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The Milwaukee Ballet has performed this work before. I had a great time playing it–it is a very intricate and satisfying bass part.
PlaybillArts: Features: The Draw of Dracula

Andrews Sill is the music director for the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, and I have worked with him many times in that ensemble.
PlaybillArts: News: Andrews Sill Appointed Music Director of the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony OrchestraCharles Dutoit, conductor Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center220 S. MichiganWed 3/22, 6:30 PM, Thu 3/23, 8 PM, Fri 3/24, 1:30 PM, and Sat 3/25, 8 PMMusic of Rossini, Haydn, Prokofiev312-294-3000
Encore Chamber Orchestraperforms at Roosevelt UniversityGanz Hall -430 South Michigan Avenue7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2006.
Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- [...]

 

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John started playing Double Bass at the age of 11. He attended The Julliard School during high school and was a scholarship student at Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana where he studied with Lawrence Hurst. After graduating from IU, he attended the Manhattan School of Music completing his Masters Degree with Timothy [...]

Articles by Jason Heath:
Road Warrior Without an Expense Account - This series chronicles my experiences as a freelance musician and offers thoughts and observations on the classical music orchestral business in general. Although focused on classical musicians and freelance musicians in general, much of the discussion has relevance to musicians from all disciplines. [...]

Jason Heath is an active double bass performer, educator, blogger, and podcaster. A native of South Dakota, Jason began playing with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Sioux City Symphony Orchestra at the age of fifteen. He serves as co-principal bass of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, assistant principal bass of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra [...]

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