FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 19, 2012
Contact: Jaye Ike, College of Fine Arts 304-696-3296
Marshall students, local players to participate in TUBACHRISTMAS Dec. 1
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University tuba and euphonium players are
inviting players of those instruments in the Huntington area to join them in the
local celebration of “TUBACHRISTMAS.” TUBACHRISTMAS is an annual event that is
being celebrated for the 39th time in more than 250 cities throughout the United
States and in several foreign countries, according to Dr. George Palton, who
teaches tuba and euphonium at Marshall and is coordinating the event.
This year’s Huntington TUBACHRISTMAS will take place Saturday, Dec. 1.
Registration for participants will start at 10 a.m. and rehearsal will begin at
11 a.m. at the Marshall University-Henderson Center Marching Band Complex on the
Huntington campus. The performance will take place at 2 p.m. the same day at the
Huntington Mall.
The ensemble will be conducted by Steve Barnett, Director of Bands at
Marshall University.
TUBACHRISTMAS was created by Harvey Phillips as an annual event honoring
his teacher, the late tubist William J. Bell, who was born Christmas Day, 1902.
Every Christmas season, tuba and euphonium players of all ages, from specific
geographic areas, gather to pay respect to all the great artists/teachers who
represent their heritage. Every TUBACHRISTMAS performance features traditional
Christmas carols specially arranged for the first TUBACHRISTMAS (December 22,
1974 in New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza) by American composer Alec Wilder, who
died on Christmas Eve in 1980.
For further information about this event or music at Marshall University,
please call 304-696-3117 or e-mail Palton at
palton@marshall.edu.
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