Archive for March 2006
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Life as an Orchestral Musician
This is an interesting set of three articles about symphony orchestra musicians and how they continue to grow and change musically after getting their respective positions.
American Symphony Orchestra League::SYMPHONY
It’s official: music good for children
Here’s an interesting article about a new study commissioned from Northumbria University in the United Kingdom.
Gramophone - News - The world’s best classical music magazine
Chinese Factory Instruments
Ever wonder where that new Chinese bass you’re playing at home or in school comes from? Check out this video for an inspection of Chinese instrument factories.
Joining MYA and CYSO
I encourage all of my pre-college double bass students to get involved with either the Midwest Young Artists program or the Chicago Youth Symphony. Both of these Chicagoland youth orchestra programs are really top-notch. I have work with both of them if various capacities over the last few years, and I send students [...]
New Website Features
I have recently added some new features to my bass page. You can now download my scale fingerings for all one octave scales and two octave scales here. Also, you can download MP3 practice tracks (only scales up now–more to come) from this page.
Finally, I have added a page of streaming video [...]
