John Grillo and the ‘Musical Universe’

Classicalmusicnews.tv blogger and Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo continues his series ‘The Musical Universe’ with this second installment on his blog: First came time! This is the second installment in my blog series “The Musical...

Volkan Orhon performs Richard Strauss’ Morgen Op.27, No.4

Here’s another video from Bad Boyz of Bass member and Contrabass Conversations guest Volkan Orhon. Volkan includes the following information about this video: This is a live performance of Richard Strauss’ Morgen for soprano, doublebass and piano. It was...

Great story from double bassist Matt Heller

Now this is a great gig story!  Calgary Philharmonic bassist Matt Heller (formerly a member of the New World Symphony) recently found himself chasing down a bus, circling around downtown Calgary, all for a water canteen.  Check it out here.

My Peabody New Music Recital Part II:Dealing with Uncertainty

This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ So, in my first post, I...