I hope you’ve had a good week! I’m packing my bags and heading to Albuquerque, New Mexico tomorrow. My wife is from there, and we’re taking a week to visit family and friends.

I can’t resist doing a little geeking out bass-wise while I’m there, so I’ll be paying a visit to Robertson & Sons to check out some basses and bows. Hopefully I’ll run into Trevor Davis while I’m there!


Baltimore Symphony Bass Quartet on Italian Basses

It was a pleasure to hear Eric Stahl, Tim Dilenschneider, Drew Banzhaf and Jonathan Jensen play a bass quartet rendition of “I’m a-Doun For Lack o’ Johnnie” on their vintage Italian basses.

Drew is a former student of mine and is doing a one-year position with the Baltimore Symphony, and Tim and I talked audition tips and techniques for the podcast earlier this year.

Check out more audition strategies at contrabassconversations.com/auditioning, and check out my very fun conversation with Tim below.


New Video from Mikyung Soung

Bradetich Competition finalist Mikyung Soung just released a new video on Facebook, and she sounds fabulous as always.  Several of Mikyung’s videos have gotten nearly 1,000,000 views, and there’s a good reason why!

By the way, she’s not playing “left-handed.” That’s the default Facebook Live setting for smartphones when you do selfie mode.

Check out Mikyung performing the Bottesini Concerto at the Bradetich Competition–what a sound!


Szymon Marciniak appointed principal bassist for Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Congratulations to Szymon Marciniak for his new position with the Dortmunder Philharmoniker! Szymon is a former podcast guest and is one heck of a player.

I have so many favorite videos of Szymon… it’s hard to pick just one to share.  Check out his YouTube Channel for a ton of great bass played, and hold on to your hat as you hear him play The Ultimate Workout by Chiel Meijering.

If you haven’t checked out my conversation with Szymon, you’re in for a treat.  Szymon is incredibly insightful and has so much to share.


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Have a great weekend, and remember to rosin your bow!

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