TUBACHRISTMAS
Friday, December 6, 2024
Monday, December 16, 2024
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Helzberg Hall
$10 to perform
TubaChristmas returns to Helzberg Hall this December! Experience the sounds of the season – Tuba Style! Join hundreds of tuba and baritones in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, December 6 and Monday, December 16 for your favorite holiday tunes and carols. The performance is at noon and is free and open to the public. Performers are invited to join for $10/each. Advance registration is requited. Exclusive TubaChristmas hats and scarves will be available for purchase before and after the performance.
9AM – PERFORMERS CHECK IN
10-11:15AM – REHEARSAL
12PM – PERFORMANCE
About TubaChristmas
The first TubaChristmas was presented on December 22, 1974 at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, making this the 51st anniversary year of MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS. The first Kansas City TubaChristmas was in 1979 when the group performed for the lighting of the Crown Center Christmas tree. TubaChristmas in Kansas City has happened annually since 1979, often bringing together over 500 tuba and euphonium players from all walks of life, and sometimes multiple generations of the same family who have made TubaChristmas an annual tradition. For more information see www.tubachristmas.com
TubaChristmas concerts are presented with permission from the Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc., founded by Harvey Phillips in memory of his teacher, William J. Bell. Harvey Phillips is a distinguished professor emeritus of the Department of Music, Indiana University, and one of the most acclaimed tuba players in the world. He has commissioned more than 200 solo works for tuba and in 2008 was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. Phillips is a native of Aurora, Missouri and attended the University of Missouri prior to being accepted to the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Harvey Phillips received an honorary doctorate from the University of Missouri in 1987, in part for his national efforts to establish TubaChristmas as an annual tradition. For questions about this event please contact Stephanie Brimhall at (816) 218-2639.