Archive for February 2008
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CBC 62: Opera Excerpt Breakdown with John Grillo
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an in-depth analysis of the double bass opera excerpts most commonly requested at auditions. Double bassist (and regular Contrabass Conversations guest and co-host) John Grillo discusses each of these excerpts–stylistic considerations, differences in articulation and bow strokes, and suggestions for effectively learning them–and then performs them. We [...]
links for 2008-02-03
Adaptistration: How To Connect With New Media: Part 1
This is a wonderful post from Adaptistration blogger (and fellow Inside the Arts blogger) Drew McManus on what the new media is and how to connect with it. (BTW….. you’re looking at the “new media” if you’re reading this post!)
(tags: insidethearts adaptistration new media classical [...]
links for 2008-02-02
Michael Hovnanian on Boulez
From Michael: “Boulez also has a charmingly offhand way of dismissing the sort of know-it-all questions from players that tend to crop up when a so-called ‘important’ conductor takes the podium.”
(tags: chicago symphony double bass blog)
The Collaborative Piano Blog: YouTube of Talk to the Hand from Jerry Springer the Opera
(tags: humor classical [...]
Pounded by snow (and pounded, and pounded…)
We got sucker-punched by the worst snow storm of the season this year, causing most of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra to be one or two hours (!) late to our dress rehearsal. It took me 1 1/2 hours to go nine miles for one stretch, and three hours for the whole drive there. Aaargh!
I’ve [...]
Virtual Master Class Track - Vanhal Concerto mvt 2 - Candidate 4
Click the player above to hear the next track in the Virtual Master Class Project. This is a recording of the second movement of the Vanhal Concerto. Leave criticism, advice, practice tips, and the like by clicking on the ‘comments’ link below. We welcome your comments! Please take a moment and offer a [...]
The Bass Gang plays Rock & Roll Beethoven on Italian tour - video
Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi recently sent me a link to this new video from The Bass Gang’s recent Italian tour. What a great ensemble!
Compendium of Jazz Quotes - Duke Ellington
Matthew Mullenweg created the content management system WordPress (which is what I use to blog). He is also a jazzer, and he has created a great compendium of jazz quotes–quite likely the only comprehensive online resource available for this topic. Check out the complete index on Matt’s site here. Here are some selected quotes from [...]
