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Archive for January, 2009

Eugene Levinson and Kurt Muroki taking full-scholarship bass students

Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, education

Georgia’s Mercer University has openings for two double bass students for the 2009-10 academic year. These students will receive four-year, full tuition scholarships (!), which is a heck of a deal. Any interested students (and I’m sure there will be quite a few) should contact Patty Crocker at (478) 301-2748 or crocker_pc -at- mercer.edu. Details [...]

The Fabulous ButtCradle

Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2009 | 5 Comments
Categories: bass videos

Ashley Eidbo from buttcradle.com makes, hands down, the best double bass stool covers. You have to try it to believe it–I love it! This stool cover has extremely thick padding that provides great support. I’m used to using either cheesy thin pads or the bare wooden stool top, and neither of those options is very [...]

Bass pic of the day – Awesome double bass sculpture

Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, photography

Here’s a very cool segmented sculpture of the world’s noblest instrument. The photographer writes: All 12 sections of the Double Bass come apart and this enables the sculpture to be placed in any position. Each section also has a stencil by C215. Any section can be taken away from the main body and shown separately [...]

Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – Roland de Lassus – Bon jour, mon coeur

Yazan: Phillip Serna | 26 January 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos

CEMC/ SoG – Roland de Lassus (1532-1594) – Bon jour, mon coeur FFrom the May 18, 2008 Chicago Early Music Consort & Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols Performance of ‘Bonjour, Mon Coer! – The Sublime 16th-Century French Chanson’ at Glenview Community Church, Glenview, IL. Featuring Gary Berkenstock, Crumhorn, Rackett, Recorders, & [...]

Rockin’ the Brahms with the New World Symphony Bass Section

Yazan: Jason | 26 January 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: bass videos

I just stumbled across this great video showing the current New World Symphony bass section playing an excerpt from the first movement of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. Cool! If you want to hear interviews with several former New World Symphony bassists (including my podcast co-host John Grillo) just check out the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Former [...]