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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
