Benefic Chamber Music Camp at Ball State University.

Joel has taught at the Juilliard pre-college program since 2004, and he has been a full-time substitute in the New York Philharmonic’s bass section for the past six years.  Check out the camp!  I’ve heard really good things about it.

A handmade bass imported by Guarneri House of Michigan, displaying extraordinary wood and workmanship. Chromatic B extension, individual wood tuners. Recent Spirocore and Bel Canto strings contribute to its open as well as powerful tone. Very good adjustable bridge in excellent condition. Ebony bumpers. An excellent value for its workmanship, material, tone and playability at $13000.

Dimensions:
String length: 41.75”
Top length: 42.5”
Rib depth: 9”
Upper-bout width: 20.5”
C-bout width: 14.5”
Lower-bout width: 27.5”

http://www.quantumbasscenter.com/Quantum_Bass_Center/Basses/Pages/Guarneri_House_bass.html
Quantum Bass Center
3414 LaBranch
Houston, TX
77004
713-9090994

Jeff Bradetich is prof. at the University of North Texas and a world famous classical music performer.

http://www.bradetichfoundation.org/

—Highlights include—

-Solo lessons
-Intense technical training
-Basses that you can borrow for free
-Guest teachers
-A nice friendly learning environment
-Highly experienced faculty
-Concerts, workshops and tour of world famous double bass maker family Pöllmanns workshop.

Mittenwald is a historic town situated in the Bavarian Alps 938 meters up the Karwendelspitz- this area has always had excellent wood for building instruments and is the home of the Pöllmann double basses.

The town is also a popular tourist attraction so it´s full of cosy restaurants, hotels and bavarian good spirits.

Price €570 Including tuition fee and Hotel with breakfast for the whole week.

http://music.unt.edu/mittenwald/

Greetings,

String things are afoot! This Monday, Gunnelpumpers will be the featured in-studio musical guest on Chicago Public Media’s Eight Forty-Eight program! Please tune in this Monday, April 30, to WBEZ 91.5 FM from 9-10 am CST, where we will play several songs, play some transitions between segments of the program, and do some Q&A with the hosts.

If you’re not in the Chicago area, you can still tune in through the “World Wide Web” at http://wbez.org. (Perchance that’s why they call it the www…) The program will also be rebroadcast from 9-10 pm that same evening. WBEZ plans to put the music performed in-studio, as well as a video of one of our songs, on their website for later consumption.

Monday’s lineup will feature (in orchestration order):
John Meyer: electric guitar
David Keller: ‘cello
Douglas Johnson: Clevinger bass
Michael Hovnanian: double bass
Randy Farr: percussion
Bob Garrett: drum kit

We also have a show next Thursday, May 3, at Reggies Music Joint, 2105 S. State St. in Chicago. We are excited to share the bill with talented bands Bad Forum and Samadhi Vibe, and the evening promises to be replete with sonic goodness.

9pm Gunnelpumpers
10pm Bad Forum
11pm Samadhi Vibe

$5 cover, 21+

Although it’s official release isn’t until June 9 at the Gallery Cabaret in Chicago, our third CD, Tritonium, will be available at Thursday’s show. We’re really proud of this album and think you’ll enjoy this huge departure from our previous two releases.

And don’t forget, support public radio!

Cheers,

Doug
http://gunnelpumpers.com
http://douglasjohnsonmusic.bandcamp.com

Apple iPad + Akai APC40 controlling custom Max for Live Ableton performance software – YouTube.

I’ve written/produced/put together (whatever you want to call it in the world of EDM) several tunes and have finally started publishing them to SoundCloud. Here’s one of them–more to come:

Ars Antigua Presents: April 2012 edition – Ars Antigua Presents.