ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger John Grillo has started a new series titled The Art of the Deficit examining how various orchestras function in the modern world and the sort of missteps or miscalculations that frequently get these organizations into financial hot water....
This photo features the Lyric Opera of Chicago bass section onstage beneath the imposing countdown clock from John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic. (pictured left to right: Greg Sarchet, Aventino Calvetti, Mike Geller, Andy Anderson, Brian Ferguson, and Collins...
Home from a long day of teaching and playing. # Blogging like a fool, cozy in the home office and out of the horrific cold. # Up doing some blogging, writing, and research for the next few podcasts. # Listening to ‘This American Life’ in the home office...
Double Bass Padawan: My Way of Practicing the Double Bass, Part 2: Nitty Gritty Here’s a very insightful post from a bassist who thinks very deeply about the art of practicing and improving. Great work, Ben! (tags: double bass blog ben huff) Kenneth Woods- a...
We passed the 2000 post milestone over the weekend on www.doublebassblog.org. It seems like it was only a few months ago that we hit 1000 posts…oh wait, it was just as few months ago (in May 2007)! That’s what happens when you put out 3-5 daily posts, I...
