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,...
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...
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...
Here is the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is the bass solo from the first act of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below the player.Sometimes these...
This video was most likely taken on a cell phone, so be sure to take some dramamine before watching if you get motion sickness easily. It does give folks a glance of the great music making of this duet if you’ve missed their recent tour, however.