Virtual Master Class Track – Barriolage – Candidate 2

Here is the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a bass solo called Barriolage. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below the player.Sometimes these players take 10-20 seconds to load,...

Great video of Dragonetti Concerto with Juan Gregorio Baquero

This is a video of Colombian virtuoso Juan Gregorio Baquero and the Bogotá´s Philharmonic Orquestra. Irwin Hoffman is the Conductor, and the production values for the concert are quite high. It looks like it was lifted off of Colombian television or a DVD. Great...

Orchestral employment statistics at orchestrafacts.org

Double bassist and Contrabass Conversations guest John Grillo sent me a link to orchestrafacts.org, a compilation of salary information, structural deficits, and vacancy rates for orchestras in the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM).While...