Forget silver bells. At TubaChristmas, the back-of-the-band brass rings in the holiday
If you're part of an orchestra, here's a line you probably don't hear often:
"The melody with this one starts in the lowest tuba part."
But those are the words Ben Herrick uttered during a one-hour rehearsal last Sunday, as the Heidelberg University director of bands led an ensemble of tubas, baritones and euphoniums through a rumbling rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
