Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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I am busy editing the next installment of the Contrabass Conversations interview with National Symphony Orchestra double bassist Ira Gold. It will be released this weekend, and it should prove to be very interesting and informative.
I also did an interview yesterday with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Northeastern Illinois University double bassist Greg Sarchet. [...]

One of the coolest things to me about blogging is how it encourages participation. The ease of adding comments to posts (something that came about with the arrival of blogs in the earlier part of the decade) really spurred the development of what is now called social media. Before blogs, electronic communication could [...]

Here is the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a recording of the first movement from the Bottesini Concerto No. 2. 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, so give it a little time [...]

Want an interesting interpretation of Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria? Then check this video out! Soprano Dima Bawab and Palestinian soloists perform the Queen of 1001 Nights aria with the Choir of London Orchestra conducted by Tim Brown at the Palestine Mozart Festival, Bethlehem, April 2007.
I found this video on SimonHewittJones.com, a great [...]

The following article originally appeared on Adaptistration in April, 2007 as part of the Take A Friend to Orchestra initiative. I am grateful to Drew McManus for asking me to participate in this collaborative effort. You can read the complete list of 2007 TAFTO contributors on Drew’s blog.
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Take A Friend to Orchestra
The experience [...]

I am putting the finishing touches on the next Recital Showcase for Contrabass Conversations. This episode will feature a full-length recital from double bassist Phillip Serna, and it will include music of Brahms, Hertl, Misek, and Rachmaninoff. This will be an extra episode, so you will alsobe getting Contrabass Conversations Episode 18 [...]

People have been making some purchases through the Bass Blog Sheet Music Store, which I really appreciate. If you haven’t checked this out, it is a place where I list the repertoire that I recommend teaching to double bassists in the order that I teach it. I provide commentary about the pieces listed [...]

I’d like to thank people who checked out my story about conducting the violas yesterday. I got some great feedback about it, and I appreciate it! If you’d like to check out any more stories about odd moments in the life of a freelance musician, you can click on one of the links [...]

Here is a video of François Péloquin performing the first movement of the Koussevitzky Concerto with the Ensemble Sinfonia. You can find out more about the ensemble by visiting sinfonia.danslereseau.com.
This video was created by Chris Leon & Eric Barbeau.

Here are a couple of really classic shots of cats getting baths. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cat that has been glad to have gotten a bath, and these little guys all look genuinely miserable to be all soaped up. You can check out the original post and even more unhappy [...]