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Archive for July, 2009

Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – CEMC – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (c.1638-1693) – Sonata Prima

Yazan: Phillip Serna | 10 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, performances, Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos

The ButtCradle in action at ISB 2009

Yazan: Jason | 10 July 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass videos

I’m a big fan of the ButtCradle–a stool cover for bassists that will make practicing and gigging a much more pleasant experience. I even recorded a demo of how the ButtCradle works realier this year. Ashley Eidbo (creator of the ButtCradle) was at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention, and I got a chance [...]

Ira Gold plays Vanhal Concerto

Yazan: Jason | 09 July 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, performances

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Today, we’re featuring a live recording (accessible through the player above) of National Symphony bassist Ira Gold performing the Vanhal Concerto with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. Ira has also been an interview guest on the podcast–check out his interview if you haven’t before. Details about this performance are listed below, and this recording is also [...]

New York Philharmonic bass section, circa 1941

Yazan: Jason | 09 July 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: bass, photography

Double bassist Kirsten Paige (a University of Chicago student and former pupil of Tim Cobb) sent me the following photo and information recently–I found it to be quite cool. She writes: I have been doing some work lately in the NY Philharmonic archives, and I recently came across this photo of the 1941 NY Philharmonic [...]

PBDB: Beware the Outliers, Part 1

Yazan: jeffweisner | 08 July 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, education, Jeff Weisner

(crossposted at PBDB) Outlier: a data point that falls far from most other points; a score extremely divergent from the other measures of a set. I first became familiar with the concept of “outliers” when my brother came home from his new job wearing T-shirt of the company softball team – it was their team [...]