Ever wonder what it’s like studying bass in Trinidad and Tobago? Then check out the website of Caitlyn Kamminga, associate Professor of Double Bass at the Academy for Performing Arts of the University of Trinidad and Tobago: Caitlyn Kamminga, double...
This video features Lyric Opera and Roosevelt University bass teacher Andy Anderson (a former Contrabass Conversations guest as well) performing Joy to the World at a Christmas Eve Service Prelude. How adorable!
The fourth edition of the ¡Viva el Bajo! South Texas Double Bass Masterclass and Symposium will be held on the campus of the University of Texas Pan-American in Edinburg, TX on February 17-19. George Amorim, professor of double bass at UTPA and director of the ¡Viva...
I’m pleased to announce that the second annual Chicago Bass Festival will be taking place on Sunday, February 6, 2011 at Ravinia’s Bennett-Gordon Hall in Highland Park, Illinois from 9 am – 5 pm. Also, the early-bird registration period has been extended to January...
One of my favorite local Chicago bloggers is John Greenfield, a bike advocate who also documents walks down the major thoroughfares of Chicago. His photo-laden montages of Chicago’s interesting streets (including Grand Avenue, Halsted Street, Belmont Avenue,...
