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The orchestral writing, nicely handled by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, can be colorful, though the ominous Wagner tubas become predictable after a while and the electronica for which Mr. Bates is best known is barely discernible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 23, 2025

The wry tubas and trombones that accentuate the opening section.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

He said this even as the community center that hosted our party made us close the doors because the tubas and trombones of the banda sinaloense were too loud.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

A large group of students, some playing saxophones, tubas and drums, paced outside the meeting protesting potential cuts to the band program.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023

Desdemona was standing between two air manifolds shaped like giant tubas.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides