTA James T. Newell Scholarship recipient. Juan is a sophomore studying tuba performance at the University of Oregon under Professor Michael Grose. His ambition is to be a professional tuba player. His interests include playing in chamber…
Read More →With former director Andy Schanz returning to Portland full time, the OTE had a director search during the Christmas season. We are proud to announce that Chuck Nickles, a tuba performance major from the University of Oregon (2011) who spent 5 years in Germany in the Army Band, has…
Read More →On January 26th, 2017, the OTA will have its Annual Meeting.
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Calling all tuba/baritone/euphonium players! Tuba Carol Concert 2016 is December 3rd. Register at 8:30, Rehearse from 9-11, and concert at Noon.
Read More →On Thursday, Sept. 22nd, the Oregon Tuba Ensemble will begin its fall season. In the immediate future are Oktoberfest performances for Cascade Retirement Home, and a celebration with the Springfield Museum as they promote “Hops and History” on October 14.
Tuba Carol Concert is set for December 3rd, 2016, and…
Read More →The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Oregon Tuba Association will be held on January 28,2016, at Grace Lutheran Church, 18th and Hilyard, Eugene. Pizza social at 6:30 p.m. with the business meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Read More →So far this summer, the Oregon Tuba Ensemble has played for the Eugene Symphony Guild Garden walk in June, at the Butte to Butte 10K run in Eugene and the Creswell Chamber of Commerce pancake breakfast on the 4th of July, played concerts in several retirement homes, and has…
Read More →2015 has started off with an oompah. The Tuba Ensemble played at Eugene’s Holiday Market on April 25th. Our next outing will be in Corvallis for the Spring Garden Festival on May 3rd. We will be playing for the Eugene Symphony guild Garden Walk on June 7th and look…
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