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Jeff Weisner’s Peabody New Music Recital Part V: Where Are They?

Yazan: jeffweisner | 13 April 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bassist/composers, Jeff Weisner, performances

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. ____________ (Note to readers: I can’t count and apparently skipped directly from Part II to Part IV. Too bad – Part [...]

Jeff Weisner’s Peabody New Music Recital Part IV: The Care and Feeding of Composers

Yazan: jeffweisner | 09 April 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Jeff Weisner

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. ____________ I’ve worked with and around lots of composers, in a variety of capacities. Throughout my school days, I played on [...]

My Peabody New Music Recital Part II:Dealing with Uncertainty

Yazan: jeffweisner | 22 March 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, Jeff Weisner

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. ____________ So, in my first post, I described what I see as the reality of our situation as bassists vis a [...]

Jeff Weisner’s Upcoming Peabody Recital

Yazan: jeffweisner | 18 March 2008 | 4 Comments
Categories: bass, Jeff Weisner

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. ____________ One month from today I’ll be playing a recital at Peabody of new music, all of which was commissioned by [...]

Eschenbach and the Mystery of Conductor Chemistry

Yazan: jeffweisner | 03 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Jeff Weisner, orchestra news

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. ____________ Last week, my orchestra did a big benefit concert with super-famous conductor Christoph Eschenbach, and before and after the concert, [...]

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