Archive for May, 2011
Petia Bagovska honored in Sofia, Bulgaria
Yazan: Jason | 12 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass
For twenty years the National Radio in Sofia, Bulgaria, has opened “Musician of the Year” voting to the public. For the year 2010, that honoree is Petia Bagovska – congratulations from your friends and fans in the ISB, Petia! In other news, four of her students – Georg Mitev, Joel Mitev, Hristo Ovcharov and Stanislav [...]
bassist Emily Brown on From The Top
Yazan: Jason | 11 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass
From the ISB E-Newsletter: ISB member Emily Brown is a featured performer on National Public Radio and Public Television’s “From the Top” show, the week of May 2, 2011 and taped live in Monterey, California. She played Francois Rabbath’s “War & Peace,” and was part of the show-closing (and stopping!) quintet with special guest artist, [...]
extreme example of a wolf tone
Yazan: Jason | 10 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, videos
Double bassist Peter Tambroni recently put out a video demonstrating an extreme example of a wolf tone on a cello. Check it out–good for understanding exactly what a wolf tone sounds like (they don’t all sound this bad!).
Name this tune
Yazan: Jason | 09 May 2011 | 3 Comments
Categories: jazz, videos
Can you recognize what tune the chord changes of this tune come from?
Gerard Schwartz TAFTO contribution
Yazan: Jason | 06 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: orchestra news
Gerard Schwartz reminisces about an event during his long tenure witht he Seattle Symphony: I am completing my twenty-sixth, and final season as Music Director of Seattle Symphony and that has given me a chance to reflect on some events that occurred during my tenure. I would love to share with you one of my [...]
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