Virtual Master Class Track – Ein Heldenleben – Candidate 10

Click the player above to hear the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a recording of an excerpt from Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below. We welcome you...

Bass recital with Pascale Delache-Feldman

Here’s an upcoming double bass event for those in the Boston area: Longy School of Music FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL String Department presents Pascale Delache-Feldman, double bass with Emmanuel Feldman, cello Esther Ning-Yau, piano Music by Jon Deak (B. B. Wolf),...

Double bass with Laurel and Hardy

I definitely identify with Laurel and Hardy in this sketch, playing my bass in the snow with little attention from people passing by, goofing around while simultaneously miserable in the winter weather. Add in a long drive to this ‘gig’ and you’ve...

Northwesten University proposes new music building

In late 2007, I wrote a lighthearted (or was it?) dig at Northwestern University and the sorry state of their music facilities: Click for the complete story>> Though I doubt that there’s a connection here, I like to think that I did my part in getting the...