Archive for the 'auditions' Category
On Auditioning
Yazan: Jason | 03 February 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: auditions, bass
Taking auditions is one of the most challenging yet pivotal aspects of a musicians’s life. Careers and made or broken every day on these small snaphots of a performer’s life. In fact, this is such a critital skill for every musician that I decided to do a clinic at the 2010 Chicago Bass Festival on [...]
CBC 142: Alan Steiner and audition tapes
Yazan: Jason | 17 October 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: auditions, bass, Contrabass Conversations, podcasting
We’re featuring double bassist Alan Steiner on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. A graduate of the Curtis Institute, Alan performs regularly with the Chicago Sinfonietta and Lake Forest Symphony. In addition to maintaining a private double bass studio, Alan teaches bass each summer at the Birch Creek Music Performance Center in Door County, Wisconsin. [...]
Posts about learning, practicing, and auditioning
Yazan: Jason | 11 August 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: advice, auditions, bass, education
Here are a few classic posts about learning an instrument, practicing, getting ready for music school, and other such topics (from 2006-2008): Fifteen Practicing Mistakes that Students Make – These are a handful of common pitfalls that I have seen my students make over the years, and getting going with my bass studio has turned [...]
Success in the Private Lesson Studio Part 4: The Path to Music School
Yazan: Jason | 09 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: advice, auditions, Uncategorized
This is the fourth installment in a multi-part series on private music teaching. Check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 as well, and stay tuned for more installments in the near future. Choosing a Life in Music Planning on going to music school, huh? Congratuations. Despite the many roadblocks, twists, and turns facing [...]
Auditioning
Yazan: petertambroni | 08 February 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: auditions, Peter Tambroni
Good morning readers! Peter Tambroni here from MostlyBass.com. There’s gigabytes of information on auditioning out there. Here’s a page my book, “An Introduction to Double Bass Playing” – it’s just a short, clean checklist to get you on track. _______________________________________________ Auditioning A competent teacher in a quality college program will be of the utmost importance [...]
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