Abstract: This paper introduces V2Coder, a non-autoregressive vocoder based on hierarchical variational autoencoders (VAEs). The hierarchical VAE with hierarchically extended prior and approximate ...

Merry Tuba Christmas was conceived in 1974 by Harvey Phillips as a tribute to his teacher and mentor, William J. Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. The annual celebration honors Bell’s ...

Tuba and euphonium players of all ages are invited to join us on Saturday, December 6, 2025, for Boise’s Tuba Christmas. If you would like to participate, simply show up at 1:00 pm for registration at ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A beloved holiday tradition returned to Peoria on Sunday, bringing dozens of brass musicians together for a unique seasonal concert. Inside Redeemer Lutheran Church on Peoria’s ...

Abstract: Inspired by the success of deep neural networks (DNNs) in speech processing, this paper presents Deep Vocoder, a direct end-to-end low bit rate speech compression method with deep ...

An iconic Fort Collins holiday event is back this December in Old Town. Tuba Christmas is an outdoor concert and singalong featuring nearly 100 musicians playing traditional Christmas carols on tubas ...

The Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble rehearses in the Fall semester of each year, culminating in an Octubafest recital in the FAC Recital Hall in October of each year. Students gain knowledge of the literature ...

A community just east of Winnipeg is quickly becoming known as "Tuba Town" thanks to a viral video of its middle school band practicing for a holiday concert. The video, posted Nov. 18, shows the ...

TubaChristmas, a beloved annual tradition that brings regional tuba players together, will return Friday in a new location. This year, it'll be at the Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center, 60 W.

At special holiday concerts across Ohio, tuba, baritone and euphonium players take the center stage. If you’re part of an orchestra, here’s a line you probably don’t hear often: “The melody with this ...

“This classroom single-handedly doubled the amount of tuba players in the world,” one comment reads. “People are into our tubas and our euphoniums, I guess,” Mead said, noting he found some of the ...