Merry TUBACHRISTMAS! - Millennium Stage (December 11, 2023)

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Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: 2023 is the 50th year of Merry TUBACHRISTMAS! events which are presented throughout the world. Since the first TUBACHRISTMAS, musicians of all ages have gathered annually to perform traditional Christmas music arranged by American composer Alec Wilder on the tuba and euphonium.
Registration begins at 2:30 p.m. Rehearsal at 3:30 p.m. We are capping the number of performers to 250. There is no storage space for cases. Please make plans to leave cases in your vehicle.
Online advance reservations for a given performance date will open on a rolling basis, opening every Wednesday two weeks out from the date.

[@kentakahashi6733]

LOVED being in the balcony surrounded by enthusiastic horn players! It's such a treat each year. In this video we didn't enjoy: how the many many musicians in the balconies were largely ignored and how no microphones were trained on those wonderful singing kids.

[@timhansen3514]

Picked up a few script hints for my annual Ventura (CA) TubaChristmas event (first Sunday of December at the Pacific View Mall.... 👍

[@luannnelson547]

As the mother of an NEC tuba operator, this makes me very happy!

[@BlackCats_]

I played in this! I was in the balcony tho! 😊😊

[@TheRealRaphael]

Going to be in a Tuba Christmas performance tomorrow! Wish me luck!

[@musicalcomputernerd6474]

How did you all do? I’m sure you were fantastic. Is there a video?

[@janetsimmons5264]

Wow! Different! But Thank You. Love Janet xxx