The International Conference on Historical Performance for Double Bass and Violone will be held June 5-8 as part of the International Society of Bassists Convention June 4-9 in Oklahoma City. Double bassist Jerry Fuller be presenting the first International Society of Bassists Special Recognition Award for Historically Informed Performance at the Conference on June 6.

Here is the tentative schedule for the International Conference on Historical Performance for Double Bass and Violone. you can also click here to see the schedule for the entire upcoming double bass conference in Oklahoma City.

ISB International Conference on Historical Performance
for Double Bass and Violone
June 5-8, 2007

Wimberly Room
Oklahoma City University, Wimberly Room
Tentative Schedule, Subject to Change

Tuesday, June 5

10 AM Rob Nairn and Guy Fishman – “An Evening at Salomon’s,” the repertoire of Dragonetti and Lindley
11 AM Maggie Urquart – Video Presentation on G-Violone
12 PM Dr. Stephen Sas – Paper
1 PM Bret Simner – “Viennese Violone 101”

Wednesday, June 6

9 AM Jerry Fuller – young bassists presentation (Room TBA)
10 AM Andy Ackermann/Dane Roberts – Paper
11 AM Dr. John Moran – The Terminology Surrounding “Violone” and the Phenomenon of 16-Foot Doubling
12 PM Heather Miller Lardin – Extempore Simplification of Baroque and Classical Double Bass Orchestral Parts
1 PM Dr. Stepen Bonta – “Riddle, Riddle, What’s a Bass Fiddle?”
4 PM Tobias Gloeckler – New Dittersdorf Edition (Room FA-12)

Thursday, June 7

10 AM Dr. Rudolf Hopfner (Vienna State Museum) – Lecture, Historical Bows
11 AM Anthony Woodrow – Masterclass
12 PM Igor Pecevski – “Viennese Tuning? It’s Past, Present and Future”
1 PM Xosé Crisanto Gándara and María Jesús Navalpotro – Paper
2 PM

Jim Lambert- Early String Quartets, Ancient Secrets Revealed! (Petree Theater)

Friday, June 8

10 AM

Deborah Dunham- Lecture/Demonstration/Workshop Exploring the Advantages of Incorporating Informed Practice into Modern Performance

11 AM

Peter McCarthy – “G Violone and the Brandenburgs”

12 PM Thomas Schiegnitz – The Historic State of the Basses in the Musikinstrument-Museum of Berlin
1 PM

Dr. Josef Focht – “The German Double Bass Between 1700 and 1930”

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Jerry Fuller serves as director of the period instrument chamber ensemble Ars Antigua , which can be found at www.ArsAntigua.net. He also maintains earlybass.com, a website devoted to double bass and violone online resources.

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