Archive for March, 2009
Turmoil within the Philadelphia Orchestra
Yazan: Jason | 17 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo pointed out the following story to me in the New York Times last week by Dan Wakin (who also did a profile on Calgary Philharmonic bassist Matt Heller a couple of years ago). Wakin writes: The Philadelphia Orchestra, which appears at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening, is functioning without a [...]
Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – Captaine Tobias Hume (1569 – 1645) – Tobacco, No.3
Yazan: Phillip Serna | 16 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, Phillip Serna, podcasting
Click to Play Captaine Tobias Hume (1569 – 1645) – Tobacco, No.3 the First Part of Ayres or the Musicall Humours (1605) Filmed February 6, 2009 in Duesenberg Recital Hall, Valparaiso University Center for the Arts, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN. For more information on music on Valparaiso University, visit http://www.valpo.edu/music. To subscribe to the ‘Viols [...]
Chicago Bass Ensemble News
Yazan: Jason | 16 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
My good friends in the Chicago Bass Ensemble (we interviewed this group on CBC 64) have some cool new developments: Three big pieces of news from the Chicago Bass Ensemble. I’ve been saving up … but if I had known how long it was going to take to get these together, I would have sent [...]
CBC 112: Max Dimoff interview 2
Yazan: Jason | 14 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations
Contrabass Conversations Co-host John Grillo from classicalmusicnews.tv and I are concluding our interview with Cleveland Orchestra Principal Bass Max Dimoff this week. Before winning his job with the Cleveland Orchestra, Max served as Principal Bass of the San Antonio Symphony and Section Bass for the Grant Park Symphony and Seattle Symphony. In this second segment [...]
Celebrate Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday with the Chicago Philharmonic
Yazan: Jason | 13 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: events
Here’s an event this weekend from a group I’ve played with many times in the past: Sunday, March 15 at 7 p.m. Pick Staiger Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Join the critically acclaimed Chicago Philharmonic for an enchanting evening celebrating the 200th birthday of German composer Felix Mendelssohn. Titled “Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday,” [...]
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