Barry Lieberman Bass Tutorials

University of Washington double bass professor Barry Lieberman, who I’ve featured several times before on the blog/podcast, has  released an excellent series of double bass tutorials on major double bass excerpts.  These valuable contributions to the double bass...

Barry Lieberman with his Maggini double bass

After featuring Barry Lieberman and his beautiful Maggini on Contrabass Conversations these past few weeks, I thought that it would be a good idea to show folks a picture of this magnificent instrument. This photo comes from Barry’s first tour with the Los...

University of Washington

State: Washinton State School (public) School Website Barry Lieberman, bass faculty Contrabass Conversations Interview Email Barry General Statistics US News Ranking: #54 (tie) in National Universities US News Overall Score (out of 100): 61 In-State Tuition & Fees...

Double Bass News for 5/19/17

Contrabass Conversations has a new headquarters!  After a hilariously challenging search, we landed a great pad along the waterfront in San Francisco.  Here’s a view down the block: OK–here’s the latest in the world of the bass: Audition Winners...

Next week is Gary Karr Week!

We hope that you enjoyed this week’s podcast episodes featuring Ron Carter and the Anna’s Promise Project!  We will wrap up this week with an arrangement of mine that I conducted with my orchestra and double bass soloist (and former Contrabass...