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Archive for January, 2010

Schedule for Chicago Bass Festival 2-7-10

Yazan: Jason | 29 January 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, events

We’re getting quite close to the February 7 Chicago Bass Festival (be sure to register if you haven’t yet!). Here’s a schedule of the events we’ve got going on throughout the day. There will definitely be a few changes to this schedule prior to the event, but it should give you a good idea of [...]

MP3 and PDF resources for bassists

Yazan: Jason | 28 January 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, education, student resources

Update–this content is now back online here. One of the problems of having over 3000 (!) posts on a blog is highlighting old content that is still of value to readers. I’m still figuring out how to best do this. A reader emailed me recently mentioning that he found my MP3 sonatas and concertos page [...]

Find me at IMEA in Peoria this week!

Yazan: Jason | 27 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events

I’ll be spending the rest of the week in Peoria, Illinois for the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference. I’ve got a bunch of bass students down there participating in All-State Orchestra and Band, and I’ll be listening to the bass auditions as well. If you’re a teacher or student and see me down there, [...]

4th World Bass Festival in Wroclaw, Poland

Yazan: Jason | 26 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events

Check out the list of clinicians for this festival. Holy cow! The 4th World Bass Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, Irena Olkiewicz, director, will be held August 8-14, 2010. The roster of classical and jazz guest artists presenting concerts and masterclasses include Tom Martin, Joel Quarrington, Rufus Reid, Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion, Catalin Rotaru, Kristin [...]

Arts Addict merging with DoubleBassBlog.org

Yazan: Jason | 25 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: blogging

Several years ago (back in 2007, I think–man, does time fly!), I joined Drew McManus’ new cultural blogging network Inside The Arts, starting a new blog called Arts Addict. At the time, I was doing a lot of writing about freelancing, the orchestra business, and crazy stories about gigs I’ve played (all of which are [...]