Twitter Updates for 2008-01-16

Home from a long but fun day of teaching. Taking care of a little blog business as the cats stare at me. # Killing time while waiting for expensive (but necessary) car repairs to get done. # Doing some blogging and podcasting on a brisk Tuesday morning. # Getting...

links for 2008-01-17

Abu Bratsche: New Year, new boss Robert Levine on MSO’s Edo de Waart appointment: “Most members of the orchestra regard this as very good news, I think. He’s arguably the best-known conductor we’ve ever had as music director (certainly the one with the...

Concert Programming, Idiot-Style

I can’t program concerts to save my life.  At least, I’m sure my students feel that way! One thing I’ve tried to do as a bass teacher, with varying degrees of success, is to have an annual recital for my students.  This is something that is...

Searching for the Hertl Sonata

Double bassist Christopher Rose is on a search for the Hertl Sonata for double bass and piano. This piece has proven to be quite difficult to track down. Christopher writes: Hi all. I’m trying to track down the music for the Hertl Sonata for a recital I’m...