Photo courtesy of IU Archives

Tuba Santa Harvey Phillips in 1979

Photo courtesy of IU Archives

Phillips, 1981

Photo by Dave Rust

Harvey Phillips with journalist Mary Campbell

Join IU's legendary Harvey Phillips as he talks about the tuba, his years teaching at the IU School of Music in Bloomington and the founding of TUBASANTAS, with journalist Mary Campbell, in this edition of "Conversations online."

The Distinguished Professor emeritus has made the tuba famous throughout the world, beginning his music career as a teenager with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus Band. He was selected as principal tuba at the Hall of Fame Circus Band and a Hummel figurine, The Tuba Player, was created to honor Phillips.

Phillips co-founded TUBA, Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association, now known as ITEA, International Tuba Euphonium Association. In 1995, he was elected to the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts, National Band Association. He also is the founder of the Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc. which administers OCTUBAFEST, TUBACHRISTMAS and TUBASANTAS, to name a few of his tuba-centric initiatives. Campbell is a former writer for the Associated Press, having spent 40 years writing about   music.

Conversations online is produced by Byron K. Smith.

Listen to the entire conversation or listen by topic:

• How Harvey Phillips and the tuba got together

• Harvey Phillips at Indiana University

• Tuba Santas • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by the Tuba Santas

• Serving the community • Successful students • Second movement of Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition

• Tuba in the marching band • National Emblem March by Edwin Bagley

• Tuba as an instrument • Harvey Phillips foundation
• The Elephant and The Fly by H. Kling

To learn more about tuba concerts at IU or acquire music, go to:
http://www.tubachristmas.com/

Photos by Dave Rust

Harvey Phillips' home Steinway featuring signatures from visitors like Alec Wilder, Peter Scheikele, Hoagy Bix Carmichael (son of the late composer Hoagy Carmichael), Doc Severinson and others.

Harvey Phillips' tuba

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