Short Takes for 7/17/08
There’s been a whirlwind of activity among various areas of interest to me, from some cool new developments in the music blogosphere and Road Warrior Without an Expense Account’s new publishing developments to the release of the iPhone 3G. Where to even begin? Well, for starters…
My new iPhone!
I’ve been waiting for some time to [...]
How do you like your Handel?
This is a guest post from early music specialist and Ars Antigua director Jerry Fuller.
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I’m really looking forward to this coming week. I will be performing concerts with Chicago’s Baroque Band that will use period instruments on June 4, 5 and 11. During the same week I will be playing with an orchestra using [...]
Michael Hersch Recital in NYC this Sunday - Great new music for bass
This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts.
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Some of you may have read a few of the posts in my series here about my new [...]
Bass Encounters 2008, Vienna, Austria
Post by Phillip Serna - www.phillipwserna.com
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Thomastik Infeld Gessellschaft announces Bass Encounters 2008 in Vienna Austria:
Please allow us to cordially inform you about an exceptional double bass festival taking place in Vienna, Austria: Bass Encounters 2008!
Great players of all music genres (jazz, classic, contemporary) will meet at the Porgy & Bess jazzclub (Riemergasse 11, A-1010 [...]
Edgar Meyer at Bloomington-Normal April 18 2008
Northwestern University double bass professor Peter Lloyd recently forwarded the following information to me. If you’re in northern or central Illinois (or if you don’t mind driving a bit), then check out this event with one of the finest bass players out there. We’ll also have this information listed on our events page.
Hello fellow bass [...]
Ben Allison performs in Chicago
Jazz bassist Ben Allison will be in Chicago performing at both the Green Mill and the Chicago Cultural Center this weekend. Details follow. Check out one of these performances if you can!
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MARCH 13 - CHICAGO, ILChicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater78 East Washington StreetConcert at 7 PMInfo: 312-744-6630Admission: Freewww.cityofchicago.org/Tourism/CulturalCenterMARCH 14 & 15 - CHICAGO, ILGreen [...]
François Rabbath performs free recital at Stony Brook on March 2, 2008
Bass blog reader Boris Salgado wrote in to spread the word about an upcoming recital at Stony Brook with double bass soloist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) François Rabbath. Check it out if you’re in the area!
François Rabbath, double bass
with Sylvain Rabbath , piano
Sunday March 2, at [...]
Bass recital with Pascale Delache-Feldman
Here’s an upcoming double bass event for those in the Boston area:
Longy School of Music
FACULTY ARTIST RECITAL
String Department
presents
Pascale Delache-Feldman, double bass
with
Emmanuel Feldman, cello
Esther Ning-Yau, piano
Music by Jon Deak (B. B. Wolf), Andrew List (Love Dances), Piazzolla (Kicho) and Vivaldi (Double Concerto)
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
27 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
617-876-0956 [...]
Viols in Our Schools - An Early Music Initiative by Double Bass Blog Contributor Phillip Serna
A note from DoubleBassBlog.org contributor Phillip Serna:
In February 2008, the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ website was launched. ‘Viols in Our Schools’ exists as a pilot program of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. Phillip Serna donates time to perform in schools, often pro bono. Renaissance music for viols, as well as performance of early-western [...]
Richard Davis Young Bassists Workshop in March 2008
Richard Davis and company will host the 15th Annual Conference for Young Bassists in Madison, Wisconsin the weekend of March 21-22, 2008.
Billed as an event for double bassists from ages 0-18, this year’s workshop features clinicians Richard Davis, Virginia Dixon, Peter Dominguez, Diana Gannett, Larry Hutchinson, Jerry Jemmott, John Kennedy, Bill Koehler, David Murray, [...]
