Contrabass Conversations listener Pamela passed along this link to me, and I think that it’s a great gift idea for bass players with little ones. Check it out here.
Here is a video from Greek double bassist Haris Pazaroulas of the third movement of the Koussevitzky Concerto with the Ionian University Orchestra. This performance was conducted by Phaedra Giannelou earlier this year. Folks unfamiliar with the third movement of this...
This photo can’t help but remind me about the story that I wrote earlier in 207 titled Bugs Bunny is My Mortal Enemy. I actually just started working on this post as a Story Time audio episode for Contrabass Conversations. I love putting these things together,...
Folks have probably noticed the massive facelift that the blog has undergone over the past week. That is actually only the tip or the iceberg as far as new functionality for www.doublebassblog.org. Moving to WordPress is something that I should have done a...
Double bassist and ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger John Grillo wrote a post recently about the New Jersey Symphony and their dubious decision to sell their recently acquired ‘Golden Age’ instrument collection of 30 renowned stringed instruments to investment...
