Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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I will be playing with the Elgin Symphony this coming weekend. We have a really excellent program planned:

LISZT

Les Preludes

R. STRAUSS

Horn Concerto No. 1

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I will be playing this weekend in Memphis with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. We are playing:
Huang Ruo: IRIS commissioned piece(world premiere)Barber: Dover BeachGene Scheer: Song cycle from “Voices from World War II”Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
The soloist for this cycle is baritone Nathan Gunn. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, San [...]

Chicago Symphony OrchestraCharles Dutoit, conductor Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center220 S. MichiganWed 3/22, 6:30 PM, Thu 3/23, 8 PM, Fri 3/24, 1:30 PM, and Sat 3/25, 8 PMMusic of Rossini, Haydn, Prokofiev312-294-3000
Encore Chamber Orchestraperforms at Roosevelt UniversityGanz Hall -430 South Michigan Avenue7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2006.
Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- [...]

A really outstanding institution for a serious double bass student to consider is the Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA. This school seems to be a West Coast Curtis Institute. All students receive full support (tuition, room and board) and study with the best in the business. Paul Ellison and David Moore [...]

I was recently made aware of this excellent website maintained by Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Nathan Cole. His site contains stories about his life in the world of music, a journal containing his daily violin practice thoughts and reflections, and articles about playing, teaching, and learning, as well as personal photos from the [...]

This pairing is really something that should happen more often. It would be great if he could become the next music director for the Chicago Symphony, but he is still, I am sure, under contract with the San Francisco Symphony for a while.
Metromix. Tilson Thomas, CSO bring life to Mahler’s ‘Resurrection

Another great resource out there for all students, performers, and teachers is the Internet Public Library. This is exactly what it sounds like–a virtual public library. Check out their music selection here.

A really cool resource out there for all string educators is the String Pedagogy Notebook, put together by Michael Hopkins of the University of Vermont. Basically, it is everything a music educator needs to know about string instrument technique, with great articles and video examples. The double bass videos are very useful even [...]

This is one of the most fantastic bass things I’ve seen. These guys are really unbelievable. Justin Cormia from UW-Whitewater found this video and passed it along. Only in Germany….
Koko & Lores in action

A festival students may wish to check out for the summer is the American School of Double Bass, run by Mark Morton. Dr. Morton is principal bass of the Columbus Symphony (Ohio), and he started this workshop/retreat/school a few years ago. I haven’t had any students attend these activities in the past, [...]