Archive for March, 2010
Making opera less ordinary
Yazan: Jason | 26 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: opera
I got the following info from some folks at Chicago Opera Theater (I’ve played bass for a bunch of their productions over the years): Jason, I wanted to let you know that Chicago Opera Theater is now hosting its second annual YouTube contest “How do YOU make opera less ordinary?” The details and a kick-off [...]
And the winner is…
Yazan: Jason | 26 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass
The raffle for the Upton Bass Revolution Pickup is over, and the winner (drawn at random out of the doublebassblog hat) is… Luis Baars (author of Crash!) I put out stories submitted on the topic of worst gig experiences on the blog from the following bassists: Please Leave! by Greg Surratt Welcome to Canada by [...]
Renaud Garcia Fons at Ball State
Yazan: Jason | 25 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos, events
Renaud Garcia Fons will be coming to Ball State for a FREE concert to be held March 25 at 5:30 in Pruis Hall. He is coming with the Arcoluz Trio featuring flamenco guitarist Kiko Ruiz and world percussionist Pascal Rollando. March 25, 5:30 pm Pruis Hall Ball State University Muncie, IN Renaud Garcia Fons was [...]
springtime in Dallas
Yazan: Jason | 25 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: humor, photography
From Madeleine Crouch, the manager for the International Society of Bassists, on the first day of spring in Dallas. As I recall, it was warm and sunny up here in Chicago that day…
Double bass and piano piece by Rufus Reid now for sale at ISB Online Store
Yazan: Jason | 25 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass
The ever-evolving bassist Rufus Reid – performer, educator, composer and Guggenheim Fellow – has sent the ISB a quantity of his recently published solo for double bass and piano, Caress The Thought (Expressly for Diana Gannett). If the molto adagio section of the Hindemith Sonata and Saint-Saens’ “Havanaise” had a musical love child, this would [...]
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