Archive for April, 2008
Exploring Chamber Music 4: Music of Bottesini
Yazan: Jason | 30 April 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, podcasting
Welcome to Exploring Chamber Music with Chicago Symphony bassist Brad Opland and the Chicago Chamber Musicians. This Contrabass Conversations special series highlights chamber music that includes the double bass. Learn more about the Chicago Chamber Musicians by visiting their website at chicagochambermusic.org. Today’s program features several works by double bass virtuoso and composer Giovanni Bottesini. [...]
Study at the Beijing Music Festival with double bassist Tim Pitts
Yazan: Jason | 30 April 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, education, student resources
Houston Symphony Principal Bass Tim Pitts will be teaching at the Beijing Music Festival this summer (which will actually be held in Shanghai this year to avoid the Olympics). San Diego Principal Bass (and former Tim Pitts student) Jeremy Kurtz provides the following details: …my former teacher, Tim Pitts, is going back to teach at [...]
How long should a private lesson last?
Yazan: Jason | 29 April 2008 | 9 Comments
Categories: advice, bass, student resources
I’ve always been fascinated by the wide variance in lesson durations among various teachers. Many of my piano teacher colleagues hold lessons for preschoolers that last only 15 minutes, while some legendary pedagogues teach lessons that last six, seven, or even eight hours. I’ve even met some teachers who teach a student until the late [...]
Cat playing the theremin
Yazan: Jason | 28 April 2008 | No Comments
Categories: cats, videos
I’m feeling the urge to get a theremin after seeing this video. I remember how fascinated my cats were by Lyric Opera bassist Andy Anderson’s lion’s head scroll. Just imagine how insane they’d get upon encountering this fascinating instrument!
My Brand New Macbook!
Yazan: Jason | 28 April 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized
I’m writing this blog post from my brand-spanking new Macbook! I’ve been planning a move (back) to the Mac side of things for quite some time now, and I’m really digging how this device improves my workflow. I wrote a post about my big and clunky Acer laptop running Windows XP and how this is… [...]
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