New York City Ballet Orchestra Principal Tubist Dan Peck notes that the tuba part in the score for George Balanchine’s Western Symphony is quite engaging and features some entertaining solos, including the one featured in this clip. He says: “Tuba solos generally occupy the ‘comic relief’ category in orchestral literature and those from Western Symphony are no exception. In an effort to highlight intentionally kitsch or ironic elements in the ballet, my aim is to play this solo in a way that evo