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Down in the River to Pray, with Longhorn Tubas

November 30, 2016 12:00 pm


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.

Spread the word; friends don't allow friends to repeat history.

Posted by Ed Darrell

Categories: Music

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

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

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    By Ed Darrell on December 5, 2016 at 12:43 pm

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

    Liked by 1 person

    By unexpectedincommonhours on November 30, 2016 at 3:51 pm

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