Archive for the 'chamber music' Category
Chamber Music for Double Bass
Yazan: Jason | 03 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: bass, chamber music
Tony Scelba has a passion for arranging chamber music for ensembles that include double bass (not a bad project, in my opinion!). Looks like quite a good catalog of materials. check it out if you’re looking for something new to play. Tony writes: Dear Mr. Heath: Thank you for your blog, and for the promotion of [...]
Chamber Music and the Bassist, Part II: Thoughts on Arranging & Adapting—with Words of Wisdom from Frank Proto
Yazan: jeremykurtz | 30 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bassist/composers, chamber music, ISB
In the previous post on chamber music, I wrote about the wealth of chamber music with bass that exists and that rarely gets performed. For those of you who still haven’t visited the link, I’d urge you to check out Paul Nemith’s site for proof. But digging up lesser-known repertoire is only part of the “solution” for bassists who want to devote more time to small group chamber/collaborative music projects. Another important option is to arrange existing music for an ensemble that includes bass.
The American String Project featured in Strings Magazine
Yazan: Jason | 28 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, chamber music
We’ve featured music from the conductorless American String Project and its artistic co-director Barry Lieberman several times before here on the blog and on Contrabass Conversations. Check out this April 2010 article from Strings Magazine about The American String Project. It’s a great profile of this ensemble as they gear up for their eighth season. [...]
Chamber Music and the Bassist, Part I: The Great Chamber Music Search
Yazan: jeremykurtz | 18 January 2010 | 8 Comments
Categories: bass, chamber music, learning
As a bassist, I have always taken advantage of all opportunities I find to play chamber music. Unfortunately, these opportunities have seemed to be exceedingly rare–at least, compared to those of my upper-string-playing friends and colleagues. The list of pieces I was familiar with during undergrad was short: Schubert “Trout” Quintet, Dvorak Quintet, Prokofiev Quintet, several modern pieces by Jon Deak and David Anderson, and maybe a handful of other pieces I’d heard about. I’ve found more pieces throughout the years, but the list never seemed long enough to fill up a lifetime of music making. Recently, I have become inspired to search more carefully for pieces, and have already turned up much more than I imagined was out there.
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