Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – Violone/ Period Contrabass Needed for USA-Canada Tour 2008 - Help Needed!
The following is an instrument search request from Erik Dorset at the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin:
Dear Early Music Friends,
Quite simply, this is a desperate call for your help. No- not money, but a double bass is needed.
As we at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin are making preparations for our next tour [...]
Double Bassist Magazine shutters its doors
Double Bassist Magazine, the United Kingdom publication that has provided quality content about the double bass for the past decade, will be ceasing production after their Winter 2008 issue. I’m a longtime reader of Double Bassist, and though I’ve never been a subscriber (a subscription to this bimonthly magazine cost as much as a [...]
Poll - Are you a member of the International Society of Bassists?
I’d be very interested to know whether or not readers are current or former members of the International Society of Bassists. These statistics should prove to be very interesting. Just let us now through the poll below (also in the sidebar of the blog).
Great meeting with the International Society of Bassists Board of Directors
I spent the weekend in Dallas, Texas for my first meeting as a member of the International Society of Bassists Board of Directors. This was an extremely productive and activity-packed weekend, with members flying in from California, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Arizona, and even France (!) for this whirlwind of bass activity.
The ISB Board of [...]
