Down in the River to Pray, with Longhorn Tubas


I love low brass.

An Ohio friend alerted my wife to this piece from the University of Texas Tuba/Euphonium Studio:

Nice production of an old folk/gospel tune, “Down in the River to Pray.” (Considerably different from the Allison Krauss “O, Brother Where Art Thou” version, no?)

Did they record this as a recruiting tool? Or just for the beauty of it?

Credits:

The University of Texas Tuba/Euphonium Studio
Charles Villarrubia, Associate Professor Tuba/Euphonium

Euphonium
Alex Avila
Jose Flores
Luke Gall
Eric Gonzales
Fabian Vargas

Tuba
John Flores
Clay Garrett (soloist)
Keith Packman
Danny Trumble
Ben Vasko
T.J. West

Taylor Rudd, Director of Photography
Mario Mattei, Camera Operator
Jacob Ryan Hamilton, Aerial Photography
Joshua Gall, Recording Engineer
Ani Villarrubia, Production Assistant

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Tip of the old scrub brush to Donna Hughes and Kathryn Knowles, and their decades-old, interstate friendship.

2 Responses to Down in the River to Pray, with Longhorn Tubas

  1. Ed Darrell says:

    Nearly 400 shares on Facebook. Tuba music is more popular than most people would think!

    Like

  2. Love this! (My 6-year-old grandson sings this song all the time.)

    Liked by 1 person

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