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We’re continuing our chat (check out part on on episode 73) with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow this week on Contrabass Conversations. In addition to helping place students in major orchestras across the globe, Jack has had a very distinguished performance career as a former member [...]

My fellow podcasting cohort John Grillo recently put out a post on his blog  ClassicalMusicNews.tv about the Princeton Symphony’s season finale.  He also gives a little background on the orchestra and describes the current music director search the orchestra is currently undergoing.
Check out John’s new post here.
Wrapping up our Jack Budrow interview
This weekend on [...]

 

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We’re featuring music from Louisiana Philharmonic Principal Bass Dave Anderson on this week’s Eclectic Bass episode. Learn more about Dave on his MySpace page, order Dave’s compositions here, and check out our interview with Dave here.
Tracks played:

“Teen Town” by Jaco Pastorius
“Surf Ride” from Yule Logs by Dave
“Schweik Fahrt” featuring Dave and Hal Robinson
Quintet Mvt. [...]

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the interview segment with Louisiana Philharmonic Principal Bass Dave Anderson that we released this weekend, be sure to visit the show page and give it a listen.  Dave’s a very interesting guy with a lot of interesting experiences to share, and he’s a fantastic composer as [...]

 

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We’re featuring the multi-talented bassist Dave Anderson on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to serving as Principal Bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic, Dave is a prolific composer, active teacher, and electric bassist. He serves as Principal Bass of the Britt Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon, and he plays in metropolitan New Orleans [...]

I haven’t thrown this offer out in a while, but if anyone out there would like to record a bumper for the podcast on their computer, I’d be happy to put it between segments of an upcoming show.
Examples of a bumper include:
“Hi, this is __________, and you’re listening to Contrabass Conversations.”
“Hi, this is ___________ from [...]

The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy!
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Our next guest in our early music interview series is Richard Myron. We hope that you will enjoy these interviews and glean a [...]

Classicalmusicnews.tv blogger and Contrabass Conversations co-host John Grillo  just launched an interesting new series over on his blog that profiles the inner workings of the symphony orchestra.  John has played in symphony orchestras across the globe for his entire professional career, including performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra and New Jersey Symphony, as well as being [...]

 

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I’m pleased to be able to share this interview with Robert Meyer, one of our most experienced and interesting members of the double bass community. Robert has had a long and illustrious career on the double bass, working for over 50 years in most of the major orchestras in London (including the London [...]

I’m putting the final touches on this week’s Contrabass Conversations interview episode with Robert Meyer.  I’ve been an avid follower of Robert’s blog Musical Reminiscences since he launched it in late 2006, and I was thrilled that he was interested in doing an interview for the podcast!
At age 87, Robert looks back on a [...]