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Contrabass Conversations Episode 5 - Interview with Phillip W. Serna
My great friend and excellent double bass and viola da gamba performer and pedagogue Phillip W. Serna is the guest for this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. There is also a track from Eastman School of Music student and double bassist Scott Worthington titled ‘Disrepresentation’, plus some general bass news and music from [...]
Yo-Yo Ma with the New World Symphony
Matt Heller just wrote a post about Yo-Yo Ma and his week as soloist with the New World Symphony. He also mentions first hearing Yo-Yo Ma with the Philadelphia Orchestra years ago. It is a very perceptive piece of prose–check it out!
It is great to see Matt writing again on his hella [...]
New tabs - higher education and freelancing
Readers will now be able to see all of my posts on higher education and on freelancing by clicking on the appropriate tabs at the top of this blog. I plan on writing much more about these topics, so you will now be able to access all of these posts with the tabs.
If you [...]
Significant 2006 Bass Blog Posts
As 2006 draws to a close I would like to highlight the more significant posts made this year on the Bass Blog. I started this blog a little less than a year ago and for the first six months basically just used it as a student management tool. The content management system that [...]
John Grillo - The Renaissance Man of the Double Bass
I just got an e-mail from my friend John Grillo, and I realized that I have never mentioned him on the bass blog. This is surprising, because John is one of the most interesting and original musicians I have ever met. John performs frequently with the Pittsburgh Opera and has been studying with [...]
Most Page Views and Visits Ever for the Bass Blog
Today (12/18/06) the Bass Blog passed a new record for both visits and page views, with 222 unique visits and 575 page views today. That makes just under 12,000 unique visits since July 2006 (when I started keeping track of these stats) and over 30,000 page views for the same period. It is [...]
Student Resources
1) Lesson SchedulesClick here to see when and where our next lesson is happening.
2) Lesson Summaries and AssignmentsClick for assignments, materials to purcase, links, and lesson history.
3) Recommended RepertoireThese are the materials I teach in the order I teach them. I provide links to various sites to buy materials, but you can do a [...]
Internet Resources for the Music Educator
This is a repository of resources helpful to the current and prospective music educator. There is an emphasis on resources for string players (especially double bass players) given the slant of this blog, but most music teachers and students should find some helpful information here. The following information is intended to serve [...]
