91成人导航

91成人导航鈥檚 Conservatory of Music is celebrating all things 鈥渢uba鈥� this month with one guiding word: Octubafest.

The effort is led by new Assistant Professor of Practice in Tuba and Euphonium Chanell Crichlow, a low-brass instrumentalist, composer, performer and educator.

鈥淚 wanted to have an Octubafest to showcase the students and their instruments, and to hopefully recruit more tuba and euphonium players,鈥� Crichlow said. 鈥淭hese sort of events can build interest.鈥�

The conservatory has four musicians鈥擪eon MacKay 鈥�22, Brooke Farrar 鈥�23, Domenic Jimenez 鈥�22 and Stephen Lambert 鈥�22鈥攚ho play the tuba and/or the euphonium, which Crichlow describes as a 鈥渢enor tuba with the ability to go higher.鈥澛�

鈥淲e are primarily trying to bring low brass at 91成人导航 out into the limelight,鈥� Jimenez said. 鈥淭here are a lot of people who look at tubas, euphoniums and trombones as the background. We have a lot more than what meets the eye.鈥�

The concept of Octubafest began in 1972 at Indiana University. The Conservatory鈥檚 version has three free events open to the public.

The first will take place Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall on the Stockton Campus.

At 11 a.m. the same day, there will be a with award-winning British player and composer Theon Cross, via Zoom, in the Rehearsal Hall. Cross, a key contributor to London鈥檚 thriving jazz scene, will kick off the class with a short performance and introduction, followed by solo excerpts by Conservatory students. 鈥淗e is a bad cat from London and very creative,鈥� Crichlow said.

Octubafest will conclude with a Oct. 28 from noon to1 p.m.in the lobby of the Don and Karen DeRosa University Center. The concert will feature the 91成人导航 Brass Society, a tuba-euphonium quartet and a horn quartet. The concert will include versions of pop songs from the likes of Bruno Mars, Lil Nas X and Childish Gambino.聽

Crichlow described what she called 鈥渢he moment鈥� that made the tuba her instrument of choice when she was growing up. 鈥淚 gravitated to the tuba because of its sound. I had never heard anything like it,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t was very deep, resonate and beautiful.鈥�

Tubas also are expensive鈥攆rom $5,000 to $15,000, with many good tubas costing in between.聽

鈥淏ut here at 91成人导航, we have beautiful new instruments because of donor generosity,鈥� Crichlow said. 鈥淥ne of the first things the Conservatory did with the money was to buy the top grade of euphonium and tuba. It makes a big difference.鈥�