Great sketch of Carnegie Hall from Rami Efal

Check out this great sketch from Rami Efal that I found on Flickr!Rami writes:Full house in Carnegie Hall, where the New York String Orchestra together with Hillary Hahn performed Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D Minor” and...

Listen to James Levine conduct Fidelio online

Check out this broadcast at wgbh.org/classical: Live Opera is in the Air and on the Web as WGBH 89.7 FM Presents an Exclusive Live Broadcasts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s FidelioOn Sunday, March 25 at 2pm, WGBH 89.7 FM celebrates Boston’s rich...

New Book from Double Bassist Bill Koehler

Illinois State University professor and double bassist Bill Koehler just released a new book called A Guide to the Developmental Processes of Improvisation and Composition. Here is a description of this book from Bill’s website. Visit that site to learn more...

Iraqi bassist Samir Basim Yousif

Double bassist Jacque Harper sent me a link to this story from BBC News featuring bassist Samir Basim Yousif. Samir is one of only four professional bassists currently in Iraq. Here is an excerpt from the story (this quote is from Samir himself): There is a huge...