Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog » bassist/composers http://doublebassblog.org double bass news, stories, downloads, podcasts, and more! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog jsh177@yahoo.com () jsh177@yahoo.com () posts www.doublebassblog.org jsh177@yahoo.com No no http://doublebassblog.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog http://doublebassblog.org 144 144 Dan Armstrong performs Jason Seed Bass Quartet… by himself! http://doublebassblog.org/2009/10/dan-armstrong-performs-jason-seed-bass-quartet-by-himself.html http://doublebassblog.org/2009/10/dan-armstrong-performs-jason-seed-bass-quartet-by-himself.html#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:00:02 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/?p=4827 Milwaukee-based composer Jason Seed regularly collaborates with Chicago Symphony bassist Dan Armstrong in the Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble. Dan describes this ensemble as a “jazz-rock-folk-classical-world-new music group” (whew!), and we’ve featured this group previously on the blog.

The following video features Dan Armstrong playing all four parts (overdubbed) to Jason Seed’s Bass Quartet, with images from the Chicago Symphony’s 2009 tour of Europe serving as visuals for the music. Enjoy, and be sure to check out the Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble on MySpace as well:

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2009/10/dan-armstrong-performs-jason-seed-bass-quartet-by-himself.html/feed 0 Experibass – combining violin, viola, cello and bass http://doublebassblog.org/2009/09/experibass-combining-violin-viola-cello-and-bass.html http://doublebassblog.org/2009/09/experibass-combining-violin-viola-cello-and-bass.html#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/?p=4819 Sound designer, composer and (now) instrument maker Diego Stocco has created a hybrid instrument by combining a violin, viola, cello, and bass into one instrument. What a cool idea! Here’s a video of Diego putting together the instrument and playing this amalgamation (he uses drum sticks, a bass drum pedal, and even a fork to play it!):

More information (including pictures) is available through the following link:

Experibass on the Behance Network

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2009/09/experibass-combining-violin-viola-cello-and-bass.html/feed 1 Dave Anderson Sonata No. 2 now available http://doublebassblog.org/2009/07/dave-anderson-sonata-no-2-now-available.html http://doublebassblog.org/2009/07/dave-anderson-sonata-no-2-now-available.html#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/?p=4469 Dave Anderson.jpgDave Anderson, who in addition to being an excellent composer and bassist (as well as a former Contrabass Conversations guest), has just published his Sonata No. 2 for Double Bass and Piano. This piece was written for Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bass Hal Robinson an was premiered at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention.

I’m a huge fan of Dave’s music–I’ve played his Capriccio No. 2 (YouTube link of me playing it) about…well, I’ve lost count. Dozens of times, at least. I’m also working on his Four Short Pieces, which I really enjoy playing, and I’m hoping to do his Seven Bass Duets on an upcoming recital. He is, in my opinion, one of the best composers writing for the bass today, and I highly encourage checking out his music.

Dave Anderson Sonata No. 2 (ordering link)

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2009/07/dave-anderson-sonata-no-2-now-available.html/feed 0 CBC 96: Kells Nollenberger and the Kaleidoscope Trio http://doublebassblog.org/2008/09/cbc-96-kells-nollenberger-and-the-kaleidoscope-trio.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/09/cbc-96-kells-nollenberger-and-the-kaleidoscope-trio.html#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:24:26 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/09/cbc-96-kells-nollenberger-and-the-kaleidoscope-trio.html Kaleidoscope Trio.jpeg

We’re featuring two tracks from Contrabass Conversations contributor Kells Nollenberger and his new album with the Kaleidoscope Trio. Kells also has a podcast called The Jazz Exchange and guest hosted an interview with Steve Rodby for us in the past.

We’ll be hearing the first and last tracks from their new album Map to the Ocean, which is available as a free download on the Jazz Exchange website here. If you enjoy this music, please consider making a donation to the Kaleidoscope Trio, which you can do on the page where you download the album. This model of distribution is going to become more and more common in the coming years, and the way to ensure that artists like these continue to great new material is to give them some support, both with a little cash and by checking them out when they perform live.

Tracks performed:

  • Horizon
  • 19th Century Photograph

This episode is sponsored by The String Emporium

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/09/cbc-96-kells-nollenberger-and-the-kaleidoscope-trio.html/feed 0 00:01:01 We're featuring two tracks from Contrabass Conversations contributor Kells Nollenberger and his new album with the Kaleidoscope Trio. Kells also has a podcast called The ... We're featuring two tracks from Contrabass Conversations contributor Kells Nollenberger and his new album with the Kaleidoscope Trio. Kells also has a podcast called The Jazz Exchange and guest hosted an interview with Steve Rodby for us in the past. We'll be hearing the first and last tracks from their new album Map to the Ocean, which is available as a free download on the Jazz Exchange website here. If you enjoy this music, please consider making a donation to the Kaleidoscope Trio, which you can do on the page where you download the album. This model of distribution is going to become more and more common in the coming years, and the way to ensure that artists like these continue to great new material is to give them some support, both with a little cash and by checking them out when they perform live. Tracks performed: Horizon 19th Century Photograph This episode is sponsored by The String Emporium Contrabass,Conversations,,bassist/composers,,jazz jsh177@yahoo.com no No Bass composers -highlights from Contrabass Conversations http://doublebassblog.org/2008/08/bass-composers-highlights-from-contrabass-conversations.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/08/bass-composers-highlights-from-contrabass-conversations.html#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:00:58 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/08/bass-composers-highlights-from-contrabass-conversations.html Where would we be without double bass composers? These four individuals have made great strides in promoting the double bass and innovating musically. We have more composers in our Contrabass Conversations archives–just dig through and see who else strikes your fancy:

Peter Askim double bass composers.png

Active as a composer, conductor and bassist, Peter Askim is the Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy. He has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught theory and composition.

Dave Anderson

Dave’s compositions span the gamut from solo double bass to full symphony orchestra, and his Concerto for Double Bass was commissioned and premiered by Hal Robinson and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a former board member of the International Society of Bassists, and his Capriccio No. 2 served as the required solo competition piece at the 1997 ISB convention.

Donovan Stokes

An active soloist, composer, and clinician Stokes is a specialist in the use of amplified and electronically manipulated double bass and performs regularly both as a soloist and a sideman in a variety of musical genres, venues and collaborations.

Bjorn Berkhout

Dr. Berkhout’s music has received attention at many national and international festivals including June in Buffalo, Music Ninety-Eight in Cincinnati, the New Music Symposium 2001 at the Domaine Forget in Canada, and the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany. His music has been recognized through many international awards and contests. In 2005 he was selected as one of six semifinalists for the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize. In 2004 he was the winner of the Omaha Symphony Guild’s International Composition Contest for his work REM, a Lucid Dream Fantasy for solo cello and two chamber orchestras. His work Visual Sound, which had its premier in Amsterdam, was nominated for the Gaudeamus Prize 2000 and his work Zapstar was one of six works selected for the ALEA III 2003 International Composers Contest.

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/08/bass-composers-highlights-from-contrabass-conversations.html/feed 1 CBC 82: Anthony Stoops interview part 2 http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/cbc-82-anthony-stoops-interview-part-2.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/cbc-82-anthony-stoops-interview-part-2.html#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:23:51 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/cbc-82-anthony-stoops-interview-part-2.html Anthony-Stoops-Soulful A-flat_jpg.jpgWe’re concluding our chat with double bassist Anthony Stoops today on Contrabass Conversations, which we began on episode 67 of the podcast. Anthony is the Artist/Teacher of Bass and String Area Chair at theUniversity of Oklahoma School of Music. He also won first prize in the International Society of Bassists international solo competition and is the past recipient of a Karr Foundation double bass. Learn more about Anthony by visiting his website atanthonystoops.com.

We’re also featuring Anthony performing his rock medley with the Bad Boyz of Bass, plus some listener feedback, bass news, and shout-outs to some of our Facebook group members. Enjoy!

About Anthony:

Anthony Stoops is Artist/Teacher of Bass and String Area Chair at the University of Oklahoma School of Music. Since winning first prize in the International Society of Bassists international solo competition, he has performed throughout the United States and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Dr. Stoops has presented masterclasses in Poland, Brazil and throughout the U.S. at venues such as the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Michigan, the University of Iowa, Interlochen Arts Academy, Penn State University, and many others.

The past recipient of a Karr Foundation Doublebass, Stoops is widely regarded as one of the top bass soloists in the world today. As an orchestral musician, Stoops has performed regularly in over a dozen orchestras including the Detroit, Columbus (OH) and Toledo Symphony orchestras, and the Michigan Opera Theater among many others, under many of the world’s great conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Neeme Järvi, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez and Charles Dutoit.

He studied with Diana Gannett at Iowa (and later at Michigan), Stuart Sankey at Michigan, Jeff Bradetich at Northwestern, and Eugene Levinson at Aspen. Other influential teachers include Max Dimoff, Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra, Stephen Molina, Assistant Principal Bass of the Detroit Symphony. In high school, he studie with Dr. Mark Morton, Principal Bass of the Columbus Symphony.

As a devotee of new music, Stoops’ wide–ranging repertoire has included premieres of several works, including his own. Prior to his appointment at OU, he taught at Bowling Green State University, the Ann Arbor School for Performing Arts and the renowned Preucil School of Music.

He lives in Norman, OK with his wife, cellist Emily Gosma Stoops and their son, Henry. In his spare time, Anthony enjoys fishing, cooking, swimming and Yoga.

Link of the Week:

Mittenwald Master Class

Featured Music:

Rock Medley – arranged by Anthony Stoops and performed by the Bad Boyz of Bass

Music Provided by:

 

 

Special thanks to Daniel Chmielinski for technical assistance – www.carsleuth.net

Show Notes:

Release Date: 6/7/08

Length: 42:39

listen by phone: +1 (360) 227-5632

call our comment line (24 hour voice mail): +1 (206) 666-6509

Website: www.contrabassconversations.com

E-mail: feedback@contrabassconversations.com

Blog: www.doublebassblog.org

Podcast T-shirts, hats, and more: www.cafepress.com/doublebass

MySpace: www.myspace.com/cbcpodcast

Facebook: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17621298264

Theme song by Eric Hochberg: www.erichochberg.com

This show is brought to you by TalkBass.com, the largest community of bassists on the Internet. Join in the conversation at talkbass.com/cbc.

Check out our jazz forums at JazzDoubleBass.com.

Join our Facebook group and share videos, chat on discussion boards, leave ideas for the show, and interact with other bassists!

To get Contrabass Conversations downloaded automatically to your computer (for free!), you can subscribe in iTunes:

Click here to subscribe through e-mail or through another program besides iTunes

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/cbc-82-anthony-stoops-interview-part-2.html/feed 0 00:01:01 We're concluding our chat with double bassist Anthony Stoops today on Contrabass Conversations, which we began on episode 67 of the podcast. Anthony is the ... We're concluding our chat with double bassist Anthony Stoops today on Contrabass Conversations, which we began on episode 67 of the podcast. Anthony is the Artist/Teacher of Bass and String Area Chair at theUniversity of Oklahoma School of Music. He also won first prize in the International Society of Bassists international solo competition and is the past recipient of a Karr Foundation double bass. Learn more about Anthony by visiting his website atanthonystoops.com. We're also featuring Anthony performing his rock medley with the Bad Boyz of Bass, plus some listener feedback, bass news, and shout-outs to some of our Facebook group members. Enjoy! About Anthony: Anthony Stoops is Artist/Teacher of Bass and String Area Chair at the University of Oklahoma School of Music. Since winning first prize in the International Society of Bassists international solo competition, he has performed throughout the United States and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Dr. Stoops has presented masterclasses in Poland, Brazil and throughout the U.S. at venues such as the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Michigan, the University of Iowa, Interlochen Arts Academy, Penn State University, and many others. The past recipient of a Karr Foundation Doublebass, Stoops is widely regarded as one of the top bass soloists in the world today. As an orchestral musician, Stoops has performed regularly in over a dozen orchestras including the Detroit, Columbus (OH) and Toledo Symphony orchestras, and the Michigan Opera Theater among many others, under many of the worldrsquo;s great conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Neeme Jauml;rvi, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez and Charles Dutoit. He studied with Diana Gannett at Iowa (and later at Michigan), Stuart Sankey at Michigan, Jeff Bradetich at Northwestern, and Eugene Levinson at Aspen. Other influential teachers include Max Dimoff, Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra, Stephen Molina, Assistant Principal Bass of the Detroit Symphony. In high school, he studie with Dr. Mark Morton, Principal Bass of the Columbus Symphony. As a devotee of new music, Stoopsrsquo; widendash;ranging repertoire has included premieres of several works, including his own. Prior to his appointment at OU, he taught at Bowling Green State University, the Ann Arbor School for Performing Arts and the renowned Preucil School of Music. He lives in Norman, OK with his wife, cellist Emily Gosma Stoops and their son, Henry. In his spare time, Anthony enjoys fishing, cooking, swimming and Yoga. Link of the Week: Mittenwald Master Class Featured Music: Rock Medley - arranged by Anthony Stoops and performed by the Bad Boyz of Bass Music Provided by: nbsp; Anthony Stoops - www.anthonystoops.com Eric Hochberg - www.erichochberg.com Fonkmasters nbsp; Special thanks to Daniel Chmielinski for technical assistance - www.carsleuth.net Show Notes: Release Date: 6/7/08 Length: 42:39 listen by phone: +1 (360) 227-5632 call our comment line (24 hour voice mail): +1 (206) 666-6509 Website: www.contrabassconversations.com E-mail: feedback@contrabassconversations.com Blog: www.doublebassblog.org Podcast T-shirts, hats, and more: www.cafepress.com/doublebass MySpace: www.myspace.com/cbcpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17621298264 Theme song by Eric Hochberg: www.erichochberg.com This show is brought to you by TalkBass.com, the largest community of bassists on the Internet. Join in the conversation at talkbass.com/cbc. Check out our jazz forums at JazzDoubleBass.com. Join our Facebook group and share videos, chat on discussion boards, leave ideas for the show, and interact with other bassists! To get Contrabass Conversations downloaded automatically to your computer (for free!), you can subscribe in iTunes: Click here to subscribe through e-mail or through another program besides iTunes Contrabass,Conversations,,bass,,bassist/composers,,podcasting jsh177@yahoo.com no No New double bass composition from Leonardo Presicci http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/new-double-bass-composition-from-leonardo-presicci.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/new-double-bass-composition-from-leonardo-presicci.html#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:00:44 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/new-double-bass-composition-from-leonardo-presicci.html Double bassist Vito Liuzzi recently let me know about a new composition from Italian bassist and composer Leonardo Presicci. Vito writes:


LEONARDO PRESICCI from ITALY and his new composition : CROSS OVER BASS (HR) for db. and orchestra

Dear Jason,

I’m happy to present you the new composition by maestro LEONARDO PRESICCI

“CROSS OVER BASS” for doublebass and orchestra.

Here the link to listen to all three movements well recording (live).

http://www.myspace.com/leonardopresicci

Maestro Leonardo Presicci is one of the most important doublebass player in South Italy. You can read his “curriculum vitae” on his MySpace. I’ ve played with him in the doublebass quartett called “Bass Sonority” (Michele Cellaro, Leonardo Presicci, Giovanni Rinaldi and Vito Liuzzi). It always was a pleasure to play with Leonardo and listen to his magic db. a Bedocchi 1901. Now this incredible composition.

I would be very and very happy if you tell me your opinion about everything regarding him (sound, technique and so on). As soon as possible maestro Presicci will insert one of his live concert on YouTube, so you will able to better understand his way of playing.

At the end some of my New Photos on my Italian Forum Contrabbasso Italiano I will talk about the my bow holding and exercises on free string to have a better and more focalized sound.

With all my esteem and best regards,

Vito

Vito D. Liuzzi
Professor of Conservatory – Doctor of Law
Journalist FreeLance

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/06/new-double-bass-composition-from-leonardo-presicci.html/feed 0 CBC 80: Peter Askim interview http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-80-peter-askim-interview.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-80-peter-askim-interview.html#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 11:00:37 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-80-peter-askim-interview.html 200805232141.jpg

We’re featuring double bassist, composer, and conductor Peter Askim on today’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. A former member of the Honolulu Symphony and an internationally acclaimed composer, Peter currently serves as music director and composer-in-residence for the Idyllwild Arts Academy. His Eight Solitudes for Double Bass won the 2002 International Society of Bassists Composition Competition. Learn more about Peter at his website peteraskim.com.

There are some excellent opportunities for high school bassists at the Idyllwild Arts Academy. Bassists study with Chris Hanulik (Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Bass) and Jeremy Kurtz (San Doego Symphony Principal Bass) and recieve a great deal of attention from Peter as well. Learn more about this program at idyllwildarts.org. Enjoy!

About Peter:

Active as a composer, conductor and bassist, Peter Askim is the Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy. He has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught theory and composition.

As a composer, he has had commissions and performances from such groups as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, the International Society of Bassists, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, and Serenata Santa Fe, as well as by performers such as flutist/ conductor Ransom Wilson, Metropolitan Opera soprano Lauren Flanigan, Grammy-nominated soprano Judith Kellock and violinist Timothy Fain. His compositions are published by Liben Music Publishers and the International Society of Bassists, and his music is recorded on the Gasparo and Albany labels. His compositions have been performed at the Aspen, Bowdoin, Music At the Anthology, June in Buffalo and Bang On A Can festivals, among others, and have frequently been broadcast on WNYC and Hawaii Public Radio. Mr. Askim won the 2002 International Society of Bassists Composition Competition for Eight Solitudes and is a frequent recitalist for the International Society of Bassists, the Hawaii Contrabass Festival and the World Bass Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. He performed and recorded his bass concerto Islands at the International Society of Bassists convention under the direction of flutist/ conductor Ransom Wilson.

As a conductor, Mr. Askim has served as Music Director of the Branford Chamber Orchestra and makes frequent guest conducting appearances, including the Sewanee Philharmonia, the Oregon Festival of American Music, the Wroclaw (Poland) Chamber Orchestra Sotto Voce and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He has premiered numerous works, including by composers Richard Danielpour and Christopher Theofanidis and has collaborated with such artists as the Miró String Quartet, ‘cellist Matt Haimovitz, violinists Ian Swensen and Todor Pelev and ‘cellist John Walz. He has also received critical praise as a jazz artist in such publications as Jazztimes, the New York Post and New York Newsday.

He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and holds bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from Yale University, where he graduated with Distinction in Music. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from the University of Texas at Austin. He studied composition with Dan Welcher, Donald Grantham, Anthony Davis, Jan Radzynski, Syd Hodkinson and David Finko, and double bass with George Rubino, Diana Gannett, Donald Palma, Wolfgang Harrer and Ludwig Streicher.

Music Performed: Islands (double bass concerto) from “Moving, Still”

About Moving, Still:

Moving, Still – CD

New CD features compositions of Peter Askim and such artists as Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center flutist/conductor Ransom Wilson, conductor Naoto Otomo and the Tokyo Symphony, members of Orchestra Asia-Japan, pianist Douglas Aschcraft and Peter Askim as conductor and bassist.

Links:

http://www.idyllwildarts.org/

http://peteraskim.com

Special thanks to Daniel Chmielinski for technical assistance – www.carsleuth.net

Show Notes:

Show Number: 80

Episode Date: 5/24/08

Episode Length: 54:51

E-mail: feedback@contrabassconversations.com

Blog: www.doublebassblog.org

Podcast T-shirts, hats, and more: www.cafepress.com/doublebass

MySpace: www.myspace.com/cbcpodcast

Join our Facebook group and share videos, chat on discussion boards, leave ideas for the show, and interact with other bassists!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17621298264

Theme song by Eric Hochberg: www.erichochberg.com

This show is brought to you by TalkBass.com, the largest community of bassists on the Internet. Join in the conversation at talkbass.com/cbc.

Check out our jazz forums at JazzDoubleBass.com.

To get Contrabass Conversations downloaded automatically to your computer (for free!), you can subscribe in iTunes

Click here to subscribe through e-mail or through another program besides iTunes

]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-80-peter-askim-interview.html/feed 0 00:01:01 We're featuring double bassist, composer, and conductor Peter Askim on today's episode of Contrabass Conversations. A former member of the Honolulu Symphony and an internationally ... We're featuring double bassist, composer, and conductor Peter Askim on today's episode of Contrabass Conversations. A former member of the Honolulu Symphony and an internationally acclaimed composer, Peter currently serves as music director and composer-in-residence for the Idyllwild Arts Academy. His Eight Solitudes for Double Bass won the 2002 International Society of Bassists Composition Competition. Learn more about Peter at his website peteraskim.com. There are some excellent opportunities for high school bassists at the Idyllwild Arts Academy. Bassists study with Chris Hanulik (Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Bass) and Jeremy Kurtz (San Doego Symphony Principal Bass) and recieve a great deal of attention from Peter as well. Learn more about this program at idyllwildarts.org. Enjoy! About Peter: Active as a composer, conductor and bassist, Peter Askim is the Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy. He has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught theory and composition. As a composer, he has had commissions and performances from such groups as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, the International Society of Bassists, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, and Serenata Santa Fe, as well as by performers such as flutist/ conductor Ransom Wilson, Metropolitan Opera soprano Lauren Flanigan, Grammy-nominated soprano Judith Kellock and violinist Timothy Fain. His compositions are published by Liben Music Publishers and the International Society of Bassists, and his music is recorded on the Gasparo and Albany labels. His compositions have been performed at the Aspen, Bowdoin, Music At the Anthology, June in Buffalo and Bang On A Can festivals, among others, and have frequently been broadcast on WNYC and Hawaii Public Radio. Mr. Askim won the 2002 International Society of Bassists Composition Competition for Eight Solitudes and is a frequent recitalist for the International Society of Bassists, the Hawaii Contrabass Festival and the World Bass Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. He performed and recorded his bass concerto Islands at the International Society of Bassists convention under the direction of flutist/ conductor Ransom Wilson. As a conductor, Mr. Askim has served as Music Director of the Branford Chamber Orchestra and makes frequent guest conducting appearances, including the Sewanee Philharmonia, the Oregon Festival of American Music, the Wroclaw (Poland) Chamber Orchestra Sotto Voce and the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He has premiered numerous works, including by composers Richard Danielpour and Christopher Theofanidis and has collaborated with such artists as the Miroacute; String Quartet, lsquo;cellist Matt Haimovitz, violinists Ian Swensen and Todor Pelev and lsquo;cellist John Walz. He has also received critical praise as a jazz artist in such publications as Jazztimes, the New York Post and New York Newsday. He studied at the Hochschule fuuml;r Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and holds bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from Yale University, where he graduated with Distinction in Music. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from the University of Texas at Austin. He studied composition with Dan Welcher, Donald Grantham, Anthony Davis, Jan Radzynski, Syd Hodkinson and David Finko, and double bass with George Rubino, Diana Gannett, Donald Palma, Wolfgang Harrer and Ludwig Streicher. Music Performed: Islands (double bass concerto) from "Moving, Still" About Moving, Still: Moving, Still - CD New CD features compositions of Peter Askim and such artists as Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center flutist/conductor Ransom Wilson, conductor Naoto Otomo and the Tokyo Symphony, members of Orchestra Asia-Japan, pianist Douglas Aschc... Contrabass,Conversations,,bass,,bassist/composers,,photography,,student,resources jsh177@yahoo.com no No CBC 77: Dave Anderson interview part 2 http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-77-dave-anderson-interview-part-2.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-77-dave-anderson-interview-part-2.html#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 11:00:25 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-77-dave-anderson-interview-part-2.html dave-anderson.jpg

We’re concluding our interview with the multi-talented bassist Dave Anderson on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to serving as Principal Bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic, Dave is a prolific composer, active teacher, and electric bassist. He serves as Principal Bass of the Britt Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon, and he plays in metropolitan New Orleans and beyond in a variety of bands.We began this interview on episode 75 of the podcast, and we also featured Dave’s music on Eclectic Bass episode 2.

Dave’s compositions span the gamut from solo double bass to full symphony orchestra, and his Concerto for Double Bass was commissioned and premiered by Hal Robinson and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a former board member of the International Society of Bassists, and his Capriccio No. 2 served as the required solo competition piece at the 1997 ISB convention. Check out Dave online at www.myspace.com/symphonyboy.

Scores to Dave’s compositions have been recently re-released, and you can now purchase copies online. Visit the following link to check out many of these compositions:

http://www.reallygoodmusic.com/rgm.jsp?page=composers2&compid=128028

Also, my co-host John Grillo has a recording of the complete Double Bass Duets by Dave with Pittsburgh Symphony bassist Peter Guild. You can check them out here (there are links to each individual duet through the following link):

http://contrabassconversations.com/2007/02/12/john-grillo-recital-showcase/


Topics discussed:

  • meeting and taking lessons with Jaco Pastorius
  • Hurricane Katrina
  • New Orleans after the disaster
  • impact of Katrina on the Louisiana Philharmonic
  • reassembling Dave’s music after the hurricane
  • Dave’s compositions and performance activities

About Dave:

Dave Anderson is a professional double bassist, joined the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans in September of 1996 after winning their Principal Bass audition. Prior to that appointment, he performed and recorded regularly with the Louisville Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, among others. Since 1994, he has served as Principal Bassist in the Britt Festival Orchestra in Oregon.

He has performed extensively with many diverse ensembles including, the Aspen Festival, Chautauqua (NY) Festival, Colorado Philharmonic (NRO), Colorado Music Festival, the LaSalle Quartet, and as a soloist with Richard Stoltzman, Gene Bertoncini, Nigel Kennedy, Bobby McFerrin, Doc Severinsen and many others. He has served as Bass Instructor for the Music School at Loyola University and also on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists (ISB) as bassist/composer.

Mr. Anderson began his pursuits in composition in 1984, recognizing that the solo repertoire for his instrument was limited. The influence of Frank Proto, one of his finest teachers, also led him to turn to involved composition. Since then, his published work has expanded to other solo instruments, as well as for chamber orchestras and small ensembles. He has published bass duets and quartets, including a bass quartet that was performed to acclaim at the Chamber Music Festival at Indiana University in 1993. Anderson won first prize in the 1995 Allen Ostrander International Trombone Composition Competition, sponsored by Ithaca college, for Elegy for Van, a work for solo bass trombone and brass choir, which he composed as a tribute to the late Lewis Van Haney, former trombonist with the New York Philharmonic. Several years ago, Anderson completed a concerto for Bass Trombone, commissioned by his father, Edwin Anderson, former bass trombonist with the Cleveland Orchestra. His Concerto for Double Bass, Strings & Harp, commissioned by Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bassist Hal Robinson was premiered at the ISB Convention in June of 1997 and performed on the 1997-98 subscription series of the Philadelphia Orchestra season, Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting. His current work includes a second symphony, as well as several commissions.

Also a prolific electric bassist, Anderson loves playing with pedal steel guitarist, David Easley. The group known as the Anderson/Easley Project perform original music of many genres including free jazz, funk, bop, minimalist and many wonderfully unique approaches to dynamics and expression. Anderson also plays with Algorhythm Method, and SOFA KING BIG SOUL, bands that fuse many different styles including hard rock, funk, blues, jazz, and New Orleans R & B.

Anderson has jammed with The Radiators, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Roy Pope, Darryl Brown, and many other great New Orleans musicians including a killer performance with guitarist Brian Stoltz of the Funky Meters as a main highlight of the French Quarter Festival 2002.

In 1984-85, Anderson played for and took lessons with the legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius in New York, who firmly encouraged the idea of being able to cross over between classical and jazz.

Here is some of what the Press has said in Anderson’s past: Review of Anderson’s Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Bass, Louisville Courier Journal music critic Andrew Adler wrote: “Anderson’s new work is splendidly fresh and provocative, ingenious in how it distributes material … the jazzy syncopations and ethnic flavorings reflect a diverse, expertly distilled inspiration. Thoroughly absorbed by yesterday’s performance, the piece offered sustained pleasure.”

Reviews of Anderson’s Bass Concerto: Houston Chronicle music critic Charles Ward : “ … thoroughly appealing … his rich scoring of the orchestra and expansive solo melodies came from a composer exuberantly in love with music.” Lesley Valdes, Philadelphia Inquirer: “ … a melodious work, whose moods cohere… the thoughtful, the nostalgic, the provocative. Ideas are fertile and cohesive.” Thomas May, Washington Post: “Anderson shows a gift for fashioning readily accessible music from unusual combinations of timbres.”

Featured Music:

  • Blew Cheeze with Dave Anderson and Dave Easley

Music Provided by:

Special thanks to Daniel Chmielinski for technical assistance – www.carsleuth.net

Show Notes:

Release Date: 5/3/08

Length: 56:24

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]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/05/cbc-77-dave-anderson-interview-part-2.html/feed 0 00:01:01 Wersquo;re concluding our interview with the multi-talented bassist Dave Anderson on this weekrsquo;s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to serving as Principal Bass of ... Wersquo;re concluding our interview with the multi-talented bassist Dave Anderson on this weekrsquo;s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to serving as Principal Bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic, Dave is a prolific composer, active teacher, and electric bassist. He serves as Principal Bass of the Britt Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon, and he plays in metropolitan New Orleans and beyond in a variety of bands.We began this interview on episode 75 of the podcast, and we also featured Dave's music on Eclectic Bass episode 2. Daversquo;s compositions span the gamut from solo double bass to full symphony orchestra, and his Concerto for Double Bass was commissioned and premiered by Hal Robinson and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a former board member of the International Society of Bassists, and his Capriccio No. 2 served as the required solo competition piece at the 1997 ISB convention. Check out Dave online at www.myspace.com/symphonyboy. Scores to Daversquo;s compositions have been recently re-released, and you can now purchase copies online. Visit the following link to check out many of these compositions: http://www.reallygoodmusic.com/rgm.jsp?page=composers2#38;compid=128028 Also, my co-host John Grillo has a recording of the complete Double Bass Duets by Dave with Pittsburgh Symphony bassist Peter Guild. You can check them out here (there are links to each individual duet through the following link): http://contrabassconversations.com/2007/02/12/john-grillo-recital-showcase/ Topics discussed: meeting and taking lessons with Jaco Pastorius Hurricane Katrina New Orleans after the disaster impact of Katrina on the Louisiana Philharmonic reassembling Dave's music after the hurricane Dave's compositions and performance activities About Dave: Dave Anderson is a professional double bassist, joined the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans in September of 1996 after winning their Principal Bass audition. Prior to that appointment, he performed and recorded regularly with the Louisville Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, among others. Since 1994, he has served as Principal Bassist in the Britt Festival Orchestra in Oregon. He has performed extensively with many diverse ensembles including, the Aspen Festival, Chautauqua (NY) Festival, Colorado Philharmonic (NRO), Colorado Music Festival, the LaSalle Quartet, and as a soloist with Richard Stoltzman, Gene Bertoncini, Nigel Kennedy, Bobby McFerrin, Doc Severinsen and many others. He has served as Bass Instructor for the Music School at Loyola University and also on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists (ISB) as bassist/composer. Mr. Anderson began his pursuits in composition in 1984, recognizing that the solo repertoire for his instrument was limited. The influence of Frank Proto, one of his finest teachers, also led him to turn to involved composition. Since then, his published work has expanded to other solo instruments, as well as for chamber orchestras and small ensembles. He has published bass duets and quartets, including a bass quartet that was performed to acclaim at the Chamber Music Festival at Indiana University in 1993. Anderson won first prize in the 1995 Allen Ostrander International Trombone Composition Competition, sponsored by Ithaca college, for Elegy for Van, a work for solo bass trombone and brass choir, which he composed as a tribute to the late Lewis Van Haney, former trombonist with the New York Philharmonic. Several years ago, Anderson completed a concerto for Bass Trombone, commissioned by his father, Edwin Anderson, former bass trombonist with the Cleveland Orchestra. His Concerto for Double Bass, Strings #38; Harp, commissioned by Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Bassist Hal Robinson was premiered at the ISB Convention in June of 1997 and performed on the 1997-98 subscription series of the Philadelphia Orchestra season, Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting. His cu... Contrabass,Conversations,,bass,,bassist/composers jsh177@yahoo.com no No CBC 76: Jack Budrow interview part 2 and Peter Askim music http://doublebassblog.org/2008/04/cbc-76-jack-budrow-interview-part-2-and-peter-askim-music.html http://doublebassblog.org/2008/04/cbc-76-jack-budrow-interview-part-2-and-peter-askim-music.html#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:08:21 +0000 Jason http://doublebassblog.org/2008/04/cbc-76-jack-budrow-interview-part-2-and-peter-askim-music.html We’re continuing our chat (check out part on on episode 73) with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow this week on Contrabass Conversations. In addition to helping place students in major orchestras across the globe, Jack has had a very distinguished performance career as a former member of the Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and as Principal Bass of the North Carolina Symphony.

Jack discussed several topics of great interest to double bass students and performers with co-host John Grillo and me, including:

  • musical leadership and qualities of good principal bassists
  • qualities found in good conductors
  • how music students are seeing fewer and fewer concerts
  • emotion in music – country music’s got it
  • limitations of rock music in conveying emotion
  • body maintenance and how to stay healthy as a bassist

We also feature music from double bass performer and composer Peter Askim. Learn more about Peter at his website www.peteraskim.com. Enjoy!

About Jack Budrow:

Jack Budrow is professor of music and co-chair of the string area at the Michigan State University College of Music.

He has enjoyed a long and varied career in double bass performance and teaching. Budrow has been a member of the Houston Symphony, and principal bass of the North Carolina Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, and the American National Opera orchestras. A well-known teacher, Budrow’s students play in many of America’s symphony orchestras, including Cincinnati, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Charleston, San Antonio, the Michigan Opera, and the Army Band. Internationally, he has placed students in the Oslo Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Munich Radio Orchestra, and the Caracas Symphony.

Each summer, Budrow teaches at Interlochen Center for the Arts and Indiana University. He serves on the board of directors of the International Society of Double Bassists, and was a judge for their most recent International Solo Bass Competition. Budrow has presented master classes throughout the United States, including the Cleveland Institute, Florida State University, University of Houston, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Peabody Conservatory, and University of Texas. In addition, he served as the bass section coach at the National Orchestral Institute and New World Symphony. Budrow received his B.M. from Bowling Green State University.

About Peter Askim:

Active as a composer, conductor and double bassist, Peter Askim is the Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy. He has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught bass, theory and composition. He has had commissions and performances from such groups as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, Orchestra Asia-Japan, the International Society of Bassists, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, and Serenata Santa Fe, as well as by performers such as flutist/ conductor Ransom Wilson, Metropolitan Opera soprano Lauren Flanigan and Grammy-nominated soprano Judith Kellock. His compositions are published by Liben Music Publishers, Discordia Music and the International Society of Bassists, and his music is recorded on the Gasparo and Albany labels.

Musical Selection:

  • Edge for Solo Double Bass – written and performed by Peter Askim

Link of the Week:

Music Provided by:

Special thanks to Daniel Chmielinski for technical assistance – www.carsleuth.net

Show Notes:

Release Date: 4/26/08

Length: 57:20

listen by phone: +1 (360) 227-5632

call our comment line (24 hour voice mail): +1 (206) 666-6509

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]]> http://doublebassblog.org/2008/04/cbc-76-jack-budrow-interview-part-2-and-peter-askim-music.html/feed 0 00:01:01 Wersquo;re continuing our chat (check out part on on episode 73) with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow ... Wersquo;re continuing our chat (check out part on on episode 73) with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow this week on Contrabass Conversations. In addition to helping place students in major orchestras across the globe, Jack has had a very distinguished performance career as a former member of the Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and as Principal Bass of the North Carolina Symphony. Jack discussed several topics of great interest to double bass students and performers with co-host John Grillo and me, including: musical leadership and qualities of good principal bassists qualities found in good conductors how music students are seeing fewer and fewer concerts emotion in music - country music's got it limitations of rock music in conveying emotion body maintenance and how to stay healthy as a bassist We also feature music from double bass performer and composer Peter Askim. Learn more about Peter at his website www.peteraskim.com. Enjoy! About Jack Budrow: Jack Budrow is professor of music and co-chair of the string area at the Michigan State University College of Music. He has enjoyed a long and varied career in double bass performance and teaching. Budrow has been a member of the Houston Symphony, and principal bass of the North Carolina Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, and the American National Opera orchestras. A well-known teacher, Budrowrsquo;s students play in many of Americarsquo;s symphony orchestras, including Cincinnati, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Charleston, San Antonio, the Michigan Opera, and the Army Band. Internationally, he has placed students in the Oslo Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Munich Radio Orchestra, and the Caracas Symphony. Each summer, Budrow teaches at Interlochen Center for the Arts and Indiana University. He serves on the board of directors of the International Society of Double Bassists, and was a judge for their most recent International Solo Bass Competition. Budrow has presented master classes throughout the United States, including the Cleveland Institute, Florida State University, University of Houston, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Peabody Conservatory, and University of Texas. In addition, he served as the bass section coach at the National Orchestral Institute and New World Symphony. Budrow received his B.M. from Bowling Green State University. About Peter Askim: Active as a composer, conductor and double bassist, Peter Askim is the Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy. He has been a member of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, where he directed the Contemporary Music Ensemble and taught bass, theory and composition. He has had commissions and performances from such groups as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, Orchestra Asia-Japan, the International Society of Bassists, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra, the Portland Chamber Music Festival, and Serenata Santa Fe, as well as by performers such as flutist/ conductor Ransom Wilson, Metropolitan Opera soprano Lauren Flanigan and Grammy-nominated soprano Judith Kellock. His compositions are published by Liben Music Publishers, Discordia Music and the International Society of Bassists, and his music is recorded on the Gasparo and Albany labels. Musical Selection: Edge for Solo Double Bass - written and performed by Peter Askim Link of the Week: www.peteraskim.com Music Provided by: Eric Hochberg - www.erichochberg.com Peter Askim - www.peteraskim.com Special thanks to Daniel Chmielinski for technical assistance - www.carsleuth.net Show Notes: Release Date: 4/26/08 Length: 57:20 listen by phone: +1 (360) 227-5632 call our comment line (24 hour voice mail): +1 (206) 666-6509 Website: www.contrabassconversations.com E-mail: feedback@contrab... Contrabass,Conversations,,bass,,bassist/composers,,podcasting,,student,resources jsh177@yahoo.com no No