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The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy!
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Contrabass Conversations and the Double Bass Blog are continues is series on early bass performers. It will highlight many different perspectives on early [...]

Why, indeed? Answering this seemingly innocuous three-word question is an ongoing process constantly revisited by music educators throughout their careers, the answer constantly shifting and evolving as teachers gain new insight and experience. While there is always a circular justification that can be made in defense of any subject (i.e. the value of [...]

I had the opportunity to appear as a guest lecturer for the orchestral studies seminar class at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of the Performing Arts earlier this week, which was a lot of fun for me and hopefully a good experience for the students as well.  I inhabited the role of grizzled freelance music veteran, [...]

Mustech.net blogger Joseph Pisano recently put out a list of his favorite blogs relating to music education, and it was great to see doublebassblog.org opening the list.  Thanks, Joseph!  I really enjoy this blog, checking in regularly through my RSS reader to catch up on the latest in music technology.
Here are a few of the [...]

This excellent comment came in a couple of days ago on our post (anonymous commenter) from September about balancing music performance and music education.  Since things move quickly here (lots of new posts and comments every day), I like to highlight these types of responses–it’s easy for them to get lost in the shuffle.  You [...]

Matt Heller has put out a bunch of really excellent posts on his hellafrisch blog lately.  For those new to the bass blog here, Matt is a bassist in the Calgary Philharmonic.  He was previously a member of the New World Symphony (where he was featured in a New York Times piece), and he also [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations Episode features the second part of our interview with double bassist, music educator, and author Peter Tambroni. Last time we heard from Peter (on episode 32), we talked about his early years on the bass, classroom and school orchestra teaching techniques, studying bass during his bachelors and masters degrees, teaching approaches, [...]

International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together recently and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique. Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this technique, and I hope that folks out there will benefit from this video. It is also [...]

National Symphony bassist and Peabody Conservatory instructor Jeff Weisner wrote a very flattering post on PeaBodyDoubleBass, the collaborative blog from faculty members Jeff, Paul Johnson, and John Hood.  Thanks for the kind words, Jeff, and thanks for pointing readers to the various blog and podcast projects!
Jeff discusses employment prospects for the double bassist in this [...]

International Society of Bassists President and Ball State University Bass Professor Hans Sturm and I got together over the weekend and filmed a chat about the Rabbath left hand position technique.  Hans does a great job explaining the concepts behind this technique, and I hope that folks out there will benefit from this video.  It [...]