My Blog Quoted in Double Bassist Magazine
I just got a copy of the most recent issue of Double Bassist magazine, and a quote from my San Jose audition story starts out an article that they did on auditioning. It’s an honor that my story would be chosen to start this great article. The main body of the story focuses on several prominent orchestral double bassists, including Paul Ellison (Rice University, former Houston Symphony principal bassist), Rinat Ibragimov (London Symphony principal bassist), Orin O’Brien (New York Philharmonic bassist), Zachary Cohen (Milwaukee Symphony principal bassist), Peter Riegelbauer (Berlin Philharmonic bassist), and Caroline Emery (Royal College of Music bass instructor).
Auditioning is a complicated and tricky thing, and getting advice from successful orchestral musicians is essential in order to succeed. This is a great article full of great advice, and if you don’t subscribe to Double Bassist, head down to your local bookstore (both Borders and Barnes & Noble carry the magazine here in the States) and pick up a copy. It’s a classy magazine full of great articles for double bassists and well worth the price.
Passing along advice from double bassists who have found success in the music world is also the main focus of Contrabass Conversations, and future shows will focus of the nitty-gritty of audtioning.
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Jan 24th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Congratulations for being quoted on Double Bassist magazine.
Jan 25th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Thanks! It’s a good article with some excellent interviews with orchestral bassists.
Jan 26th, 2007 at 2:54 am
It was interesting how the article mentioned an “unspoken” rule in Germany of not hiring players over the age of 35 due to pension plan issues. I wonder if such a bias exists in America? Regardless, congrats on the quote. Keep up the great work here, I really enjoy this blog.
Jan 26th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
I don’t think that this bias exists in the U.S. I know many musicians in their late 30s that won their first orchestral audition. I do think, however, that probably most jobs are won by people under 30. This is certainly the case in the double bass world.