Bass trombone player Mark Fry sent me a link to this fun video of a brass player’s wedding. Like a nerd, the groom hired a brass quintet to play at his wedding, and the group started to get a little too excited while accompanying the ceremony. This video is...
Double bassist Joel Negus recently sent me a clip of him playing the Gigue from the first Bach solo violoncello suite. Joel is a senior in high school here in the Chicago metropolitan area, and he will be attending the Cleveland Institute of Music this fall.
I had a lesson with a new adult student this past week. The lesson went really well, but it seemed like the bow was having a hard time grabbing the string. I asked her if I could try the bow, and I immediately noticed that the hair seemed old. Very...
Jean-Yves Bénichou (member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic and author of the recent article on polishing ebony fingerboards on this blog) recently sent me a link to this wonderful rendition of the Hans Fryba Suite by double bassist Christophe Dinaut.This is, in my...
