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Cleveland Orchestra - The Finest in America

This article makes a good case for the Cleveland Orchestra being America’s finest ensemble.
Cleveland Orchestra

Pogo Stick Slap Bass (sort of)

The World’s Longest Music Resume

Here is a link to Phillip Serna’s bass resume. It’s 14 pages long! Phillip has been a guest clinician several times at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where I teach. He has done double bass master classes there and has also served as faculty for the Whitewater Winter Bassfest.
Phillip’s 14 page resume
Phillip’s website [...]

San Francisco Symphony Post

There is an interesting post of Polyphonic.org about the history and structure of the San Francisco Symphony. Check it out–it is a good article.
read the Polyphonic.org Orchestra Spotlight on SFS

Getting Up To Speed, or How I Learned to Love My Bow | Chicago Classical Music

This is an interesting post from Chicago Sinfonietta Concertmaster Paul Zafer. In it, he writes about how he goes about preparing for concerts.
Getting Up To Speed, or How I Learned to Love My Bow | Chicago Classical Music

Carmen parody

This is a very funny little movie from Atom films. It is the story of Bizet’s “Carmen” reduced to about five minutes with stick figures. Check it out here.