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 [...]
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 [...]
Arizona Bass Festival March 6-9, 2008
The Arizona Bass Players Festival and Workshop will be held March 6-9, 2008 at Arizona State University in Tuscon, Arizona. This festival will feature clinicians Rob Kassonger (also a former Contrabass Conversations guest), Catalin Rotaru, Rufus Reid, Joe DiBartolo, Miloslav Jelinek,, and Patrick Neher.
From the Arizona Bass Players website:
The Festival is open to the [...]
Invitation to Hear the Chicago Bass Ensemble at NIU
This is a guest post from bassist John Floeter - johnfloeterbassstudio.blogspot.com
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The Chicago Bass Ensemble will be performing in DeKalb at Northern Illinois University as the featured artists for the All-School Convocation at 11am on February 14th,2008. This will essentially be a 50 minute concert with a minimal amount of lecture. Although it is a required [...]
Jeff Bradetich Master Class in Germany this summer
Andreas Bennetzen from Denmark is organizing a master class with Jeff Bradetich this summer in Germany. Andreas writes:
The master class takes place in Mittenwald, Germany the 4th - 9th of August. Highlights include: intense technique classes, solo lessons, concerts in the town, bass orchestra and walks in the mountains. Guest [...]
New event calendar for doublebassblog.org - add your events here!
After receiving several requests for this feature, we have added an international calendar of double bass events, with detailed information, dates, links, and the like for each event. Feel free to submit any events you’ve got coming up and we’ll list them here. There’s a form at the bottom of the page, or [...]
Contrebasse.com and the ABCDF French double bass society
I had the opportunity to get to know French double bassist Thierry Barbe at this weekend’s International Society of Bassists Board of Directors meeting. Thierry performs in the Paris Opera and teaches at the Paris Conservatory, and he also manages the Association des bassistes et contrebassistes de France (ABCDF), a French double bass [...]
Hawaii Contrabass Festival
Now here’s an event that I would love to attend! The Hawaii Contrabass Festival is an event sponsored by the Hawaii American String Teachers Association (HASTA with NSOA), and it will run from March 24-30, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Faculty members include:
Adam Baron
Jeffrey Beecher
Gerald Clayton
John Clayton
Shawn Conley
Mark [...]
