Archive for February, 2010

Double bassist Kirsten Paige profiled on U of C site

Yazan: Jason | 15 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass

Double bassist Kirsten Paige (who has contributed to the blog on many occasions) was recently profiled on the University of Chicago site. It’s a great piece: Student bassist discovers a new world of music The broad musical perspective that third-year Kirsten Paige gained from her orchestra’s winter tour of China began with her fellow musicians [...]

Membership month at the International Society of Bassists

Yazan: Jason | 11 February 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, ISB

It’s Membership Month for the International Society of Bassists! The ISB’s membership drive honorary co-chairs Ron Carter and Hal Robinson invite you and your colleagues and students to join or renew during the month of February. From Ron Carter: “It seems as if I’ve been a member of the ISB since the the first blues [...]

Golden Gate Bass Camp 7/19-25/10

Yazan: Jason | 10 February 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, education, events

The 2010 Golden Gate Bass Camp will be taking place this summer from July 19-25, and it sure looks like a great lineup to me, with faculty such as Barry Green (former Contrabass Conversations guest), David Murray (also a former CBC guest), Kristin Korb (another former CBC guest), San Francisco Symphony principal bassist Scott Pingel, [...]

Chicago Bass Festival Wrap-Up

Yazan: Jason | 09 February 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, events

The first (but certainly not the last!) Chicago Bass Festival was held this past Sunday (2/7/10), and was by all accounts a resounding success. With 130 registered participants, 6 vendors, 30 clinicians, and another 60 parents and siblings, we packed Ravinia’s beautiful Bennett-Gordon Hall like you wouldn’t believe! We’ll be doing an online survey within [...]

Dan Carson plays The Elephant

Yazan: Jason | 08 February 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos

The following link is a video of the latest Midwest Young Artists podcast, featuring my double bass student Dan Carson playing The Elephant with the chamber music group I Solisti. Enjoy! Click to Watch

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