What You Should Practice on the Tuba: Five Tips for Playing The Tuba with Stephen Dombrowski

"Five Tips" is a video series that focuses on helping tuba and euphonium players get better. We interview the best musicians in the world and ask them a simple question: "If you could only practice 5 things, what would those 5 things be?". In this video, Colorado Symphony Principal Tubist Stephen Dombrowski discusses the 5 essential things that he practices to maintain a world class level of playing. Each of the Five Tips can be found at the following time stamps: 22:12 Tip 1, Buzz the Mouthpiece 28:42 Tip 2, Practice Flexibility 41:17 Tip 3, Articulation 46:48 Tip 4, Breathing 55:01 Tip 5, Intonation 1:04:18 Bonus Tip About Stephen Dombrowski, A native of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Stephen Dombrowski is Principal Tubist of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at Colorado State University. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in tuba from Boston University, where his teachers were Gary Ofenloch and Toby Hanks. Mr. Dombrowski continued his studies with Daniel Perantoni at Indiana University. In addition to his performances with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Brass Quintet, Stephen has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Central City Opera, Colorado Music Festival, and Denver Municipal Band. He has also performed with the Summit Brass, Grand Teton Music Festival, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra (IN), Chicago Civic Orchestra, and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Mr. Dombrowski has served on the faculty of The University of Memphis, the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado Christian University, and the Music at Maple Mount Festival. Stephen has also been a clinician for the University of Wyoming, University of Colorado, Northern Arizona University, Colorado State University, the International Tuba-Euphonium Association, Lakewood High School (CO), Dakota Ridge HS (CO), and Denver School of the Arts. To learn more about Stephen Dombrowski visit: http://www.stephendombrowski.com/ https://coloradosymphony.org/ To learn more about Professor Mouthpiece and Jerome Stover, visit: https://profmouthpiece.com/