About
The History of TUBACHRISTMAS®
TUBACHRISTMAS® was conceived in 1974 by Harvey Phillips as a tribute to his teacher and mentor William J. Bell, born on Christmas Day, 1902.
Through the legendary William J. Bell we reflect on our heritage and honor all great artists and teachers whose legacy has given us high performance standards, well structured pedagogy, professional integrity, personal values and a camaraderie envied by all other instrumentalists.
The first TUBACHRISTMAS® was conducted by Paul Lavalle in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza Ice Rink on Sunday, December 22, 1974. Traditional Christmas music performed at the first TUBACHRISTMAS® was arranged by American composer Alec Wilder who ironically died on Christmas Eve, 1980.
Wilder composed many solo and ensemble compositions for tuba and euphonium. He was a loyal supporter of every effort to improve the literature and public image of our chosen instruments. Through Alec Wilder, we express our respect and gratitude to all composers who continue to embrace our instruments with their compositions and contribute to the ever-growing solo and ensemble repertoire for tuba and euphonium.
THE HARVEY PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, INC. (HPF)
We are a not-for-profit foundation incorporated in the state of New York and is dedicated to "...developing, expanding, and preserving the music arts..." The Foundation focuses special attention on musical instruments not ordinarily the object of other support.
The Foundation facilitates its goals by providing scholarship assistance to selected established institutions which offer academic and music performance training, by assisting the commission of new compositions and other performing repertoire, by creating opportunities for public performances, by building public audiences which appreciate and support performances of all musical instruments, by presenting public lectures and clinics which impart knowledge and understanding of the urgent and special needs of the music arts and performing musicians, by offering consultant services and public relations expertise to music arts organizations.
Donations to The HPF, Inc. are tax-deductible. If you would like more information on how you can become a benefactor, patron, sponsor or contributor, please write to the below address.
Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 933, Bloomington, IN 47402-0933
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