John Grillo Recital Showcase


 
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John started playing Double Bass at the age of 11. He attended The Julliard School during high school and was a scholarship student at Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana where he studied with Lawrence Hurst. After graduating from IU, he attended the Manhattan School of Music completing his Masters Degree with Timothy Cobb. Mr. Grillo performed at The Tanglewood Music Center from 1994 to 1996. Other festivals include the National Repertory Orchestra, Festival di Due Mondi in Italy, and Pacific Music Festival in Japan. John was a member of the New World Symphony from 1999-2002. His other professional engagements include performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Wheeling Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and the Sarasota Opera. John was a faculty member with The Pittsburgh Music Academy from 2002-2006. Future engagements include the Iris Orchestra, Philadelphia Virtuosi, Pennsylvania Ballet, The Princeton Festival, The Philly Pops, Opera New Jersey and the Princeton Symphony.

Check out John’s interviews on Contrabass Conversations here, or subscribe in iTunes for the interview plus John’s complete recital.

Bach Suite No. 3 for Solo Violoncello

Allemande

Sarabande

Bourrees I and II

Gigue

Schubert “Arpeggione” Sonata

Allegro Moderato

Andante-Allegro

David Anderson-Seven Double Bass Duets

Kibbles & Kibitz

Parade of the Politically Prudent Pigs

Gustav’s 11 O’clock Dance

Schgweik Farht

Lament

Blue Cheeze

Rush Hour

Peter Guild- Double Bass (member Pittsburgh Symphony)
John Grillo – Double Bass

Stanley Chepaitis-Slow Dance

Duet for Violin and Double Bass

(Transcription-John Grillo)
Stanley Chepaitis- Violin
John Grillo – Double Bass

Stanley is a violin professor at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Original piece written for violin and cello.

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3 Responses to “John Grillo Recital Showcase”

  1. Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » Recital Showcase on January 24th, 2008 4:00 pm

    [...] Music of John Grillo [...]

  2. Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » CBC 62: Opera Excerpt Breakdown with John Grillo on February 2nd, 2008 6:00 am

    [...] Learn more about John at his new blog ClassicalMusicNews.tv, and check out all of his older Contrabass Conversations appearances here. You can also check out John in recital on his doublebassblog.org recital page. [...]

  3. Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » Just wrapped up a great interview with Dave Anderson on April 10th, 2008 7:32 am

    [...] featured Dave’s compositions previously on Contrabass Conversations on John Grillo’s Recital Showcase episode. On this episode, John performs Dave’s Seven Duets for Double Bass along with Pittsburgh [...]

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