Phillip Serna awarded for advocacy

Here’s some cool news from Phillip Serna, one of this blog’s longtime contributors: Chicago-Area Arts Advocate Phillip W. Serna To Be Honored for Arts Outreach in Schools by Early Music America Plainfield, IL June 1, 2010 – Dr. Phillip W. Serna and his...

Bradetich International Solo Competition gets great press

Jeff Bradetich (a former Contrabass Conversations guest) has launched the first annual Bradetich International Solo Competition in Texas this month, and it’s been getting great press, as you can see from the following story from the BBC News: Musicians aim to...

Audition tips from Peter Lloyd

Here’s a PDF of a great interview between James Kjelland (Professor of String Pedagogy at Northwestern) and Peter Lloyd (the former instructor of double bass at Northwestern–now taking over as bass instructor for the Colburn School in Los Angeles) about...

Chicago Bass Ensemble live this Friday!

The Chicago Bass Ensemble (they all appeared on Contrabass Conversations a few years ago) will be performing at a gallery opening this Friday. Details follow–check it out if you can!       ARC Gallery: “Beneath” by Cheri Reif Naselli Opening...

My tough life

Just another day at the “office” before heading off to rehearsal. Life moves slowly up here in Door County–I could get used to this!