Comments on: Contrabass Conversations Episode 2 – Audition news and more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:16:00 +0000

The historic city centre of Graz was awarded World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1999...read more

By: Jason Heath

Jason Heath — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:51:00 +0000

Thanks for the information. I may have to look into that. I’ve never been to Austria and would definitely like to go.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:42:00 +0000

You still can! They hire the principals for each section (I’m not really sure how this process works, but you can email the guy in charge of auditions) and there’s no age limit. The principals they hire for each section are professionals, and I’m pretty sure everything is paid for them. It seems like a pretty sweet deal.

By: Jason Heath

Jason Heath — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:47:00 +0000

Thanks for putting out the word about AIMS. It sounds like something I would like to have done.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:44:00 +0000

AIMS was the best time ever. Not really in the musical sense, as your main job is to accompany singers, but you do get to play some good music, and Graz is fantastic.