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ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger and frequent Contrabass Conversations collaborator John Grillo wrote a recent post about his upcoming performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony with the New Jersey Symphony and NJSO music director Neemi Jarvi.  I’ve had the opportunity to work with Neemi Jarvi in the past and had a great time doing so. 
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John Grillo just blogged on www.classicalmusicnews.tv about the upcoming Pennsylvania Ballet tour in which he is participating.  He writes:
I look forward to playing this tour very much. Since so much of the Broadway theater business is shut down this week due to strikes, I hope people hear about this event and substitute their plans [...]

While reviewing the various installments of Road Warrior Without an Expense Account, This Crazy Business, Basses, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, or any of the other gig stories here on the blog, I couldn’t help but notice that something was missing. Many of these works cover the strange and bizarre things that happen in a [...]

John Grillo wrote a recent post on his blog ClassicalMusicNews.tv highlighting an upcoming Hal Robinson performance with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. John writes:
It has been said that double bassists are very rarely soloists and the repertory for concerto appearances is basically non-existent. Leave it to Mr. Robinson to debunk these myths. [...]

Here’s a shot by Julieta Cervantes (for the New York Times) of Tim Cobb along with James Levine, John Harbison, Elliot Carter, and Milton Babbitt. Tim is the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra principal bassist.

Read the accompanying New York Times story here. Thanks to bass blog reader Jon for passing along this link.
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Bass blog and Contrabass Conversations regular contributor John Grillo recently wrote a post on his new blog project ClassicalMusicNews.tv about the New World Symphony’s Oktoberfest a tradition that he created when he was a fellow there. John writes:

A long standing tradition has been brewing at the New [...]

Here are a few short bits from some of my favorite music blogs. You can always visit my link blog to see all the stories (both music and non-music related) that I’ve been checking out:

John Grillo discusses the IRIS Orchestra - John Grillo (a frequent collaborator for the blog and the podcast) writes about the [...]

What motivates us?
What makes us get into this business, anyway, making numerous sacrifices along the way?
Not the money (ha!), but rather the drive to create, to devote one’s life to the pursuit of organized (i.e. musical) creativity.
What percentage of active musicians feel that their musical thirst to create, that primal urge felt by creative individuals [...]

We’ll be finishing up our interview with Michael Hovnanian on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode and get a chance to hear some of his double bass playing.  If you’d like to catch up with his previous interview segments, you can visit his Contrabass Conversations page here.
As Drew McManus mentioned on his blog Adaptistration, Michael kept [...]

I have been remiss in reporting interesting news items and other people’s blog posts as of late. I have a whole list of them tagged for blogging (which you can always check out by visiting my link blog), but I’ve been so busy with the stories, articles, audio, and video projects that I’ve kind of [...]